我发现博士毕业到大学当老师的多，硕士毕业到业界工作的多！！！

funnytiger

actually working off campus is not just Biz and Law professor's privilige. many top schools' physics, math, EE, ME professors work off campus as well.  I know a chinese physics professor here in bay area who sits on two boards of venture capital and he has his own company. The annual income for him is just a little bit below 1 million.

again, may I remind you that all these cases are professors in high ranking schools. Professors in the lower ranked schools have lower income from outside. and, to become a professor requires a lot of hard work, it is really "Zhe Shou"

freegirl

Funnytiger, thanks for your kind reminder! I doubt if I'm a very persistent person. Have to wait to see!

Right now, I have four paths: MSA-->Top Four-->Top MBA; MSF-->IBanking-->Top MBA; MSA-->hD in accounting; MSF-->hD in Finance; I have to reconsider my previous MSF choice since the weak economic market. If u say following your heart, honestly however, I never take any finance/accounting course in US school, I can't tell which I like better. Hard decision! But the date is coming soon! Sigh....

XiaoxiaoYY

Freegirl, the emotional icons you use are really cute!

From the questions you asked, I can see that we are in the same boat. I am also in the situation of switching career path, but right now, it's only change of major. I also have the same idea of either working in one of the four accounting firms after MAc for several years, then top MBA or continuing PhD in accounting to be a Professor later. In our school's situation, assitant professor in accounting earns more than that in finance. It's good, although brain-racking to think of these things now, but as long as we have a goal, work hard for it, then it's enough. Sometimes, you can't think too much. Just as the old saying goes, "change is faster than plan". But it doesn't suggest that we don't need a plan. As long as we have tried our best to reach our goal, don't care too much about results. A lot of things have been predetermined. Things are meant to happen in certain ways. This is my way of living.

Let's work hard for our goals.

Funnytiger GG or JJ, thank you for answering questions!

freegirl

Love your post! xiaoxiaoYY! So when are you going to start your accounting major?

lesliejy

It depends on your career interests. If you wannat to pursue academic and research based career, you should choose Phd, just choose one of the Finance and Accounting then do it. Otherwise, you may targeting at the master degree, which could boost up your professional career in fields such as ibanking or accounting firm.