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Originally Posted by tgiggity
Where are you getting 5-10k hours of lectures just for undergrad? Undergrad is 4 years. I had about ~800 hours of lecture per year (if you attend everything) and maybe 400-800 hours of work depending on how quickly you bang it out. Lectures weren't mandatory so undergrad was less than 1k hours per year of light/easy study, much easier than trying to learn from a solver
if you want to exclude tutorials, labs, the time spent writing exams, any form of preparation, and you didn't take a single elective more than would be absolutely necessary, sure- it's about 3.2k hours, which is less than 5k.
and if you really want to split hairs you could argue that isn't "in the same ballpark" (the phrase i used) as 5-10k. it's still much closer to that 'ballpark' than it is to the time commitment of someone several years after their MBA whose plateaued in terms of their earning capacity and is close to the top of their field.
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Lectures weren't mandatory so undergrad was less than 1k hours per year of light/easy study, much easier than trying to learn from a solver
The fact that you can get through undergrad with less than 1k hours a year of commitment doesn't really say much about the time commitment necessary to get hired for a role that has the potential for meaningful growth.
Even something as meh as working as an entry level accountant for a big 4 firm requires a highly competitive GPA, and these are very far from lucrative jobs at the entry level.
The avg 500zoomer, in terms of effort, is closer to the equivalent of someone who finished undergrad, started working towards a CFA while learning SQL on the side, and was grateful to have landed an entry level analyst role for $50k/y.
Are there people who bypass all those hurdles and get started without having an extremely competitive academic record and/or marketable skills? sure. it's called nepotism. happens all the time.