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Well, it's that time of year. Uni's finished, you've probably made that trip back to your parents. You didn't want to go straight into a job as a corporate wh%$e, so what are you gonna do now?
Well?
Oh, you don't know? Good, well that's two of us at least!
Basically, I just want some reassurance that not everyone who has left uni has walked straight into a £50k a month job in New York and is about to marry a rock star or something.
I've got a good degree (I think!), from a good uni. I have some great work experience. But it's all worthless until I figure out what the hell I want to do with my life!
At the moment I'm in the process of getting some short-term contracts doing IT work. I'm trying to raise some money to go travelling and do some volunteer work in 2005, but apart from that I haven't got a clue where I'm going with my life!!
It's just that this is the first time in my life when I haven't known what's coming up....and it's pretty fudding scary!
So, in what a deranged person might term a conclusion, what is everyone else doing post-graduation? And are you as scared as me? ;-)
GL
Well?
Oh, you don't know? Good, well that's two of us at least!
Basically, I just want some reassurance that not everyone who has left uni has walked straight into a £50k a month job in New York and is about to marry a rock star or something.
I've got a good degree (I think!), from a good uni. I have some great work experience. But it's all worthless until I figure out what the hell I want to do with my life!
At the moment I'm in the process of getting some short-term contracts doing IT work. I'm trying to raise some money to go travelling and do some volunteer work in 2005, but apart from that I haven't got a clue where I'm going with my life!!
It's just that this is the first time in my life when I haven't known what's coming up....and it's pretty fudding scary!
So, in what a deranged person might term a conclusion, what is everyone else doing post-graduation? And are you as scared as me? ;-)
GL
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Well, it's that time of year. Uni's finished, you've probably made that trip back to your parents. You didn't want to go straight into a job as a corporate wh%$e, so what are you gonna do now?
Well?
Oh, you don't know? Good, well that's two of us at least!
Basically, I just want some reassurance that not everyone who has left uni has walked straight into a £50k a month job in New York and is about to marry a rock star or something.
I've got a good degree (I think!), from a good uni. I have some great work experience. But it's all worthless until I figure out what the hell I want to do with my life!
At the moment I'm in the process of getting some short-term contracts doing IT work. I'm trying to raise some money to go travelling and do some volunteer work in 2005, but apart from that I haven't got a clue where I'm going with my life!!
It's just that this is the first time in my life when I haven't known what's coming up....and it's pretty fudding scary!
So, in what a deranged person might term a conclusion, what is everyone else doing post-graduation? And are you as scared as me? ;-)
GL
Well?
Oh, you don't know? Good, well that's two of us at least!
Basically, I just want some reassurance that not everyone who has left uni has walked straight into a £50k a month job in New York and is about to marry a rock star or something.
I've got a good degree (I think!), from a good uni. I have some great work experience. But it's all worthless until I figure out what the hell I want to do with my life!
At the moment I'm in the process of getting some short-term contracts doing IT work. I'm trying to raise some money to go travelling and do some volunteer work in 2005, but apart from that I haven't got a clue where I'm going with my life!!
It's just that this is the first time in my life when I haven't known what's coming up....and it's pretty fudding scary!
So, in what a deranged person might term a conclusion, what is everyone else doing post-graduation? And are you as scared as me? ;-)
GL
I graduated last year, and I still don't know.
This year was supposed to be travelling (to kill time while I tried to work it out). Although I had to stay because of health grounds.
Next year is a masters, again largely to kill time. It was supposed to be virtually fully funded by EU money (which is why I took it), but that's been cut back by a couple of grand.
I spend quite a bit of time on that prospects web site, and stuff like emode (or whatever they call themselves now) - taking those survey things that are supposed to tell you what kind of job/career you'd like.
The survey results weren't very helpful at all, but the surveys themselves did get me thinking more about myself and what kind of work things I'd like.
So in a round about way they did help :^s
Right now I'm torn. If I act right now to get my training sorted out, I could start a training course to be a lawyer as soon as I finish my masters.
I don't want the average lawyer work, but I've found 2 niches within the profession that do look quite appealing.
Or I have found one job that I think I could really love, but it's hard to get into, and if I apply for it, I'd have to abandon the law for a couple of years at least.
And if I don't get it, I'm back to square one - killing time.
Sorry if I've just run off on a self-obsessed tanget in your own thread, but it's kind of heavy on my mind, so when I get started I struggle to shut myself up about it.
But hey, it sounds like you've got a couple of years mapped out at least, that buys you some time to work with.
And if after that you've still not worked it out, at least you won't be the only one killing time.
This year was supposed to be travelling (to kill time while I tried to work it out). Although I had to stay because of health grounds.
