Do you ever feel you did the wrong degree/course?

In all honesty I don't think having a relevant degree matters all that much. I did a computer science degree and graduated 6(!) years ago. I now work as a web developer so one would think the degree was directly useful...

It was and it wasn't. It got me an interview for my first job as it proved I was interested in IT and that I was capable of learning but that's about it.

6 years on and I haven't been asked about my degree once, all about the experience and I'm pretty sure it's the same in most fields.
 
James_N said:
Yep. I spent 3 years doing an AVCE in ICT.
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Do my eyes deceive me? Another person who did the AVCE in ICT? In the 6 years since I finished the course I've not come across anyone who took it! What a waste of two years it turned out to be :)
 
I spent 5 years at uni studying for a masters in aerospace. My fourth year was spent in inudstry, and was the most worthwhile experience of my life to date as regards work. All in all, I think university is a waste of time for 90% of the subjects offered. Apprenticeships need to be reinstated - I'm not going to use anything I learnt on my degree course the rest of my career.

But there ya go, that's what we get from having a Labour government that sees a degree as the only way forward for young people and academic education as the be-all and end-all of humanity. Bring back craftsmanship, I say! Sod degrees.
 
Doing mechanical engineering, sometimes think I should have done maths but I expect I would have been terribly bored from no hands on work........ shoulda woulda coulda
 
Doing a joint honours in Business & Advertising at the University of Lincoln, I like it and all, but I wish I was smarter and would have done Economics somewhere more 'busy' and in with the hustle and bustle of competition.

Always tempted to do a PG course but the cost is a massive factor.

Plus I think I want to work more in Finance, Operations and Development, rather than Marketing.

I'll only have just turned 21 when I graduate so I'll still be a young'un, but I'd love to work and live somewhere abroad like Korea, China, Abu Dhabi, Moscow...but feel I haven't got enough transferable skills to adapt to other cultures.
 
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James_N said:
Yep. I spent 3 years doing an AVCE in ICT. Its got me nowhere, because I'm currently working in a mental health hospital!

Nowhere would give me a job without experience, and how can I get relevant experience without a job? catch 22, so now i'm doing something totally different, and so is the majority of people i took the course with, which was a good 8 years ago now!

I have to say, having thought about it over a few years, I'm not sure I want to work in I.T now anyway!
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Same. I'm actually joining the RAF now.
 
recently graduated with a 2:1 in building surveying. Suffice to say im screwed - there sure as hell are no building surveying or construction jobs left in this country.

It sucks hard to graduate with an actual skill in an actuall field and to be left with nothing but jobseekers allowance, a growing addiction to 'cash in the attic' and a slight wedgie.
 
SillyHeatsink said:
I spent 5 years at uni studying for a masters in aerospace. My fourth year was spent in inudstry, and was the most worthwhile experience of my life to date as regards work. All in all, I think university is a waste of time for 90% of the subjects offered. Apprenticeships need to be reinstated - I'm not going to use anything I learnt on my degree course the rest of my career.

But there ya go, that's what we get from having a Labour government that sees a degree as the only way forward for young people and academic education as the be-all and end-all of humanity. Bring back craftsmanship, I say! Sod degrees.
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You realise the government has been having a huge campaign on apprenticeships recently and offering people who don't want to go to university alternatives, right?
 
UKTopGun said:
You realise the government has been having a huge campaign on apprenticeships recently and offering people who don't want to go to university alternatives, right?
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3 years on the forums and you still haven't learnt that you should never let salient facts get in the way of a good rant. :p

In addition to what I said above a long time ago I was told that the degree subject is relatively unimportant (within reason), one of the most important things a degree shows to a potential emplyer is a certain aptitude for learning.
 
yes accounting biggest waste of 7grand ever spent on year doing that, boring degree for boring people :P
 
fastwunz said:
recently graduated with a 2:1 in building surveying. Suffice to say im screwed - there sure as hell are no building surveying or construction jobs left in this country.
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The UK construction industry is indeed slowing down, with larger contracts being put on hold and people with current jobs expected to undertake more work for the same money- but do not let this dishearten you; opportunities in your field are still out there.

With the current financial situation, people are not selling/moving house as much and a whole torrent of folks are decided to undertake expansions/changes to their current homes.

I top up my 'bread & butter' hours by offering surveying services to clients, and then keeping them 'in-house' for the remainder of their job.

Just because large firms aren't recruiting as much does not mean there is no work out there - keep the faith! :)
 
JK, in my honest opinion I think you should finish your degree, you've been working towards it for all this time so it would be a shame to not get something out of it. Do you need a degree for what you want to do?

cotton_flex said:
Yes, should have done something arty farty rather than sciences.

The arty farty people seem to be happier lols.
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The students I know at the arts institute in bournemouth (or whatever it's called now it's been changed to a university) always seem happy, though they are usually a bit drunk when I see them :D
 
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Yeah, when I was at uni I was doing Computer Science and Computer Network Technology. It bored the life out of me, I decided I didn't want to do that the rest of my life, couldn't see the point in wasting any more Student Loan money on it, so I just quit.

Its nothing to be afraid/ashamed of, if you don't want to do the subject, don't do it! I'd hate to look back in say 40 years and think "I wish I done X subject instead".
 
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