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What use are business degrees these days?

  • 13-10-2011 2:40am
    #1
    Bergkamp 10
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 189 ✭✭


    Everyone slags arts degrees and I suppose some of it is warranted. I'm doing a business degree and I really dont like it I find it to be boring as ****, none of the stuff will help you in a job and I dont like the college either. It probably wont even help much getting a job these days sure nearly everyone has a degree of some sort.

    Sure you dont need a business degree to start a business or be a store manager etc. Yes there are some jobs it would be helpful but unless you get something like a 2:1 degree it seems like a waste of time and money.

    Im only doing business because I narrowed down what I hated the least. I doubt Im the only one.


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  • #2
    TheyKnowMyIP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 568 ✭✭✭TheyKnowMyIP


    Most degrees are ****e these days.


  • #3
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Not a lot of use

    OP if you've any interest then going for ACCA will stand to you for a long time
    Just an option and good for any area of business, you don't have to work in practice
    And your employer would probably pay


  • #4
    Bergkamp 10
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 189 ✭✭Bergkamp 10


    mikemac wrote: »
    Not a lot of use

    OP if you've any interest in accountancy then going for ACCA will stand to you for a long time
    Just an option and good for any area of business, you don't have to work in practice

    And your employer would probably pay
    Dont really like accountancy tbh, I'm not really too good at it. Seems like a decent area to get qualified in though.

    The likes of business studies, business management seem too general now. Sure you would nearly need a 2:1 or 1:1 plus a masters too even stand a tiny chance. Well good luck to that. Its all about who you know these days, I suppose if I stay in college I might make some contacts, thats the only plus point I can think of right now.


  • #5
    maygitchell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 843 ✭✭✭maygitchell


    Bergkamp 10 wrote: »
    Dont really like accountancy tbh, I'm not really too good at it. Seems like a decent area to get qualified in though.

    The likes of business studies, business management seem too general now. Sure you would nearly need a 2:1 or 1:1 plus a masters too even stand a tiny chance. Well good luck to that. Its all about who you know these days, I suppose if I stay in college I might make some contacts, thats the only plus point I can think of right now.

    This is Sparta After Hours! You won get real advice here, unless you have a piss related atari jaguar query involving your mother.

    PS. What harm in doing further study? You can get into masters now with a 2.2 sure ya might as well/


  • #6
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    What use is anything?


    Gives you something to talk about in an interview and it gives you 4 years life experience -


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  • #7
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Oranage2 wrote: »
    What use is anything?


    Gives you something to talk about in an interview and it gives you 4 years life experience -

    Also helpful when it comes to more complex deals where you need to write detailed tender responses


  • #8
    maygitchell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 843 ✭✭✭maygitchell


    hardCopy wrote: »
    Also helpful when it comes to more complex deals where you need to write detailed tender responses

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn1YBRmmXig


  • #9
    mconigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    What use was a business degree ever?

    Always struck me a the most pointless non de-script qualification ever.


  • #10
    maygitchell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 843 ✭✭✭maygitchell


    mconigol wrote: »
    What use was a business degree ever?

    Always struck me a the most pointless non de-script qualification ever.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNQEoDec2yk


  • #11
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    I thought they were for giving people a sense of entitlement/...:pac:


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  • #12
    Princess Peach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    I have a business degree. Worked really hard at it and I have a scholarship to do my masters in Canada next year and a job offer from a guy I never met whose name I can't remember and I don't know what the job is at all.

    /gloats.

    Having a good degree opens lots of doors for you. And depending on what subjects you do they really are of benefit for you. I have training on accountancy software and exemptions from lots of professional exams.


  • #13
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    A masters in despondency studies with some additional self-pity modules might be a goer?


  • #14
    Adamantium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Adamantium


    they don't encourage better/critical thinking , management can be the tedious thing imaginable at times, i say to any LC do arts, greater choice, variety, and then follow into business afterwards if you want


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