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supporting yourself in college

  • 02-12-2007 10:18pm
    #1
    juanveron45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 496 ✭✭


    who here went through 4 years of college and supported themselves by working parttime, what type of work did ye do and how did ye manage


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  • #2
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    I worked three or four evenings a week as a typist for a newspaper.


  • #3
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,969 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Barman and night porter in a hotel
    So finish college on Friday evening, 3 hours with Bus Eireann and then work until 8am the next day. Then Saturday evening and straight through to Sunday afternoon.
    Then 3 hours to Bus Eireann back to college
    Ah good memories! (5 hours sleep in three days):)
    And in breach in every piece of employee safety legislation that exists


  • #4
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    30 hours tech support per week. Full day Saturday and Sunday, and two evenings per week.

    Although I earn quite a lot more now, my cash lasted a lot longer back then!


  • #5
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    Notetaker for special needs students, supplemented by occasional Christmas temp jobs.


  • #6
    neil_hosey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭neil_hosey


    worked in a garden centre!! doing the weirdest of jobs. worked 9 - 6 saturday and sunday gave me something like 150 a week.

    Got me thru college.

    on my work placement in third year i saved up money so i wouldnt have to work in 4thh (final ) year


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  • #7
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    I did security on industrial sites at the weekends. Handy work that usually gave me plenty of time to study during shifts.


  • #8
    connundrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,562 ✭✭✭connundrum


    Worked in a cinema. I was basically doing someone's full time job - roughly 30 hours per week.

    Handiest work ever, but was basic wages so I was never flush with a €450pm rent.

    Had I known then what I know now, I would have done landscaping at the weekends. I know a guy getting €200 a day at the weekend. 8 hours a day. I would have been minted :(


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