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Like, for the next few years
For me, it's college for two years, where I'm doing a media course, then to Uni to do a more advanced one. Then, and this is just talk right now, I might be moving away and meeting up with two or three other film students I know somewhere down south, where we'll get a studio and make live action/animation and send it off to film companies, see if we get anywhere (er-no, you're coming with us, so grab your stuff)
Want to be a director, make action films etc, and that's the best way to go about it. Get onto small projects, work my way up
Heck, it's worked for almost every director out today
If I can't get into university, I'll just move after college (my friends should be set up and ready by then)
Nothing to keep me in Newcastle (where I live) as most of my mates plan on leaving, and if I have a girlfriend at the time, she would most likely move with me.
So what about you guys? What's your plan for the next few years, after college etc, for your life?
For me, it's college for two years, where I'm doing a media course, then to Uni to do a more advanced one. Then, and this is just talk right now, I might be moving away and meeting up with two or three other film students I know somewhere down south, where we'll get a studio and make live action/animation and send it off to film companies, see if we get anywhere (er-no, you're coming with us, so grab your stuff)
Want to be a director, make action films etc, and that's the best way to go about it. Get onto small projects, work my way up
Heck, it's worked for almost every director out today
If I can't get into university, I'll just move after college (my friends should be set up and ready by then)
Nothing to keep me in Newcastle (where I live) as most of my mates plan on leaving, and if I have a girlfriend at the time, she would most likely move with me.
So what about you guys? What's your plan for the next few years, after college etc, for your life?
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its easier if you live at home but apparently the AVERAGE student leaves Uni with £8500 of debtor something ridiculous! personally im gonna go down to uni and try (and probably fail to keep it below) £5000 but it probably won't happen unless i become a recluse. Oh well ill just focus my efforts on winning the lottery instead! Its also easier if you go to a unni like cambridge which offers 3 catered year halls, that can help you budget better (but unfortunately im not!)
£10,000 in loans?! wooooooo thats proper heavy...
I'm gonna try and get through UNI without taking any loans. I'm living at home so it shoudnt be too hard. I;ve got £1200 saved up in Cash and I'll get paid again just before I start UNI. So I'm gonna do as much overtime as i can! Also got around £1400 in shares (current value) but i dont really want to be touching them...
I'm gonna try and get through UNI without taking any loans. I'm living at home so it shoudnt be too hard. I;ve got £1200 saved up in Cash and I'll get paid again just before I start UNI. So I'm gonna do as much overtime as i can! Also got around £1400 in shares (current value) but i dont really want to be touching them...
yeah venombyte I can sympathize with that. I can freely admit I went to uni to give myself time to think what I want to do, and am now more unsure than when I started. I'm starting my final year in october.
I'm not personally considering a masters as I'm already 10 grand in debt from student loans (sucker I know).
Truth be told, after 4 years studying computers I'm not sure I want to sit behind a desk for the rest of my life.
There must be less well paid, but much more fun jobs out there......
I'm not personally considering a masters as I'm already 10 grand in debt from student loans (sucker I know).
Truth be told, after 4 years studying computers I'm not sure I want to sit behind a desk for the rest of my life.
There must be less well paid, but much more fun jobs out there......
Final year of Uni starts in a few weeks... unless I go for a masters. It's tempting, party because it leaves me with no worries about getting a job for another year, and because the government is trying to make sure more people have degrees... they are going to be devalued.
After that, who knows? Learn to drive for one thing... I've been having lessons on and off for ages, and I'm not really getting anywhere.
Maybe then I'll get around to seriously getting something done for Swordspines... :)
After that, who knows? Learn to drive for one thing... I've been having lessons on and off for ages, and I'm not really getting anywhere.
Maybe then I'll get around to seriously getting something done for Swordspines... :)
No Idea
I'm not really thinking past next June.
Start my final year at uni in September, can't really afford to screw it up otherwise I'll have wasted 4 years of my life.
When I've done the degree, who knows? I'd like to move back to Surrey and to be with my girldfriend. But then I'd like to stay on and do a Masters, or travel for 6 months or so, or get a job where I can live at home with my parents for a few months to get loads of money, or just go back to uni and strat a new course so I don't have to start working :-) or... the list goes on.
I don't want to plan too far ahead, as things can happen that you don't expect which will just p!$$ all over your plans. Just take it as it comes.
Start my final year at uni in September, can't really afford to screw it up otherwise I'll have wasted 4 years of my life.
When I've done the degree, who knows? I'd like to move back to Surrey and to be with my girldfriend. But then I'd like to stay on and do a Masters, or travel for 6 months or so, or get a job where I can live at home with my parents for a few months to get loads of money, or just go back to uni and strat a new course so I don't have to start working :-) or... the list goes on.
