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more college or start working?

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  • #32
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    guest2014 wrote: »
    i just don't think its relevant, i could say i came 1st in my class in medicine in trinity and you would have someone on here saying that i wouldn't get a job collecting bins with it. my question is about if i should go get a job or have another few years enjoying college life. i don't want career advise, i wouldn't be too worried about getting a job when i decide to. i have plenty of options.

    Lol the type of degree you do dictates your career path. Based on your ignorance of that fact you should talk to your career advisor first. Don't tell him what degree either make him guess ;)


  • #33
    Uriel.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    guest2014 wrote: »
    don't be jealous YOU can't do it, i can;)

    FFS op. Are you sure you're just about to graduate from college? Sounds to me like your graduating from national school.

    My advice, stick with the studies, you're not at all ready for the real world


  • #34
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    guest2014 wrote: »
    its a degree in an industry thats booming atm.

    Right these are the answers a five year old would give. Bye.


  • #35
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I bet it's Media Studies. I got a 1st in Media and I only went one day a week if it was raining.


  • #36
    guest2014
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭guest2014


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I bet it's Media Studies. I got a 1st in Media and I only went one day a week if it was raining.

    no its not, look i can assure you its a worthwhile degree and although i partied hard,i worked ten times harder, its not that hard to do both.


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  • #37
    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    Well I for one plan on avoiding the real world for as long as possible. There's a recession out there you know!


  • #38
    Ciderswigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 941 ✭✭✭Ciderswigger


    Seriously OP how can you expect to get an honest answer to your question if you don't share some details. I would question your 1:1 if you cannot fathom the reason we are curious about your qualifications.

    TL:DR Do what ya want, I'll see ya at the dole office in May.


  • #39
    guest2014
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭guest2014


    Ciderswigger wrote: »
    Seriously OP how can you expect to get an honest answer to your question if you don't share some details. I would question your 1:1 if you cannot fathom the reason we are curious about your qualifications.

    TL:DR Do what ya want, I'll see ya at the dole office in May.

    i really don't get how ye can't see where im coming from, look i will get a job when i leave college even if its now or in 4 years time in ireland or abroad . i am just wondering if i should stay in college mainly for the lifestyle but also to keep learning and improving myself.


  • #40
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Ciderswigger wrote: »
    Seriously OP how can you expect to get an honest answer to your question if you don't share some details. I would question your 1:1 if you cannot fathom the reason we are curious about your qualifications.

    TL:DR Do what ya want, I'll see ya at the dole office in May.

    The fact it's posted in AH should give you some kind of idea of the mental stability of the poster asking such a question in such a place.

    If the person was serious, they would ask in a genuine relevant forum like Engineering or Mathematics etc etc

    Anyway, I call BS and the OP is looking for some BH Monday trolling fun.


  • #41
    Ciderswigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 941 ✭✭✭Ciderswigger


    guest2014 wrote: »
    i really don't get how ye can't see where im coming from, look i will get a job when i leave college even if its now or in 4 years time in ireland or abroad . i am just wondering if i should stay in college mainly for the lifestyle but also to keep learning and improving myself.

    Party on duuuuude! Woop woop!!! Jaegerbombs, yeahhhhhhh!!!!!!!! \O/


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  • #42
    Red_Dwarf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭Red_Dwarf


    guest2014 wrote: »
    no its not, look i can assure you its a worthwhile degree and although i partied hard,i worked ten times harder, its not that hard to do both.

    It's in Arts isn't it


  • #43
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Ciderswigger wrote: »
    Party on duuuuude! Woop woop!!! Jaegerbombs, yeahhhhhhh!!!!!!!! \O/

    I'm a student so my bombs are done with boost instead of red bull \O/


  • #44
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    I get suspicious of people who aren't in DIT.


  • #45
    guest2014
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭guest2014


    Celly Smunt wrote: »
    I get suspicious of people who aren't in DIT.

    what?


  • #46
    Ciderswigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 941 ✭✭✭Ciderswigger


    kceire wrote: »
    The fact it's posted in AH should give you some kind of idea of the mental stability....If the person was serious, they would ask in a genuine relevant forum like Engineering or Mathematics etc etc.

    But they couldn't put it in a proper forum cos its a *whispers* secret degree. :D


  • #47
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    guest2014 wrote: »
    what?

    You heard me!


  • #48
    designbydan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 176 ✭✭designbydan


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I bet it's Media Studies. I got a 1st in Media and I only went one day a week if it was raining.

    I'm finishing a media degree now, Creative Digital Media to be exact (I don't mind saying what it's in) and while its an Arts and media degree it's still bloody hard!.

    I just finished making a video game with some other students for a group project, I'm currently making another one for my own final year project. (both coding in C#)

    The short movies and motion projects we make are expected to be on the same level or better as anything from DIT or another dedicated film course, along with us having to create fake marketing campaigns with full websites and social network presence for nearly every module.

    I can't speak for other arts degrees but as far as ours is concerned its no walk in the park ! and yes there are plenty of jobs in the digital media field most of the grads have found work straight outta college so don't pay attention to "an arts degree is worth nothing" Sh**e that people are saying.

    OP if your not willing to say what course you're in people can't give you the advice you're asking for. . . but from the sounds of it you've never attended college, and are basing your posts on movies you've watched or stories from older friends.


  • #49
    Brian_Zeluz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭Brian_Zeluz


    guest2014 wrote: »
    its a degree in an industry thats booming atm.

    Ah of course, explosives engineering. Good on ya OP. I'm sure you'll have a blast either way.


