Did you choose your career (or degree course) purely for money

John Doe1

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FetchTheGin

John Doe1 wrote: »

I'm currently studying an arts degree

Stopped reading after that.

Snakeblood

John Doe1 wrote: »

I

Stopped reading after that.

aoife_bennett

I'm doing Journalism. Draw your own conclusions.

FetchTheGin

aoife_bennett wrote: »

I'm doing Journalism. Draw your own conclusions.

Many of you journalists do! :P

Michael 09

Almost everybody works to get paid, therefore choose a career that pays you the most. Common sense, no?

So to sum up, money is the only reason I choose it.

Snakeblood

Michael 09 wrote: »

Almost everybody works to get paid, therefore choose a career that pays you the most. Common sense, no?

So to sum up, money is the only reason I choose it.

If being a sex receptacle for a football team was the best paid job in the land, I still wouldn't do it.Not everything is about money.

Pdfile

i did to a certin extent... i mean, working with pc's is fine by me, sound folks in offices are a rare bonus... cushie job that pays well and is somewhat on my terms.

though my mammy always said " you could be president or a street sweeper so long as you're happy ill support you "

Celly Smunt

Snakeblood wrote: »

If being a sex receptacle for a football team was the best paid job in the land, I still wouldn't do it.Not everything is about money.

ah but it is

wolfpawnat

My partner was doing Medicine, well enough paid, unless you become a consultant, then you are minted altogether

But he quit, and studied Veterinary, more manual work, more getting out of bed at 4am to go out in the píssing rain to pull a calf.

But the standard of living with veterinary was, to him, a better one. So no, not everyone chooses careers based on the moola

Snakeblood

pmcmahon wrote: »

ah but it is

You're right. Time to ring up that football team.

jonnyfingers

I did my engineering degree as it suited my skills and interests. The jobs I've had since college have been quite varied so I always say that my degree did not get me a specific job. However I'm lucky that it prepared me for lots of different types of jobs and as such I've had steady employment since I graduated.

So I didn't do it for the money, but a happy consequence is that I earn quite a good living thanks to it.

BBDBB

nope

I did my degree because it interested me

I happened upon my job by accident

I could earn more doing something else


to those who say its all about the money, you are very very wrong and I pity you

Chose for city mainly.. But I did have an interest in economics anyway. Regret the course a bit.

Captain_Generic

Yep, regretted it, doing another degree which is far more interesting but has a much narrower job market

RedXIV

Nope. I liked video games and wanted to work with them, didn't care about the money side really. As long as I could live off what I made.

NothingMan

I didn't really choose my career at all. I applied for any coourse on the CAO with media in the title. Got accepted to a kind of engineering course in the balillionth round and took it. Coasted through and done pretty well with mininal effort. Finished my exams and went to an agancy who got me an interview for a Tech Support job. That was 5 and a it years ago and I now do IT for the company I started with straight outta college.

It's not really about money, I'm just a lazy fecker. I do like my job though. Money could be better.

XxMCRxBabyxX

Nope, i've wanted to study law since I was 15 because the subject fascinated me, still does!

I do see some people in my year who are just doing it for the money, they are also the same ones who tend to be further behing in class.

I was always taught that you'll make money out of anything if you're good at it, if you're not you won't

Andy-Pandy

Im studying horticulture, can be very well paid if you grow the right thing, or badly paid if, like me, you like to work in parks and gardens

Novella

Nope, not at all. I chose the course I'm doing because it's something I've had an interest in for years and as cheesy as this is gonna sound, I wanna help people.

starlit

No, just went with a course that interested me and that I hoped to get a career out of. I managed to get a job straight out of college but I think it was just luck really. I went back to college again afterwards and all the better for it. Still looking for work but have had more job opportunities and more offers of job interviews than say when I finished my degree before I started working.

Happened to just fall into the job by accident really but hoping to continue in that area of IT rather than business/BIS but think I may need to do further study between IT and BIS to progress in looking for work.

retalivity

money & interest,
half & half


although now i realise that my degree has opened up a lot more opportunities (and more interesting ones) than i thought while in college, so it all came good

Miguel_Sanchez

I nearly did computers because back when I was first thinking of going to college there was a lot of money for fixing the auld Y2K bug.

But I ended up putting off college and when I did go I studied film. So now I'm a millionaire of course.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

English and History of Art so draw your own conclusions. Or if anyone would like to pay me I could draw a very nice one for you and also write about it. Anyone?

Icyseanfitz

ive done a couple of courses because i felt the need to get a full time paying job none of them have worked out for me so feck it im trying to do something i actually enjoy doing and see if i can get a little money from it, life is too short to be doing something you have no interest in everyday ffs

triseke

Nope. Did it because I was interested in it.

Just waiting to hear back from a job now

Orando Broom

Anyone do their degree out of blind panic? Anyone?


Ok, never mind.

I did my first degree coz I loved it. Then I loathed it, then I sorta liked it. A big fat £100k a year job would have been handy.

