What's your degree and what is your job?

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PostWhat's your degree and what is your job?
by Bunni » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:34 pm

Kinda making this thread to prove a point, but also quite curious to see how well rounded we have become since even Karl isn't 12 anymore. Those without (myself included) tell us where you ended up without following what school had led us all to believe we'd be so strawberry floated up without.

No degree, dropped out of General Nursing BSc after first year with ill health.

Now still in nursing as a support role but moving into social care as a manager with Glasgow Council.

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by still » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:07 pm

BSc (Hons) Landscape Design and Plant Science
MA Landscape Management

Self-employed gardener :datass: (Monumental failure..... :cry: )

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by Ironhide » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:33 pm

No degree, didn't go to uni as despite being more than capable mentally, the nature of my disability would have eventually prevented me from being employable (as is now the case).

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PostRe: What's your degree and what is your job?
by smurphy » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:34 pm

Dropped out of Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering.

After years of studying by myself while doing a job I loathed I'm now a programmer and I love it a lot.

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by Corazon de Leon » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:51 pm

- PhD History(in June)

- work in a call centre

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by Dual » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:14 pm

Construction management Bsc Hons

Quantity Surveyor

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by Buffalo » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:14 pm

I finished a degree in English & Media 12 years ago. I used it to get a job as a music tutor :lol: It might have helped getting a social media gig a few years ago, but yeah I always did/do something completely different.

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by darksideby182 » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:22 pm

Didn't go to Uni , got an apprenticeship.
I'm an Electrician.
Also have Qualifications in heating and ventilation but have always preferred the electrical side of the job.

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by Alvin Flummux » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:25 pm

No degree, no real hope of ever getting one.

I work as a Senior Quality Control Operator for Dealertrack Technologies, which is now owned by Cox Automotive.

I spend my days looking at scanned images of contracts and all their attendant addenda (warranties, insurance docs, credit apps etc), seeing if the data entry folks in Validata down in Mexico keyed gooseberry fool in wrong or not. It's tedious, dead-end and it's ruining my eyesight, but at $12.24/hr it pays better than most other positions in the facility, and I don't fancy working retail again, so I'm pretty much stuck.

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by Drumstick » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:12 pm

Didn't bother with University even though my grades were good enough. Just wasn't enjoying education anymore.

Currently work as a reporting analyst in the utility sector.

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PostRe: What's your degree and what is your job?
by False » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:18 pm

Hated education so I left after school, did college, did army stuff, then did an apprenticeship which let me formalise my IT qualifications and now Im in the server game.

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by SEP » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:21 pm

No degree. I work for Vertu Motors processing online service bookings and sms/email bookings and enquiries.

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by Skarjo » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:25 pm

BSc (Hons) in Microbiology with a PGCE in secondary science education.

Spent a few years in the financial sector before dropping out of a grad scheme and now work in a private international school in Hong Kong.

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by Green Gecko » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:55 pm

Degree is BA(Hons) (Fine) Arts and Media. I made drawings and interactive art instalations while studying the history of performance art and the nature of interactivity and exhibition practices. I later focused on sonic art. My last public exhibition was in September for 2 weeks.

Now I run a small design and fabrication business with the Prince's Trust. I design and make things like work apparel, signs and gifts. It's strawberry floating hard generally spending a lot of time encouraging people to spend money on something you know you do well. Previously I was an in house digital designer / marketing specialist and I've done a few other jobs including Gallery Technician for the same university. I basically turned a pile of art into a large exhibition over and over again until my arms fell off. My first job was a visual effects intern in Soho if you don't count the first thing I sold, which was a website for a film director who's currently in Hollywood. I got fired from visual effects for coughing. I forgot about doing my own thing for a long time after uni, but getting that first cheque off the back of something I did with nobody's help still means infinitely more to me than a salary. I either get bored or straight up sick working in an office, so I don't.

Something I feel a lot lately is that I'm not done yet. I don't care what a traditional career looks like and I have no faith in the job economy, but I like treating customers well. I think if you want to do something, do it, don't expect someone else to set it up for you.

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by Rocsteady » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:55 pm

Got a journalism degree then landed some tidy roles that could've seen me rolling in the cash. Instead I dropped off and squatted in eastern europe for a year while working part-time as a teacher, don't regret it at all. Fortunately landed a very good marketing role a few months ago. Still on probation though mind.

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by No:1 Final Fantasy Fan » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:56 pm

MEng degree in aerospace engineering
Now work in the utilities sector as a project engineer. Don't love my job but don't hate it either...its ok. Whatever happened to my childhood dreams of something more fun :/

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by Rightey » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:09 am

I'm doing a PhD in Education, and I do research... in education. It's fun. I've worked for companies and never understood how people can prefer work to studying. I like the work, there's always something new to look at/ complain about.

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PostRe: What's your degree and what is your job?
by Rocsteady » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:10 am

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:MEng degree in aerospace engineering
Now work in the utilities sector as a project engineer. Don't love my job but don't hate it either...its ok. Whatever happened to my childhood dreams of something more fun :/

Save up by not spending your money on shite then go do something more fun. Only live once

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by Snowcannon » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:16 am

Rocsteady wrote:
No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:MEng degree in aerospace engineering
Now work in the utilities sector as a project engineer. Don't love my job but don't hate it either...its ok. Whatever happened to my childhood dreams of something more fun :/

Save up by not spending your money on shite then go do something more fun. Only live once


YOLO once

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PostRe: What's your degree and what is your job?
by Green Gecko » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:18 am

I sort of did that. I quit, got bored, spent all my money on essentially robots to make stuff faster and then charged money for it.

I wish I could afford to spend money on shite like a holiday but eventually you just forget about buying things.

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