Things you wish you knew when you were finishing college...

breadmonkey · 08-05-2008 10:20PM #1

Well, next Friday will mark the end of my 4 years. Do share the wisdom:)

tribulus · 08-05-2008 10:21PM

It wasn't worth it.

Sherifu · 08-05-2008 10:26PM

You can forget most of what you've learned.(If you haven't already)

08-05-2008 11:13PM

Sherifu wrote: »

You can forget most of what you've learned.(If you haven't already)

or if you learnt anything ..

Doctor DooM · 08-05-2008 11:13PM

Your job has nothing to do with what you learned in college, other than in name.

Dudess · 08-05-2008 11:14PM

What did you study OP?

By the way, the quote in your sig is amazing! Talk about a perfect example of a particularly satirical Simpsons moment occurring in real life...

Bart: Lis! Lis, come here, I found him! I found Edgar Neubauer.
[points at a tombstone: "Edgar Neubauer: Beloved husband and old
grouch (1831-1909)"]
Oh my God...the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.
Lisa: [gasp] No, Bart, don't you see? Dead people can't vote.
[pulls out list, looks at another tombstone]
Prudence Goodwyfe, died 1641. She voted for Bob too. [gasps] So
did Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper.
[walking] Even the pet cemetery voted for Bob, look! Mr. and
Mrs. Bananas, Humphrey Boa-Gart...oh, my poor dead kitty, please
not you too...
[checks list, sees "Snowball I"]
[angry] All right, Bob, now it's personal!
-- The Mayor crosses the line, "Sideshow Bob Roberts"

The Springfield Shopper headline reads, "Call for Probe in Bob Flap",
with an editorial on "Why Not Let Dead Pets Vote?"

Dimitri · 08-05-2008 11:16PM

Yes please keep the wisdom coming, for the record i'll have some class of B.A in Economics in a few weeks!!

goldfish007 · 08-05-2008 11:16PM

learned that a year on and the HSE ****e is still not improving and so.....a year on, a year of loosing my skills, i am still unemployed! fantastic.

truecrippler · 08-05-2008 11:17PM

That sound engineers get all kinds of chicks.

Keano · 08-05-2008 11:17PM

I would do a different course!

They crammed so much into the 4 years that I left knowing a little about everything.

breadmonkey · 08-05-2008 11:18PM

Dudess wrote: »

What did you study OP?

By the way, the quote in your sig is amazing! Talk about a perfect example of a particularly satirical Simpsons moment occurring in real life...

I studied Civil Engineering but I'm not mad about it tbh. That's for another thread though!

I must have more nuggets of wisdom!

Dudess · 08-05-2008 11:19PM

What age are you?

breadmonkey · 08-05-2008 11:27PM

Dudess wrote: »

What age are you?

22!

admiralofthefleet · 08-05-2008 11:30PM

lots of what i learned doesnt apply to everyday use and that the knives i used for the guts of college were shít

Dudess · 08-05-2008 11:32PM

breadmonkey wrote: »

22!

My advice would be to do another course so. I'm 30 (well I'm clutching for dear life to the dying days of my 20s - 10 of them to be exact

) and only just embarking on a career. I'm not saying to leave it that late, but you've plenty of time. Is there anything of interest to you that you could do as a postgrad?

cobweb · 08-05-2008 11:38PM

that i would be back again twice

what you learn you forget

jerry springer is better then lectures

you can always go back but its not the same

its ok to change direction

dont worry about changing career

15 years from it wont matter

nyarlothothep · 08-05-2008 11:47PM

man, I finished my undergrad 2 years ago, I still can't believe its 2 years ago, it should be 5 months ago but time moves too fast. 10 months ago it was a year and 2 months ago but now its 2 years ago.

My advice, enjoy graduation and the fact that you have a degree. The newness of college will be forever lost but thats just a part of the experience. I cant wait to go back. I love college, the whole environment and culture of it was/is/still something brilliant.

kowloon · 08-05-2008 11:49PM

breadmonkey wrote: »

I studied Civil Engineering but I'm not mad about it tbh. That's for another thread though!

I must have more nuggets of wisdom!

It's not really a great time for you to be joining the jobs market. 10 years ago you would have been set up nicely.

Tar.Aldarion · 08-05-2008 11:52PM

wednesday = me engineer \o/

cooperguy · 08-05-2008 11:59PM

Monday week I will be officially a Biomedical Engineer:D If I pass these god damn exams that is. So people keep these gems of wisdom coming!!

breadmonkey · 09-05-2008 12:00AM

kowloon wrote: »

It's not really a great time for you to be joining the jobs market. 10 years ago you would have been set up nicely.

Meh. There are jobs flying left, right and centre from what I've seen. I was offered a job in a place I did work experience last summer but I'm not really interested. Heading off for 6-8 months this summer though so I won't be looking for employment for at least a year and probably not in that field anyway.

@ Dudess: I haven't really seen anything I'd like to do a postgrad in but that's one of the main reasons I'm going away. I'm sort of toying of the idea of doing another undergrad that's more computer orientated but it would definitely have to be outside of Dublin because I couldn't hack living at home for another four years.

Ideally, I'll be back in March/April next year with a clearer idea. Although there's a good chance I won't be any clearer, at least I'll have plenty of time to look into things without the hassle of exams etc.

.....

tribulus · 09-05-2008 12:01AM

In a week's time I'll officially be one of the thousands of people with newly obtained degrees, I can't wait for employers to start seducing me into working for them because of my unique skills.

cobweb · 09-05-2008 12:06AM

oh yes one other college friends last forever

cooperguy · 09-05-2008 12:07AM

tribulus wrote: »

In a week's time I'll officially be one of the thousands of people with newly obtained degrees, I can't wait for employers to start seducing me into working for them because of my unique skills.

So your a business student then!! Im one of a select few myself:D

tribulus · 09-05-2008 12:11AM

No I'm just a bit bemused by the naivety of some of the people I know in college and their expectations.

kowloon · 09-05-2008 12:13AM

I was under the impression that the engineering companies were not handing out many jobs these days, and i'd say a good portion of the ones going are the usual experience required types that are the bane of all graduates.

You don't have to start from scratch, postgrad diplomas FTW!
As you know, computer and civil eng. mix rather well, you can still use your degree to your advantage.
That said, if you do decide to start again as an undergrad you will get exemptions for a lot of maths related subjects. May take a bit of the sting out of it.

cooperguy · 09-05-2008 12:21AM

cobweb wrote: »

oh yes one other college friends last forever

Im analyzing that coment for sarcasm and im not sure whether you are or not?? Its probably just cause it late

tribulus · 09-05-2008 12:30AM

I found my school friends last forever or at least this long. College friends I can't see myself making an effort to keep in contact with them tbh. There's nothing wrong with them, the majority of them are sound and down to earth. I'm just not bothered

Jigsaw · 09-05-2008 12:32AM

I wish I had known how cruel a mistress real life and the working world would be.

Rb · 09-05-2008 12:58AM

After two years out of it, I'm returning to college in September (hopefully).

I'll tell you this much though, the "real world" fcking blows, college life is so much better than 9-5 bollocks and the stresses that come with it. That's what I've picked up after two years of it and plan on avoiding it again for as long as possible and enjoying college life while it lasts.

gaeilgegrinds · 09-05-2008 01:03AM

Very little of what you learned has any relevence, never again will you have so many people with a scared knowledge of your chosen area & such passion prepared to discuss it all over a pint at 11am on a Monday morning in your company again and never again will you dress any crazily (in my case!)

Things you wish you knew when you were finishing college...

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