I don't want to plan too far ahead, as things can happen that you don't expect which will just p!$$ all over your plans. Just take it as it comes.
I'm going to study Art & Design and hopfully get into the business of designing games for well known companys. Of course its not going to be easy, but I have enough ideas to make it happen. Also, this home computer I'm using will give me a good start and with my parents 'funding' my education, I've got an even better chance of being what I want to be.
I'm also hoping to move out of this country to a place that's no-less than a million miles away from it, because its the laughing stock of the world.
Other than doing all them things above, I'll be just playing games all my life.
So then... what else is there to life? Hmmmm oh yeah, having sex.
I'm also hoping to move out of this country to a place that's no-less than a million miles away from it, because its the laughing stock of the world.
Other than doing all them things above, I'll be just playing games all my life.
So then... what else is there to life? Hmmmm oh yeah, having sex.
Or†ega wrote:
> Had a little conversation with my dad about moving to Canada like
> Permanently. House prices are so flippin high in this country that if
> you flog your house you can get a similar house in canada and still
> have a few hundred grand spare. Woudnt even have to work for a year or
> two! If we sell our house now we can get about £250K for it.
> That would be close to bloody $600K Canadian dollers...A decent 4
> bedroom house down there (British columbia) aint more than around
> $300K. Your laughin really... Just a thought...
Ought to take a look at Newfoundland, St.Johns is a big enough city, and you'll find the housing prices are roughly the same as British Columbia if not lower. Aside from the details you mentioned on the cost, and car power which both apply there too, Newfoundland is more British than the most part of Canada. They still acknowledge our monarchy as their royal family, and have a really welcoming attitude to anyone English, due to the friendly status we've had with them ever since we drove the French out for them. *smirks*
I've already finished my education, so I'll likely continue as is for the next year or two, that being working on developing an MMORPG and dabbling in web-design. Although I have given some thought to going into IT Consultancy of late, which would tie in nicely with the web development.
Soon as we complete our work on the current gaming project, I have a few more ideas I'd like to have a go at, before I start to look for a place to settle down (namely not in the UK because it's screwed to hell and back. ;) ). Depending on my situation then I may look into getting a job in a larger development company, or if ours has taken off nicely, continue to "experiment" with a few more ideas.
> Had a little conversation with my dad about moving to Canada like
> Permanently. House prices are so flippin high in this country that if
> you flog your house you can get a similar house in canada and still
> have a few hundred grand spare. Woudnt even have to work for a year or
> two! If we sell our house now we can get about £250K for it.
> That would be close to bloody $600K Canadian dollers...A decent 4
> bedroom house down there (British columbia) aint more than around
> $300K. Your laughin really... Just a thought...
Ought to take a look at Newfoundland, St.Johns is a big enough city, and you'll find the housing prices are roughly the same as British Columbia if not lower. Aside from the details you mentioned on the cost, and car power which both apply there too, Newfoundland is more British than the most part of Canada. They still acknowledge our monarchy as their royal family, and have a really welcoming attitude to anyone English, due to the friendly status we've had with them ever since we drove the French out for them. *smirks*
I've already finished my education, so I'll likely continue as is for the next year or two, that being working on developing an MMORPG and dabbling in web-design. Although I have given some thought to going into IT Consultancy of late, which would tie in nicely with the web development.
Soon as we complete our work on the current gaming project, I have a few more ideas I'd like to have a go at, before I start to look for a place to settle down (namely not in the UK because it's screwed to hell and back. ;) ). Depending on my situation then I may look into getting a job in a larger development company, or if ours has taken off nicely, continue to "experiment" with a few more ideas.
Uh huh, I live in Hertfordshire (just north of London) where even a little flat will set you back around £80,000.
Canada aint sooooooooo bad! Looking from a drivers persvective it would be pretty cool. Petrol is dirt cheap, and a average engine size down there is like a 3 Litre! And theres me driving around in my 1.2 Corsa...
Although, football (or soccer as them fools call it) aint so big down there...Football is one of a very few passions i have in life so i dont know if I could leave....
Canada aint sooooooooo bad! Looking from a drivers persvective it would be pretty cool. Petrol is dirt cheap, and a average engine size down there is like a 3 Litre! And theres me driving around in my 1.2 Corsa...
Although, football (or soccer as them fools call it) aint so big down there...Football is one of a very few passions i have in life so i dont know if I could leave....
Canada... um... it's just north of America... that's about all it's got going for it, heh
My mate's mum's cousin sold her house in London, and because prices are so high there she was able to buy a big house and a bloomin' pub with the money when she moved here. Crazy
My mate's mum's cousin sold her house in London, and because prices are so high there she was able to buy a big house and a bloomin' pub with the money when she moved here. Crazy
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