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[Coyote]

Nah, that's bollocks. Most of us are sick and tired of "academia" by the time we graduate...from my class more have ended up doing sales and marketing type roles in various technical industries, such as Telecoms (me)...

That's a point. So going to uni wasn't worth it in the end?

Just got a letter from Work and Income saying "blardy blardy blah, fucks sakes, yardy yar, get here at the time you booked your important doctor's appointment that you've desperately been waiting for". Frustrated, I said to my parents "can I please come off the dole now so I don't get harassed any further" and they said "no, we need the money".

They bought a $500 DVD recorder yesterday.

[MisterD]

That's a point. So going to uni wasn't worth it in the end?

Depends how you define "worth it" really. I had a good time, learnt some really cool mind-blowing type stuff (Paul Davies was one of my lecturers - we used to give him sh1t about nicking stuff from Stephen Hawking).

I wouldn't be doing the job I'm doing now (which I do enjoy), if I hadn't been to uni and got my degree...but, if I had my time again, I'd be a sparky.

[vtec]

That's a point. So going to uni wasn't worth it in the end?

Just got a letter from Work and Income saying "blardy blardy blah, fucks sakes, yardy yar, get here at the time you booked your important doctor's appointment that you've desperately been waiting for". Frustrated, I said to my parents "can I please come off the dole now so I don't get harassed any further" and they said "no, we need the money".

They bought a $500 DVD recorder yesterday.

Haha, that's what annoyed me about my parents. Charged me $200 a week for living and eating at home, and were always upgrading cars and motorbikes losing tens of thousands at a time, and keeping me on the breadline while failing to do the sensible thing and pay off their mortgage. Now mum's redundant, dad's got limited working life left, and they've still got a mortgage. Also, they were really controlling, so I lasted 1 month after I got back living in the room on the side of their garage before I packed my shit and left. Think they really could use my board money now too, but it's just not livable for me anymore. They'd had it far too good for far too long. They never foresaw the possibility that one day it might be hard to make their mortgage repayments.