Eurovisionmad

wolfpawnat wrote: »

My partner was doing Medicine, well enough paid, unless you become a consultant, then you are minted altogether

But he quit, and studied Veterinary, more manual work, more getting out of bed at 4am to go out in the píssing rain to pull a calf.

But the standard of living with veterinary was, to him, a better one. So no, not everyone chooses careers based on the moola

Yes such a step down in the pay scale, really he gave it all up!

Orando Broom

Eurovisionmad wrote: »

Yes such a step down in the pay scale, really he gave it all up!

She couldn't blow dung about him pulling a calf in breech to the Ladies who lunch though.

paky

giving up your time for half the day, i dont see how anyone could be happy at work. if the monies good, i suppose its some comfort. i mean does it really matter what u do as long as you get a nice fat salary in the post?

Sky King

Was always going to work in the family business. Felt I should have technical qualifications in order to be taken seriously as someone who knows what they are talking about even though i suppose fk all of what I learned in college is really applicable there.

Or maybe it is, I can't ever remember not understanding how it all works....

Really glad I did that anyway.

Jess16

Eurovisionmad wrote: »

Yes such a step down in the pay scale, really he gave it all up!

Orando Broom wrote: »

She couldn't blow dung about him pulling a calf in breech to the Ladies who lunch though.

I'm just wondering why she gave her entire answer about her partner, I'm never sure why people do that when asked a question about themselves

Oh and I chose my career because it's something I love, money was never a factor

FloatingVoter

I went to art college because I was tired of books. So naturally I am now running guns and munitions to and from various global hotspots. I plan to retire soon and work on my watercolours.

Tauriel

I'm studying Accounting in college because it is what I was good at in school and I have an interest in it

Breadcrusts

Studying something that almost certainly wont make me rich but I love it and I think that's more important..
Give it 2years and we'll see if I still feel the same way though.

pow wow

No but I spend a good chunk of time wishing I had.

kate.m

I haven't decided yet.
I'm really average at everything so I can't decide on what interests me more.

thinking of studying either science or law. I like both but figure I've more chance of being employed with a law degree - and I don't mind salary, just having a job. I'm terrified I'll end up unemployed.

wolf moon

No, never, although I like to be paid good for the stuff I do.
I usually dedicate myself to a job, I give all I can from my end to have things done well - I couldn't do it if I wasn't genuinely interested in it...

Liam Byrne

I'm lucky enough to be earning from doing 2 things that I love.

Will never make a fortune, but as long as I have enough to get by - paying the bills with a bit to spare for the odd luxury and fun, that's me happy.

I'm all for "making a living" rather than "making a profit", and it's a pity more people don't think that way.

Money was only invented because it was more convenient than bartering.....if you don't need it then it's worthless.

niq

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I was always taught that you'll make money out of anything if you're good at it, if you're not you won't

Bang on imo!

Ps money does count until a certain point, being that it doesn't impede on your life and you actually have time to spend the money you earn!

histories

Nope, money just ain't important to me (aside from having enough to live on). Am doing my course because I want to be able to help people. Was initially studying something else but dropped it when I realised it wasn't enough for me. I hope that this course will give me the opportunity to be able to really help others. At most I'll probably be getting €30k a yr, which is actually a lot to me, I don't feel like I'd need more.

niq

histories wrote: »

At most I'll probably be getting €30k a yr, which is actually a lot to me, I don't feel like I'd need more.

Definitely, i dont think anyone could care about how much they earned if they were suffering for it!

Noodleworm

Nope, not for money.
Ive been told while money is an influence at first after a while at a job you just won't care what your being paid.
I chose my course cos I find it really interesting and enjoyable, Its going to be really hard to get a job but I'll always prefer to be happy and poor than rich, but doing a job I hate.

paky

you should try being poor first. this will demonstrate to you and make appreciate the true value of money!

I did thphys because it was fascinating, didnt care about money

XxMCRxBabyxX

paky wrote: »

giving up your time for half the day, i dont see how anyone could be happy at work. if the monies good, i suppose its some comfort. i mean does it really matter what u do as long as you get a nice fat salary in the post?

I may only be an intern at the moment but I love the work I'm doing and it has nothing to do with how much I'm being paid. I just genuinely enjoy it. Surely that's more important than a pay check? Actually being happy in what you're doing?

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

paky wrote: »

you should try being poor first. this will demonstrate to you and make appreciate the true value of money!

I'm reasonably poor! I think people are more talking about doing something you hate/don't care about for lots of money as opposed to doing something you love for money you can live on

Sky King

bluewolf wrote: »

I did thphys because it was fascinating, didnt care about money

What do you work at now, if you dont mind me asking?

John Doe1

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I may only be an intern at the moment but I love the work I'm doing and it gas nothing to do with how much I'm being paid. I just genuinely enjoy it. Surely that's more important than a pay check? Actually being happy in what you're doing?

You're very lucky, i had a big interest in law from about 14 but unfortunately the points didn't come through in the leaving so an arts course in trinity it was.:(

oppenheimer1

I'm so paid

later12

I work in economics/finance, so yes money was about 50% of the reason for my choice.

The other 50% was down to a curious affinity for creating and collecting graphs.