Comments on: Poor Financial Management The (College) Major Stumble http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/ The blog of the free, simple personal finance solution. Track all your spending automatically, find the best deals, save more money. And save the world. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:40:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Coy http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-43212 Coy Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:55:31 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/the-college-major-stumble/#comment-43212 I think it's difficult to know exactly what you want to do before going to college. You might have a good idea what you want now, but after taking some courses you might change your mind either because it was too hard or you became less interested after learning more about it. I can definitely see that in computer science/engineering when they realize how difficult programming really is and it's not going to necessarily lead to a job making video games. I don't see anything wrong with that, and I wouldn't consider that a disaster financially. I agree that if you don't have a sharp idea of what you want, going to a local community college is a good way to save money, take courses that interest you to get a better idea, and reduce stress/risk. I think it’s difficult to know exactly what you want to do before going to college. You might have a good idea what you want now, but after taking some courses you might change your mind either because it was too hard or you became less interested after learning more about it. I can definitely see that in computer science/engineering when they realize how difficult programming really is and it’s not going to necessarily lead to a job making video games. I don’t see anything wrong with that, and I wouldn’t consider that a disaster financially.

I agree that if you don’t have a sharp idea of what you want, going to a local community college is a good way to save money, take courses that interest you to get a better idea, and reduce stress/risk.

]]> By: Full Circle NY http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-28391 Full Circle NY Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:02:45 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/the-college-major-stumble/#comment-28391 More important than your major is marketable and transferable skills. An art history major may have an entrepreneurial spirit that can be used outside of the niche. More important than your major is marketable and transferable skills. An art history major may have an entrepreneurial spirit that can be used outside of the niche. ]]> By: Viet http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-2193 Viet Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:39:21 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/the-college-major-stumble/#comment-2193 @avner: Mint will also let you track your money. I believe a good difference from expensr is that it'll allow you to see changes in your accounts daily. You also wouldn't have to manually import data, as the focus of Mint is on simplicity: the less steps you have to take to see how much money you have, where it's going, the better it is (in my opinion anyway). expensr is pretty darn cool though, although I can't seem to use it with my Bank of America accounts, which are currently my primary checking. I could have sworn BoA accounts had quicken/excel export features before... but now I can't find them. So unless I can export my data and import them into expensr correctly, I can't really fully utilize it yet. lastly, there will be more invites going out in a couple of weeks! @avner: Mint will also let you track your money. I believe a good difference from expensr is that it’ll allow you to see changes in your accounts daily. You also wouldn’t have to manually import data, as the focus of Mint is on simplicity: the less steps you have to take to see how much money you have, where it’s going, the better it is (in my opinion anyway).

expensr is pretty darn cool though, although I can’t seem to use it with my Bank of America accounts, which are currently my primary checking. I could have sworn BoA accounts had quicken/excel export features before… but now I can’t find them. So unless I can export my data and import them into expensr correctly, I can’t really fully utilize it yet.

lastly, there will be more invites going out in a couple of weeks!

]]> By: avner http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 avner Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:45:14 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/the-college-major-stumble/#comment-1976 Hey folks.. well, ive been following mint a lot lately. Now, If Cap, you can comment on what exactly this new system is going to do? Is it just about tracking your money? I use www.expensr.com for that and its absolutely fantastic. PS: How soon may I expect my invite? :) Hey folks..
well, ive been following mint a lot lately. Now, If Cap, you can comment on what exactly this new system is going to do? Is it just about tracking your money? I use http://www.expensr.com for that and its absolutely fantastic.

PS: How soon may I expect my invite? :)

]]> By: Viet http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 Viet Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:40:13 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/the-college-major-stumble/#comment-1950 @Misit & Elissa: Sorry for the late response! As Elissa said, you should check out Yodlee during the mean time. Mint will actually be <a href="http://corporate.yodlee.com/customers/clients.htm" rel="nofollow">working with Yodlee</a> to bring you some more awesome goodness in managing your finances (scroll down the page and you'll see us listed right below JPMorgan Chase). But yeah, if you have some more in-depth question, just shoot me an email. @Misit & Elissa: Sorry for the late response! As Elissa said, you should check out Yodlee during the mean time. Mint will actually be working with Yodlee to bring you some more awesome goodness in managing your finances (scroll down the page and you’ll see us listed right below JPMorgan Chase). But yeah, if you have some more in-depth question, just shoot me an email. ]]> By: Elissa http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-1931 Elissa Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:59:49 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/the-college-major-stumble/#comment-1931 @Misti You should check out Yodlee. My finances couldn't wait for Mint any longer and Cap recommended Yodlee and simply put, it's amazingly awesome. :) Basically all you do is add your accounts (banking, bills, loans, etc.) and Yodlee does the rest for you. It's about 90% accurate with auto-categorizing your transactions for you. @Misti You should check out Yodlee. My finances couldn’t wait for Mint any longer and Cap recommended Yodlee and simply put, it’s amazingly awesome. :)
Basically all you do is add your accounts (banking, bills, loans, etc.) and Yodlee does the rest for you. It’s about 90% accurate with auto-categorizing your transactions for you. ]]> By: Misti http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Misti Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:40:58 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/the-college-major-stumble/#comment-1927 Just wondering. Since the Mint software is not available yet, is there a free software you would recommend in the mean time? Just wondering. Since the Mint software is not available yet, is there a free software you would recommend in the mean time? ]]> By: jos http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-1884 jos Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:46:55 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/the-college-major-stumble/#comment-1884 i agree aaron... i thought that my major was going to land me a dream job and id never have to worry about bills again... boy was i wrong... on top of not being able to find a decent job since graduating in 2004 in my field i no longer want to have any majors careers options i agree aaron… i thought that my major was going to land me a dream job and id never have to worry about bills again… boy was i wrong… on top of not being able to find a decent job since graduating in 2004 in my field i no longer want to have any majors careers options ]]> By: Aaron Patzer http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/poor-financial-management-the-college-major-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 Aaron Patzer Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:39:02 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/train-wreck/the-college-major-stumble/#comment-1882 So the lesson learned is to choose a career (and major) that you love first, and worry about money second. Choosing a major you hate means you'll never truly be happy, and you won't have the drive to be really good at it. So the lesson learned is to choose a career (and major) that you love first, and worry about money second. Choosing a major you hate means you’ll never truly be happy, and you won’t have the drive to be really good at it. ]]>