  • #50
    cactuspaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭cactuspaw


    guest2014 wrote: »
    i just don't think its relevant, i could say i came 1st in my class in medicine in trinity and you would have someone on here saying that i wouldn't get a job collecting bins with it. my question is about if i should go get a job or have another few years enjoying college life. i don't want career advise, i wouldn't be too worried about getting a job when i decide to. i have plenty of options.


    look if you told us what you studied maybe we could help with some advice.
    at the moment, there are very few jobs in the area covered by subjects like sociology or humanities. I've been to recruitment fairs, if you study IT or science or engeneering, there are lots of options for you. Possibly in a few years there may be more options for what you are studying, or if you stay and pick a postgrad that suits the kind of jobs that are available at the moment then your chances of getting a job might be higher then people who are just leaving now and p1ssing about on the doal for a year.

    unfortunatly, from my own experiance, a post grad is very different to an undergrad. if you want to spend a few years doing a phd so you can have the craic with your mates in the pub, thats not how it works and you shouldnt be there. Its a lot more intense, its a lot longer hours and you are on your own a lot if its research.

    plus a postgrad fee is how much ? paying that to drink and get the r1de.


  • #51
    guest2014
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭guest2014


    designbydan wrote: »
    I'm finishing a media degree now, Creative Digital Media to be exact (I don't mind saying what it's in) and while its an Arts and media degree it's still bloody hard!.

    I just finished making a video game with some other students for a group project, I'm currently making another one for my own final year project. (both coding in C#)

    The short movies and motion projects we make are expected to be on the same level or better as anything from DIT or another dedicated film course, along with us having to create fake marketing campaigns with full websites and social network presence for nearly every module.

    I can't speak for other arts degrees but as far as ours is concerned its no walk in the park ! and yes there are plenty of jobs in the digital media field most of the grads have found work straight outta college so don't pay attention to "an arts degree is worth nothing" Sh**e that people are saying.

    OP if your not willing to say what course you're in people can't give you the advice you're asking for. . . but from the sounds of it you've never attended college, and are basing your posts on movies you've watched or stories from older friends.

    ah yes i have, just because im not saying what the degree is does not mean i am not in college.


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  • #52
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Ciderswigger wrote: »
    But they couldn't put it in a proper forum cos its a *whispers* secret degree. :D

    Maybe it's a degree in this http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=576


  • #53
    Ciderswigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 941 ✭✭✭Ciderswigger


    guest2014 wrote: »
    ah yes i have, just because im not saying what the degree is does not mean i am not in college.

    So what is the degree in...?


  • #54
    pheasant tail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭pheasant tail


    an industry that is booming :) Please elaborate OP...


  • #55
    Mrs Garth Brooks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Mrs Garth Brooks


    Went back to college at 28. I loved it.

    And I intend on studying more in the future.

    So more college. Go for it and have fun.


  • #56
    SamAK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭SamAK


    OP your attitude is strange...as far as I can see, you have absolutely no reason not to tell us what course you're doing. It's basic information relating to the topic under discussion. How do you expect us to give you advice?

    What makes you so sure that you'll get a job? I'm pretty sure real world experience counts for a lot more than nearly a decade of college.

    It doesn't matter who you are or what your grades are like, the reality is that no graduate can be absolutely 100% certain of securing a job after completing their course.

    Just bear that in mind and quit being so cocky. College teaches you a fair bit, but it doesn't teach you everything. A real job is slightly different to the 'craic' of third level education.


  • #57
    guest2014
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭guest2014


    HardLuckWoman wrote: »
    Went back to college at 28. I loved it.

    And I intend on studying more in the future.

    So more college. Go for it and have fun.

    had you already a degree?


  • #58
    mfergus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭mfergus


    Bull$hit thread.

    This is just some insecure dude stating he has a really good degree, has the option of getting a job now or at any stage in the future, rides lots of women and don't feel the need to work at the moment.

    Probably a case of nobody gives a crap in the real world... many people have a degree. Get over it.

    My advice, stay in college. You're not ready for the real world.


  • #59
    designbydan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 176 ✭✭designbydan


    guest2014 wrote: »
    ah yes i have, just because im not saying what the degree is does not mean i am not in college.

    You're right, but because you're not saying what your degree is in you're coming off like you either a) don't know what to say , or b) are ashamed of the course,


    Who's paying for this second 4 year degree tho? are you going to make mammy and daddy fork out the cash so you can pi** away another college experience?

    Maybe you have the 4 grand a year it costs in fees saved up? I doubt it, unless you plan to tell us all that you also worked like a mofo while having the craic and buckling down with college work.

    You've gotten your answer plenty of times, stay in bloody college, the real world doesn't want you yet, you're not ready for it.


  • #60
    guest2014
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭guest2014


    SamAK wrote: »
    OP your attitude is strange...as far as I can see, you have absolutely no reason not to tell us what course you're doing. It's basic information relating to the topic under discussion. How do you expect us to give you advice?

    What makes you so sure that you'll get a job? I'm pretty sure real world experience counts for a lot more than nearly a decade of college.

    It doesn't matter who you are or what your grades are like, the reality is that no graduate can be absolutely 100% certain of securing a job after completing their course.

    Just bear that in mind and quit being so cocky. College teaches you a fair bit, but it doesn't teach you everything. A real job is slightly different to the 'craic' of third level education.

    i think people are just being nosey asking me what the degree is or just wanting to find out then try to rip it to shreds, its not the question i asked.


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  • #61
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    guest2014 wrote: »
    i think people are just being nosey asking me what the degree is or just wanting to find out then try to rip it to shreds, its not the question i asked.
    Bsc ba or beng?


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