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

**el_scor_cho** · 11th May 2010, 10:08

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** · 11th May 2010, 10:12

What did you study?

**el_scor_cho** · 11th May 2010, 10:18

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** · 11th May 2010, 10:26

Originally Posted by 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?

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

How can you get bored of that?

**avgas** · 11th May 2010, 10:26

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** · 11th May 2010, 10:28

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** · 11th May 2010, 10:31

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** · 11th May 2010, 10:37

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 11th May 2010, 10:39

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** · 11th May 2010, 11:00

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

**avgas** · 11th May 2010, 11:19

Originally Posted by shrub

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** · 11th May 2010, 11:27

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