worst thread ever

die.

Idiot.

Its not WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT WHO YOU KNOW

Your freinds are likely people who have spent years at uni and then not landed a well payed job upon leaving. Thus they think because they don't get a job they need to know someone on the inside. They don't realise that nearly every well paid job that requires qualifactions wants some type of expierience and no one wants to work for poor money upon doing 3 years at univeristy. Funny really.

As for me, I work a shitty job for shitty pay. But I am happy :p

Same.

I thought it's more like; the people who gave fuck all in school but made lots of friends by acting cool are the ones who get jobs in front of people who actually really would want/deserve the job and would do it much better.

Definately agree with "what you know < who you know", to a certain extent of course.

On topic, I'm taking useless shitty courses and living on the least amount of money a Swede doing anything can have basically. No, it's not because I want to, and I actually have a great shot a great job. Which I've had for quite long now. The ironic thing is that the only thing that's blocking my way with all force - reasons unknown more than them being lost in their own world of laws, numbers and coffee breaks - is the employment service which you have to go through... If I'm really lucky now I can get somthing like 5 months of "apprentice periods" and then work. Another half year of pasta, yay!

i finished my apprenticeship as a freight forwarder this summer and i'm still working for the same company in cologne.

www.emons.com

:p

*edit*
i applied for an exchange year a couple of months ago, so i can hopefully go to the USA for one year next summer. half a year studying at college and the other half a year doing an internship which i think should help me very much for improving my working-skills.

the final decision will be made in february if they let me go or not.

I quit my job at TeliaSonera six months ago and currently playing poker for a living (hi jamerio!) until march/april, then I'll be studying CG for the next 3 years and will most likely not get a job after that, instead I'm forced to continue studying abroad to get my master's degree.

got my HGV test next week innit

i got my HIV test next week. gl in urs! hope we both get it!

I'm studying physics & economics (3rd out of 9 semesters) at uni and don't really have the time to work right now, maybe in 2-3 semesters when the major oral exams are done and hopefully the schedule gets slightly more comfortable.Overall the life as student is nice and there are many really interesting topics especially in physics, but on the other hand you'll have to put in a mad amount of work to pass it. Once you're done with studying you will usually not work as physicist but leave science and go to enterprise consulting, finances or some other manager stuff. People say about 70-90% of the physicists won't face physics again in their later life (one of the reasons why I'm also dropping some physics stuff and do economics instead).

I'm studying mechanical engineering as a means to an (just getting the degree) end. It's boring as hell and I have no enthusiasm for it at all. I've pretty much burned out doing that boring academic crap now. I have some ideas on the horizon with regards to setting up my own business. Never in my life a brownnoser, and not particularly liking others who are one, the thought of doing that to establish a career petrifies my poor soul. Mmm hmm, I think I'll enjoy being my own boss. That's where I'm heading.

Let me warn you, going to uni and studying full time after having a full time job is *very* difficult. You bank account is on a full speed dive and even after 6 months you'll wonder where all that hard earned has gone. I suggest you be very careful and shrewd in your thinking. Good luck anyway. :-)

Studying Applied Sciene (Biotechnology and Biochemistry), doing a Masters of Bioethics next year... I plan to be in some form of education for ever... working sounds like too much hard work... =)

Working for Siemens as an IT tech.

aha, what Siemens plant? do you have any contact with Siemens in Stonehouse?

Siemens security rules fucking SUCK. lock the computer everytime you leave your desk? you gotta be kidding me AHGH! anyway; see above question

Yeah heh, I have to get scanned for any metal when I live the office.

Magna Park

I dropped out of Southampton University a couple of weeks ago as I didn't like my course (IT in Organisations), only picked it as I messed up my A Levels by a teeny weeny bit (25 extra marks needed out of 2400) and didn't get on the course I wanted, Computer Science. So am currently an unemployed bum, searching for IT jobs every day and applying, going to look into modern apprenticeships first thing on Monday.

I know Southhampton has a good CS program also hear its pretty tough to get in to but why didn't you just do CS at another uni?

soton is the best, cba with anything else

the best in what respect?:/

afaik, last rankings we were ranked 3rd for compsci/compeng below oxford and cambridge, and I've never been interested in going to either (well, cambridge I wouldn't mind as they have a thriving assassins guild), I'm sure they're excellent (have a mate in cambridge), just never felt like I wanted to go to either

times 2005 puts you 12th for compsci, joint 26th overall with Aston.
guardian 2005 puts you 15th compsci, 37th overall. and if you missed the requirements for the BSc Computer Science and Software Engineering G400, which are ABB (so you got what, BBB? ABC?), you never were an oxbridge candidate at all anyway.

I would never been interested in oxbridge anyway, I gave up trying in school before GCSEs, college was more of the same, so my AAAB prediction went to BBCC results

Last year in school.. Focusing on math and physics.. Dunno what the hell i'm doing :)

Neither

Queenstowning!

Haha enjoying aoteroa mate? :)

In queenstown you will be ;)

of course. Whilst you get lovely Auckland rain i get Queenstown sun. ah

Hehe the last 2 weeks its actually been quite good. Sun Sun Sun!!!

Im guessing you are here for new years, where are you spending it? Down in Queenstown?

for sure; a big party on an island in the middle of the lake is the plan at the moment. :) followed up by rippon festival in feb \o/ i want to go to Big day out too :(

yeah man, you'd have to get to the big day out... heard it goes off.

doing biochemistry up in aberdeen. The work is easy. I havent done any real studying since may. :|

im doing your mother

Studying some kind of Diploma in sociology. Or so im told. Seems to be just alot of arguing whether Marx would've burnt Thatcher to death or eaten her smouldering corpse afterwards aswell.

freelancer musician (producing&composing songs/albums, doing commercial/ad music and giggin (bass)).

Studying nature and science, math all the way :(

getting drafted in to the army to february, then after that i'll either sign a contract or starting at Uni.

Work for shit pay for a pharmaceuticals company whilst studying toward a BSc in Physical Science with the OU. Part time study's cost me a fraction of what a single year at Bristol did 6 years ago and affords me lots of gaming time ;)

This coming february's course: here.