Lucrative Degrees & Mosquitos

Looking to make lots of money? Dangerous Dave talks about the most lucrative majors and engineering tops the list. Plus, want attracts mosquitos including beer and cheese.

Episode Transcript

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This, it's uber in the denwith dangerous day. You might be considering
going back to school. Maybe youneed a job shift of some kind.
Well, there's jokes about parents strongarming their kids into being doctors and lawyers.
Any better advice for your kids ifyou want them to be rich and
successful. The Reserve Bank of NewYork released data the most lucrative studies for

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college grads not surprising. Best wayto make bank not in the NBA.
It's engineering, so top sixteen withtheir median salaries out of college. Computer
engineering at the top, followed bychemical engineering, computer science, aerospace engineering,
electrical engineering, industrial engineering, andmechanical engineering all in the top seven.

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There was a tie between general engineeringand miscellaneous engineering. Finance was at
number ten. Four way tie betweencivil engineering, economics, business analytics,
and mathematics than the tie between constructionservices and pharmacy. And then on the
flip side, lowest wages right outof college theology and religion, performing arts,
liberal arts, leisure and hospitality,treatment, therapy, social service,

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psychology, nutrition, history, finearts, elementary education, secondary education,
anthropology, philosophy, and criminal justice. So if they get about going back
to school, or you know,somebody getting ready to head to college.
If you want them to make somemoney, you mightn't want to look at
engineering. I didn't see any ofthose engineers though, driving the trains deeper
in the team. Well, ifyou want to avoid mosquitoes, think about

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having a sober summer. At leasttwo studies have found you're more likely to
get bit if you drink beer.It's like the mosquitoes are saying, hey,
let's go to the bar. Anyway, science is still up in the
air about why mosquitoes love some peopleand not so much others. But there's
a few things that could be linkedto mosquito bites. One of them,
believe it or not, bananas.Study found people were more likely to get

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bit after eating a banana, oreven after eating grapes. Really smelly cheese
might make them want you a littlebit more. They might be attracted to
the compound produced by the bacteria inour skin called carbocilic acid. Is found
in stinky cheeses too. Like Limburger, floral scented foods and desserts are attracted
to the smell of nectar producing plants. Anything floral could have them heading your

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way. And a few other foodsthat might keep mosquitoes away include basil,
sage, rosemary, grapefruit, andanything with garlic or onions. I eat
a lot more onions than my wife. It seems like the mosquitoes are always
attracted more to her than me.I drink a little more beer than my
wife, but they're still more attractedto her fire or mosquito. I'd certainly
be biting her instead. To meagain for another episode of Deeper in the

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