Graduated from uni and bored shiteless of your field of study?

[el_scor_cho]

I have just graduated, stuck in a bit of a rut and the last thing i want to do is continue with what i studied.
Happen to you? Did you go back and study something else or just jump into the wide world in a diff field?

[cromagnon]

What did you study?

[el_scor_cho]

japanese and linguistics. was well into it midway through study, had a fair few jobs lined up etc but every bit of that excitement seemed to fade in my final year

[Tank]

I have just graduated, stuck in a bit of a rut and the last thing i want to do is continue with what i studied.
Happen to you? Did you go back and study something else or just jump into the wide world in a diff field?

Most Uni students I know really majored in getting pissed and fucking anything that walked.

How can you get bored of that?

[avgas]

Go to Japan.
But yes its one of those things. Its all fluffy colored when you study it - when you work it, its shit.

[Trudes]

I am finishing my third year and have one year to go next year, and yes I'm so totally bored with it all that I'm not sure I will actually actively pursue a career in the field I am studying. However, maybe after a year break once I graduate I may feel like getting into the field. Maybe have a break and do something completely unrelated and then you may feel like using your degree.

[bungbung]

I worked in a related field for one year before I went back to studying in a completely area (which I have now worked in for 12 years)

[mashman]

Go to Japan.
But yes its one of those things. Its all fluffy colored when you study it - when you work it, its shit.

wot he said...

maybe send a PM to Brian d'Marge... think he's out in Japan at the mo... he might be able to hook you up? then again he may well tell you to fuck off (i don't know the guy), but am sure he's lovely :)

[el_scor_cho]

yeah thats the thing i had a job lined up and all but thought it would be a bad move if i really wasnt into it. maybe a good break and a few months hard work might spark new interest.

[shrub]

I'm now half way through my third degree from 2 universities - yeah, I know, I'm a sad bastard with no life.

[avgas]

I'm now half way through my third degree from 2 universities - yeah, I know, I'm a sad bastard with no life.
Haha we should start a social club where no one turns up.
I feel your pain. I am currently working on MBA while working full-time as engineer. Thanks to fricken winter and fluro tubes - I have no idea what daylight looks like.
My motorbikes are almost furniture. I got asked yesterday if they run......and I didn't know the answer.

[jim.cox]

I went back around for a second piece of paper

Sitting in a cold London squat, I decided that working at the bottom of the heap was a mug's game and that to get maximum $$ for minimum hours I needed a different qualification

It was a straight commercial decision that has worked out well for me.

I was lucky that I managed to find some work at the same time, so I didnt come out as indebted as budgeted

No education is ever wasted - but sometimes its relevance can be hard to see

[jim.cox]

Haha we should start a social club where no one turns up.


They have - its called "KiwiBiker"

[slofox]

Most Uni students I know really majored in getting pissed and fucking anything that walked.

How can you get bored of that?

I didn't get bored at all!

[slofox]

Most Uni students I know really majored in getting pissed and fucking anything that walked.

How can you get bored of that?

I didn't get bored at all!

[Bald Eagle]

I'm now half way through my third degree from 2 universities - yeah, I know, I'm a sad bastard with no life.

if you do a couple more and try some other universities ( wev'e got a few ) you could skip working and go from student to retired. ( Just like a Treaty Lawyer maybe :lol: )

[aprilia_RS250]

Go to Thailand and go and see a proper ping pong show, you will then discover what life is really about

[SPman]

My mate got an BSc (hons) in Cellular Biology, then went Crayfishing, became a Hippie potter and sculptor in the bush, made shit loads of money and then went building! I went in, initially Land Surveying, got diverted by Geology/Paleontology, ended up driving Earthmovers and diggers before becoming a Chippie for 25 yrs, then a Quantity Surveyor and a Building Surveyor, as I got bored, so.......what you study now is not necessarily what you'll end up doing! Or end up studying!

[rachprice]

I did pharmacology (loved chemistry) but at the end couldnt bare to work for a heartless drug company so did medicine......so I guess I did my degree decided I didn't like the job prospects (loved studying it) and started another haha

[R6_kid]

I have a friend who did 5 years of studying Law. She now works at JB Hi-Fi as a sales assistant on $15/hr.

[Trudes]

I did pharmacology (loved chemistry) but at the end couldnt bare to work for a heartless drug company so did medicine......so I guess I did my degree decided I didn't like the job prospects (loved studying it) and started another haha

Get where you're coming from there. I love studying psychology, but really don't think I could spend all day analysing people's fucked up thoughts and blaming all the shit they do on their parents, love the study of though.

[TerminalAddict]

Haha we should start a social club where no one turns up.
I feel your pain. I am currently working on MBA while working full-time as engineer. Thanks to fricken winter and fluro tubes - I have no idea what daylight looks like.
My motorbikes are almost furniture. I got asked yesterday if they run......and I didn't know the answer.

nice !!!!
I'm in my final year of my MBA (11 months to go) including writing my thesis, whilst working full time as nerd

[Foxzee]

Ask Dean ...he's a master in this sort of advice!..hehehe

[mynameis]

Take a break

Go travelling maybe Japan (It really is an awesome place)

Bum around

Enjoy party

There's lots to do

Whatever floats your boat

[Maha]

Ask Dean ...he's a master in this sort of advice!..hehehe


Deans retired = his mum has hidden the USB cable.

[Dave Lobster]

I know a number of people that studied various things at university.

A lot of them got very good jobs (on minimum wage) working in various fast food outfits.

One of them did well for herself. Her geography degree got her an admin (assistant) job on (boom boom) minimum wage.

[Hitcher]

I remember the days when lots of students didn't study "vocational" degrees. BAs in classics and history were a dime a dozen. Then polytechs became universities and dumbed up their diplomas to become "degrees" and universities panicked, took over the former polys and dumbed down their own offerings to compete and also threw a whole bunch of "degrees du jour" into the mix. At the same time governments in various guises tried to fob off the myth that qualifications held the keys to the Golden Kingdom. Double degrees have even become common, FFS.

There is a big difference between knowledge and "qualifications". Anybody who thinks otherwise has probably got a Masters degree in Facile Timewasting.

You have been conned, people. Unfortunately so too have your future employers.