iank
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| posted on 9/3/07 at 05:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
Very few people end up doing what they studied.
Even fewer are glad they did!!!
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Well very few courses, at least in traditional further education, are vocational. I'm an exception to that in that I've been programming
computers since I was 14 (now 40) and did a CS degree.
I kind of agree with your second point, doing your favourite hobby as a day to day job is a bad idea. Since one of the big things about hobbies is
doing what interests you in the way you want. In the workplace you do the jobs customers (internal or external) want doing, and usually have to do
things in specific ways.
It really saps the interest pretty quickly and it's down to sheer bloody mindedness and inertia that I'm still in the business. Worse if
you do a good job and don't tell the boss exactly what you think of his ideas you get promoted "slightly" into a role where you do
no programming, but still have little real control over the product. I spend much of my day now getting cr*pp*d on in turn by my customer(s), my boss
and the programmers I have working for me.
Been wanting out for a while, but wife+kids+mortgage mean it's difficult to escape. None of the interesting/worthy jobs get a good wage. Once
met a guy who worked for the forestry commission looking after the area around Ennerdale water. Great job, but crap salary, tied house (can't
afford a house in the lakes for sane money) there were 500 applications for his job when he applied 
Well that was a nice rant off my chest  Time for a beer.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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wilkingj
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| posted on 9/3/07 at 06:49 PM |
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My Nephew, did some sort of degree at Southampton Chemistry with slant on the Environment. He was always up to his armpits in a river somewhere
scooping up freshwater snails for his thesis.
Be is now a Policeman in Southampton, and Loves it. It wont be long before he is earning much more than me, especially if he passes his Sgt's
exams.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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JoelP
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| posted on 9/3/07 at 07:00 PM |
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i did a degree in biochemistry and now fit kitchens. Wouldnt change a thing, i love being able to confuse people with odd trivia 
If you end up near leeds and fancy some proper trade work, i'll give you a job. Im looking for an extra pair of hands, no training necessary!
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pewe
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| posted on 9/3/07 at 07:34 PM |
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Surrey Satellites in Guildford were recruiting. Amongst other projects they were looking to launch geo-stationary satellites to predict weather across
the oceans. Don't know if they are still pursuing that one but strikes me there's lots off synergy as far as your Masters is concerned.
Cheers, Pewe
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SixedUp
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| posted on 9/3/07 at 10:09 PM |
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Why not take some time out while you work out what you want to do in the long-term? Take a gap-year and travel, getting part time jobs to pay as you
go. Or go and do some charity work. Or (perhaps aligned to your degrees) how about learning to dive and then doing marine conservation somewhere
tropical? Loads of interesting possibilities... damn, I'm feeling jealous already
Cheers
Richard
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trogdor
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 08:31 AM |
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yeah i wanted to do the marine tropical thing during the summers, but i have no money so had to work my ass off just to be able to afford uni, am
still well into my overdraft tho  never mind will be ok some day!!
30K a year sounds like quite alot to me, am still really tempted with the paramedic direction but i guess i should see whats out there!!
would love to travel the world once i got some money together but made the mistake of getting engaged, have to save up for the wedding now!!
there are some good ideas though, thanks very much everyone
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trogdor
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 11:49 AM |
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hmmmmm tempting, but i love her.
strange i know at 21 to get married but i met her in college at 16, were really good friends in the first and second year then went out towards the
end of the second year and then spent three years in a long term relationship, me here in southampton and her in sheffield both at uni. We got thro
that and have spent about 8 months living together and its all going well, at least from my point of view!
we got offically engaged a few months ago, am pleased, getting married on the 29th of feb, only have to remember an wedding annervery every four
years!
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iank
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 12:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by trogdor
... getting married on the 29th of feb, only have to remember an wedding annervery every four years!
ho ho ho, you might think that, I couldn't possibly comment
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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trogdor
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 12:09 PM |
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hehehehe yeah its not really true, my fiance really liked the date, more than me maybe!
the idea is that the three years inbetween we go out for a meal etc but on the actual anniversary we do something special, for instance on our first
wedding anniversity it will be the 2012 olyimpics in london so that is our first big thing! is strange to think we will hcould be married 40 years but
will only of had 10 anniversities!
[Edited on 12/3/07 by trogdor]
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trogdor
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 12:16 PM |
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that does sound good.... and really tempting want out of this country so much. the wedding is already booked i'm afraid! it is actually
official, we are getting married in a stately home that is owned by the council back home, went there lots as a kid, big playground there and golf
course and childrens zoo etc, lots of childhood memory for both of us there! and the hall is gorgous, had never been inside it.
it was meant to be a simple wedding, has snowballed abit since then. but we are keeping costs down, hopefully!
would deffo come out to cyrpus at some point and give you a hand, would love to go to another country, haven't really been abroad, only to Kenya
which was amazing!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 12:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CaLviNx
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I would like to be a ambulance driver but I'm not sure how much qualifications I'd need.
Why didn't you ask my wife the other night then, with her being a paramedic !!!!
wages for a paramedic can reach 30k
[Edited on 9/3/07 by CaLviNx]
Ah you have a point! didn't occur to me at the time. Well at least I know who to ask for pointers
Getting more and more fed up with my current job, yeah the moneys there and there plenty of work but by jolly it's super dull (so in fact are
the folk I work with).
I want a job that gets me out and meeting folk, dealing with things that are a bit more important than the manning level of some platforms. 
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trogdor
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 12:56 PM |
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yeah its one of the reasons i am thinking about it, the job is never really gonna be dull, and it gets you out and about, and its not like you would
ever be made redundant. well maybe if they had to many i guess. I also like it because you feel like you are actually doing something with your life
that is worthwhile.
should really get back to my nitrate modelling but really can't be bothered with it!
[Edited on 12/3/07 by trogdor]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 01:29 PM |
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I had looked at joining the police but they seemed rather interested in all my speeding fines and collection of parking tickets
I even sat the airforce exam (got a simply superb technical score!, what did the examiner say oh yeah ‘that’s the highest score we’ve seen in quite
some time’ ) and nearly joined as a airframe technician but then got offered an interesting design job. Regret it now why didn't I join pah!
now I'm to old!!! 34!?! that's not old
[Edited on 12/3/07 by Mr Whippy]
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trogdor
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 01:38 PM |
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not at all, my dad has recently started his own business, and hes over 50! is driving all the country running it too, does about 1000 miles a week.
I would want my own business one day but i am not sure what.....
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Alan B
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 01:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nige
so tell me , why would you go to uni for all that time , study your prefered subject
and then want to do something totaly different
Beat me to it on this one....I could never understand it...though everyone is different I guess.
My problem has never been figuring out what I wanted to do, it's always been mechanical engineering desgn/develoment...I just find it hard to
settle on either being employed or running my own business, so most of the time I do both....
Good luck, whatever you end up doing.
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trogdor
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| posted on 12/3/07 at 02:03 PM |
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that was it really, i didn't know what i wanted to do, i think my parents wanted me to do some sort of engineering but in the end i went for
oceanography as its an science degree which is useful. but an unusual one.
my new direction to become a paramedic only started in my first year with a vague idea and now recently when i realised i need to get a job!
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