Next year is a masters, again largely to kill time. It was supposed to be virtually fully funded by EU money (which is why I took it), but that's been cut back by a couple of grand.
I spend quite a bit of time on that prospects web site, and stuff like emode (or whatever they call themselves now) - taking those survey things that are supposed to tell you what kind of job/career you'd like.
The survey results weren't very helpful at all, but the surveys themselves did get me thinking more about myself and what kind of work things I'd like.
So in a round about way they did help :^s
Right now I'm torn. If I act right now to get my training sorted out, I could start a training course to be a lawyer as soon as I finish my masters.
I don't want the average lawyer work, but I've found 2 niches within the profession that do look quite appealing.
Or I have found one job that I think I could really love, but it's hard to get into, and if I apply for it, I'd have to abandon the law for a couple of years at least.
And if I don't get it, I'm back to square one - killing time.
Sorry if I've just run off on a self-obsessed tanget in your own thread, but it's kind of heavy on my mind, so when I get started I struggle to shut myself up about it.
But hey, it sounds like you've got a couple of years mapped out at least, that buys you some time to work with.
And if after that you've still not worked it out, at least you won't be the only one killing time.
My bro took about 1 or 2 years to get a proper fulltime job, it'll take a while till you find one and he's doing the opposite to what he graduated from Uni!
That's why I don't want to go to Uni the debt you build up and ending up doing the opposite to what I've studied for years!
That's why I don't want to go to Uni the debt you build up and ending up doing the opposite to what I've studied for years!
I've got my plan sorted for about the next 5-6 years (whether it will happen though is a whole different matter)
Work until next september, go to Uni for 4 years and get my teaching degree and then head over to Japan to teach and live there.
Of course the whole Japan thing could come alot sooner if i get the basketball or baseball scholarships i've applied for (should be hearing from them soon). Just be a tad harder to do my teaching course what with it being in Japanese :-D
Work until next september, go to Uni for 4 years and get my teaching degree and then head over to Japan to teach and live there.
Of course the whole Japan thing could come alot sooner if i get the basketball or baseball scholarships i've applied for (should be hearing from them soon). Just be a tad harder to do my teaching course what with it being in Japanese :-D
What posistion do you play in baseball?
Shortstop, 3rd base or Left Field
Silent-Scope wrote:
> My bro took about 1 or 2 years to get a proper fulltime job, it'll
> take a while till you find one and he's doing the opposite to what he
> graduated from Uni!
> That's why I don't want to go to Uni the debt you build up and ending
> up doing the opposite to what I've studied for years!
Student Loan debt doesn't have to be paid off until you've got a job so good that you'll barely notice the repayments.
I thought like that, so I started working full time for a year.
Living off a student loan for 3 years is a much better way of "finding yourself".
:-)
> My bro took about 1 or 2 years to get a proper fulltime job, it'll
> take a while till you find one and he's doing the opposite to what he
> graduated from Uni!
> That's why I don't want to go to Uni the debt you build up and ending
> up doing the opposite to what I've studied for years!
Student Loan debt doesn't have to be paid off until you've got a job so good that you'll barely notice the repayments.
I thought like that, so I started working full time for a year.
Living off a student loan for 3 years is a much better way of "finding yourself".
:-)
*shock*
Mumbai Duck wrote:
> Sorry if I've just run off on a self-obsessed tanget in your own
> thread, but it's kind of heavy on my mind, so when I get started I
> struggle to shut myself up about it.
No probs matey! That was exactly the sort of thing I wanted - I end up doing exactly the same whenever I try and explain my situation to someone.
I actually considered the law root (or even the law route - I did go to uni, honest ;-p) too....I did A-Level Law and really enjoyed it, but it's such a huge commitment, with all the exams, etc. that I really couldn't justify it when I wasn't 100% sure on what I wanted to do.
I hope it all works out for you!
GL
> Sorry if I've just run off on a self-obsessed tanget in your own
> thread, but it's kind of heavy on my mind, so when I get started I
> struggle to shut myself up about it.
No probs matey! That was exactly the sort of thing I wanted - I end up doing exactly the same whenever I try and explain my situation to someone.
I actually considered the law root (or even the law route - I did go to uni, honest ;-p) too....I did A-Level Law and really enjoyed it, but it's such a huge commitment, with all the exams, etc. that I really couldn't justify it when I wasn't 100% sure on what I wanted to do.
I hope it all works out for you!
GL
I've just finished my 1st year at uni and I'm already starting to worry about this sort of stuff.
A Masters in Environmental Law (I do Biology at the moment) is the way I want to go, then off to Australia/America/anywhere but Britian to work for a while. That's as far as my plans go.
A Masters in Environmental Law (I do Biology at the moment) is the way I want to go, then off to Australia/America/anywhere but Britian to work for a while. That's as far as my plans go.
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