Which courses/subject are best to study for future career prospects?
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If you want to be a programmer I would suggest you study maths.
The quality of computer science grads these days is awful.
I studied Physics btw and ended up being lumbered with an IT career
I should have ended up in finance like my mates who graduated in physics and electrical engineering
The quality of computer science grads these days is awful.
I studied Physics btw and ended up being lumbered with an IT career
I should have ended up in finance like my mates who graduated in physics and electrical engineering
Computing actually has a pretty low employment rate for graduates. Employers tend to think that candidates with "harder" subjects like Maths or Physics are more able.
The highest employment rates are found in Veterinary science, Medicine and BEds.
The highest employment rates are found in Veterinary science, Medicine and BEds.
Study something you enjoy. You'll be motivated, and will do well at it.
When the next time to make a decision over a course comes, do something you enjoy again. You'll then hopefully end up in a career doing something you enjoy, with some good exam results backing you up.
When the next time to make a decision over a course comes, do something you enjoy again. You'll then hopefully end up in a career doing something you enjoy, with some good exam results backing you up.
If you want to be a programmer I would suggest you study maths.
The quality of computer science grads these days is awful.
I studied Physics btw and ended up being lumbered with an IT career
I dont particuarly want to study maths. I was interested in the development of microchips and advancement of tecnhonlogy in electronic things such as tvs, computers, all kinds off stuff...
Is there much career prospects in this kind of area? And what courses to study?
Your mates in engineering went into finance. I have a degree and could go into finance. I guess thats were the money is but its a bit boring?
I was on course for a physics/maths degree until I changed. I actually am pretty genuis at physics/maths.
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Simply because we couldn't get jobs as engineers albeit one of our group who stayed behind to do his PhD and is now living a very modest life
35K for a grad software engineer way back in the day attracted me to do that but as others have noted - do something that you enjoy, don't follow the bucks as the bucks will follow you if you enjoy what you do.
If you want to be a programmer I would suggest you study maths.
The quality of computer science grads these days is awful.
I studied Physics btw and ended up being lumbered with an IT career
That's a myth. Employers expecting vocationally trained programmers but computer science grads are essentially applied mathematicians not programmers.
Apparently if you don't know some obsercure programming language your terrible, who cares if they know predicate logic.
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Do something you'll enjoy or at least something you won't hate.
I'd say the best subjects are:
Maths
Sciences
Engineering
Economics
Even with Maths/Science/Engineering degree you'll have a good shot at getting a high paying finance job if you decide that's the way you want to go.
I'd say the best subjects are:
Maths
Sciences
Engineering
Economics
Even with Maths/Science/Engineering degree you'll have a good shot at getting a high paying finance job if you decide that's the way you want to go.
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Try the answers in this thread
One that you also started
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18332984
or one of you other employment threads, like the book keeping one, or the accountancy one, or the one about which career path to choose, or the one where you asked if midtwenties was too late to change career.
One that you also started
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18332984
or one of you other employment threads, like the book keeping one, or the accountancy one, or the one about which career path to choose, or the one where you asked if midtwenties was too late to change career.
Sounds like electronic engineering could be a good match for you. Check out some of the top uni's electronic engineering course to see what you think.
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That's BS or you've been applying for crappy IT jobs - have a look at the software engineer requirements for banking systems and even for google. Pure science degrees are looked at very favourably - Every interview I go to I'm asked more about my studies than real world experience, even to the point that it makes my accomplishments look negligible which shocked me at first. Essentially they're looking for fresh ideas as anything in the public domain has been done and dusted several times over.
Maths/Science/Engineering.
These are the vital three for the future, you can go into any of those three and be chucked into other fields such as finance or IT.
This is what the government are pushing for, as they are going to be the forefront of our future economy.
These are the vital three for the future, you can go into any of those three and be chucked into other fields such as finance or IT.
This is what the government are pushing for, as they are going to be the forefront of our future economy.
Did I ever mention science degrees? Sounds like you want head up over cs grads for no reason.
Pretty much every complaint i hear is that we cant get the skills for a certain technology. At which point they go on a rant about what they are teaching in universities. They're teaching academic skills, not training. Last one I heard CIO magazine was that a CIO could not find grads that know vb... Universities don't teach vb nor should they. You should not even assume java, but you can.
It ok for companies like google, because they understand a cs degree does not imply knowing certain programming langauges. Other non tech companies don't understand this. They think theyre getting software engineers. If you want software engineers straight off the boat hire people with software engineering degrees or applied courses.
Those degrees tend to focus more on programming languages, design patterns, basic data structures and methodologies, where as cs grads focus on math and algorithms most businesses don't need like genetic algorithms, support vector machines etc
Cs is a very theoretical subject.
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If I could go back to Uni now, I would study geology.
I have a couple of friends who did and both are commanding huge salaries whilst working all over the world. One works in oil drilling and the other works for an investment bank lending to mining companies.
I have a couple of friends who did and both are commanding huge salaries whilst working all over the world. One works in oil drilling and the other works for an investment bank lending to mining companies.
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I graduated with a 2.1 in Physics from Manchester.
Wasted away the rest of my twenties though.
If you want my advice as far as career is concerned, character is overall factor. Keep up with activities (social and physical) that make you a more rounded person and to most importantly keep your confidence and general momentum up as high as it can possibily be, because boy are you going to need it.
I have another meeting tomorrow at work in which I will be told how **** I am.
If anyone has some career advice for me I'm absolutely all ears.
Wasted away the rest of my twenties though.
If you want my advice as far as career is concerned, character is overall factor. Keep up with activities (social and physical) that make you a more rounded person and to most importantly keep your confidence and general momentum up as high as it can possibily be, because boy are you going to need it.
I have another meeting tomorrow at work in which I will be told how **** I am.
If anyone has some career advice for me I'm absolutely all ears.
Money isn't everything - do something you enjoy. Money can be made in most fields... Don't go into something just because you think it will pay well - if you don't enjoy it you might well suck at it and therefore might well have been more successful pursuing something more enjoyable.
Also why make yet another thread on thus subject when it seems like you've already made previous threads.
Also why make yet another thread on thus subject when it seems like you've already made previous threads.
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Probably because he's welsh and tends to procrastinate in some ****** village somewhere like myself.
Another piece of advice - move to where there are actually opportunities.
Another piece of advice - move to where there are actually opportunities.
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Agree with this as well. You can earn good wedge in geology.
I also echo the others who say do you what you enjoy, nothing worse than hating a job even if the money isn't bad. With a bit of research you should be able to find a subject that you'll enjoy and which will also give you good job prospects.
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