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386 - "how many people do you think actually work in their field of study? Not many I can tell you....and if I can't find a job in the US, I WILL go to India if i need to. Otherwise I will take that 1/3 paycut because it's better to have a shitty job and freedoms than to make a shitload and have nothing."

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Well, what do you have to offer when you graduate from college? Are you qualified to do anything?

If you go to India to get a job, what do you have to offer in India? Will you work cheaper than an Indian, who may or may not have electricity? You will have a college degree, but who will hire you? And why should they hire you? Can you do something an Indian can't do? They have millions of college graduates in India. How will you overcome their requirements that say you can't work there? Why should an American company send you to work in India? Do you have any experience? How many people have you supervised? How many production lines have you set up? In fact, why should they give you a job here in the US?

And as far as the 1/3 pay cut - that is not a pay cut, that is the price of admission to get a job in the US - taxes - 1/3 of your salary - just to get a job - it's not an option you can take or not take. It's a fact of life.

Or, perhaps you could go to China, and get a job there, living in an open bay barracks with hundreds of other workers. Some places, they don't even hot swap the beds. I don't know where you will put anything you buy though, if you can't fit it in a rucksack.

But, that's where the competition is heading us.

Yes, I may not be able to find a job because of my "experience"...but you're missing my point in that a degree doesn't mean you will work in your field of study the rest of your life. All it tells a company is that I know how to learn on a real world level and I can handle doing my job. And with your ranting about Indian jobs(I don't know, kinda got bored with your pessimism as if you're experienced in it), I really doubt I will have as much trouble as you're so sure I'll have. I don't see anyone shipping your job overseas just yet, assuming you have one.

And as far as the 1/3 pay cut - that is not a pay cut, that is the price of admission to get a job in the US - taxes - 1/3 of your salary - just to get a job - it's not an option you can take or not take. It's a fact of life.

And all the other countries have so much lower taxes too right? In case you need a little background, I have worked and still do work in the real world. I'm not a 16 year old spoiled brat whose had everything handed to him all his life. I've worked for everything I've got so you can quit with the "he's young so he's stupid" bit. It's getting old.