I suggested alternatives (coding bootcamps, taking practical finance courses, the trades) because I’m trying to talk you out of this route entirely. The Catcher in the Roosh, if you will (that would actually be a great screenname). The gate guards whose egos you must stroke at each stage are not to be trusted with your life/livelihood. Am I projecting my own biases and life experiences upon you? I am probably not wise enough to divorce myself from them.
The entire institutional establishment is propped up by federal fiat money. Specifically, the Sallie Mae loan regime. Obama basically put the nail in the coffin for the private loan business. So now all you have is federal money, which is non-dischargeable (!) in bankruptcy. There are countless useless administrators, teachers, and concentrations which would not exist in a free market—and you are being forced to pay for people who seek to undermine your very existence in an inordinate fashion ($60k+). Professors are almost all leftists (especially in graduate school), the barbarians are inside the gates (i.e., low-IQ moron
"ehes proletar" students who want to DESTROY anyone with an alternate opinion), and they conduct show trials for men accused of sexual assault (where the woman gets off scot free, even if she’s lying). In my opinion, it is a very hostile environment for white males who aren’t total communists (correction: being a white male makes your beliefs moot), and the cost is simply not worth it. As I said, many employers still think that someone who graduates from college has the ability to read, write, think, and get to work on time, though this is quickly changing (hence my bearishness of the value of a college degree generally). So, again I must implore you, either do it cheaply close to where you want to work or don’t do it at all.
Regarding Europe, I will reiterate my point: if you want to work in the U.S., it doesn’t really make sense, unless it’s for personal edification. And if you want access to European female students ;-) (though many are granola leftists from other countries
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). Perhaps most importantly, if you do pursue it, you must get a sense of the quality of the program beforehand. I have found a dearth of information in this regard. Erasmus kids in Europe don’t have to worry about paying much for the programs, so there seems to be a lack of competition/quality (unless you’re talking about top legacy schools, like LSE and Oxbridge—the only three high-quality ones I can think of off the top of my head). Be sure to avoid any Soros-funded institution.
Yes, there will undoubtedly be violence in Western Europe if there is no massive change in immigration policy (which is unlikely). I’ll leave it at that, and invite you to explore the topic further:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsFBjKuRy4M. Eastern Europe, after throwing off the yoke of the Ottomans, Austrians, Nazis, and Commies, has been more resilient in this regard. Ethnic homogeneity (without the white guilt and/or pathological altruism of Germany, France, Sweden, etc.) has also served them well. Some of those places might be decent places to find work (the Slavic countries), though I wouldn’t consider Hungary one of them. It’s too socialist and the economy is predictably mediocre. Speaking English is only a valuable skill if you couple it with something else (e.g., web application programming). (Another possible scenario here might be to make your Euro-denominated money in Western Europe and live in Eastern Europe (my cousin does this)). Many young Hungarians have been leaving the country for this reason. The U.S. is actually far superior in terms of economic opportunity than Europe, even if the women here are venomous harridans.
"Passion” is a noxious word, left over from the self-help/self-esteem movement of the 70s/80s/90s when people could afford such frivolity. You become far less passionate about your pursuits when you’re working for a shitty boss, making paltry money, or forced to toe a line you don’t believe in. I’ve been there, with the same justification. I was passionately broke.
I don’t understand the “/“ in “finance/public policy”. The latter excludes the former. The former actually does take “public policy” into account, though moreso in terms of keeping track of world events as they might affect your client’s portfolio, as an example.
My opinion is derived from what I’ve pieced together through educational/career trial-and-error, a good understanding of philosophy and current events, and a lot of reading. Perhaps I have less risk appetite than you do. I almost certainly have several blind spots. If everyone took the same path, the world would be a pretty boring place (actually, I wouldn’t mind if it were a little more boring at the moment).
