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I’m not trained for this!!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
52 weeks ago

Who went to college/uni and studied for the thing they are doing right now?

Or, if you went back to do it again, would you choose a different course?

I’m currently at universities it college open days at the moment for my kids… free coffee voucher tho! and it got me feeling all nostalgic.

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I'm still trying to figure what I want to be when I grow up.

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By *reyToTheFairiesWoman
52 weeks ago

Carlisle usually

I dropped out. That structured learning gig was never for me.

I do alright these days though

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By *ruceyyMan
52 weeks ago

London

I actually am. Which is pretty insane given I did the course just to get into uni for lols

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I did a course related to my career HOWEVER I would have loved to do computer science instead and gone in a different direction…

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By *ools and the brainCouple
52 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Yup still doing what I trained at college for almost 40 year's ago.

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By *eliWoman
52 weeks ago

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Not exactly no. I wanted to go in to academia. Really did. Toy with the idea of doing so in ten years or so.

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By *ealMissShadyWoman
52 weeks ago

St Albans/ Welsh Borders

I did. I started volunteering in my sons Nursery when he was little, decided I quite liked it, they eventually offered me a job then I did the study...Two NVQ's two Degrees and two diplomas later along with the assessors award I am very well qualified for my field

My son had a clear vision of what he wanted to do since he was little, studied hard at school and college and before gaining his degree in maths and game development and now works in London for the people who developed Bloodhunt Vampire Masquerade as a creative designer

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By *ir SupremacyMan
52 weeks ago

Bolton

Went to college in September for veterinary nursing...dropped out in the January and joined the army in February.

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I never even finished school, let alone voluntarily study for stuff.

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By *hrista BellendWoman
52 weeks ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

Before kids yes, attended college and spent 20 years in my field, after kids I retrained and took a child school time friendly career

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By *ony MannMan
52 weeks ago

New York City New York USA

Everything I learn gives me a new view on life, but I am not doing what I intended.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
52 weeks ago

Bristol

I graduated in June this year

And it's likely I will never find myself in a job that relates to my Degree.

But who knows...

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By *TK421-Man
52 weeks ago

Cheltenham

I did a sci-fi degree so.... Actually yes....take that mum and dad!

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By *iscean_dreamMan
52 weeks ago

Llanelli

I'm doing a lifetime course on understanding women, apparently nobody has ever passed

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
52 weeks ago


"I did a sci-fi degree so.... Actually yes....take that mum and dad!"

What is a sci-fi degree? I need to ask.

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By *essiCouple
52 weeks ago

suffolk

I am yes,40 years later within the same industry and a variety of roles later..would I do it again, not sure..my other choice would of be in horticulture so Bush trimming wouldn't be an issue..

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
52 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I studied electronic engineering, including software development. I've worked as a software engineer ever since. I've spent much of my working life wishing I were doing something else.

If I could choose again, I'd study English and History - which were what I enjoyed most at school, and still do.

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By *TK421-Man
52 weeks ago

Cheltenham


"I did a sci-fi degree so.... Actually yes....take that mum and dad!

What is a sci-fi degree? I need to ask. "

A degree in Science Fiction from Glamorgan. A bit of media studies, some astronomy and science. Was absolutely fantastic.

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I did a degree in Philosophy and it’s actually served me well in terms of the skills learnt.

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

Nope, not at all.

However, the one thing I had to kind of make me feel less guilty for not using it, was the fact it meant I was educated to a certain level. But that's it. Clutching at straws I know, but you got to try!

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By *illy IdolMan
52 weeks ago

Midlands


"I'm still trying to figure what I want to be when I grow up. "

As Baz Luhrmann once said, some of the most interesting people he knows still don't know what they wanted to do in their 40s

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
52 weeks ago


"I did a sci-fi degree so.... Actually yes....take that mum and dad!

What is a sci-fi degree? I need to ask.

A degree in Science Fiction from Glamorgan. A bit of media studies, some astronomy and science. Was absolutely fantastic."

That sounds absolutely up my street, why did t I do that? *shakes fist at careers teacher.

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By *r Discreet 75Man
52 weeks ago

LIVERPOOL

I'd have learnt more about investing ... I'd be retired by now

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By *rsMistyPeaksWoman
52 weeks ago

Essex

Nope.

I’ve retrained 4 times since as well. I’m definitely where I’m supposed to be now though.

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
52 weeks ago

Glasgow / London

I’ve been doing exactly what I went to art school for ever since I graduated.

I know. Weird, right?

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I should’ve been a brain surgeon. I’d have been good at dat

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By *.luke7Man
52 weeks ago

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In a sense, yes. My work has all correlated.

Just signed up for a business(economics) degree. So we shall see where it goes.

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago


"I'm still trying to figure what I want to be when I grow up.

As Baz Luhrmann once said, some of the most interesting people he knows still don't know what they wanted to do in their 40s"

Is this a compliment?

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By *illy IdolMan
52 weeks ago

Midlands


"I'm still trying to figure what I want to be when I grow up.

As Baz Luhrmann once said, some of the most interesting people he knows still don't know what they wanted to do in their 40s

Is this a compliment?"

Ask Baz

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago


"I'm still trying to figure what I want to be when I grow up.

As Baz Luhrmann once said, some of the most interesting people he knows still don't know what they wanted to do in their 40s

Is this a compliment?

Ask Baz"

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By *ookie46Woman
52 weeks ago

Deepest darkest Peru

Nope my training background was in education but now work in the charity sector

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By *ynecplCouple
52 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

In the days when yoi didn't need to plan your career out from the age of ten as I finished my A levels I decided to not go to uni as was planned and went off on a different path. I was fortunate it has given me a very good life and whilst I sometime regret not getting that degree realise that had I gone on to Uni my life would have been totally different and I wouldn't have met my beautiful wife and had the family I got.

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By *ornycougaWoman
52 weeks ago

NORWAY Wherever I lay my hat

Nope. I did a specific vocational degree. Six weeks into employment I thought "fuck me, I don't want to do this anymore" so I didn't. And went and did something equally boring instead.

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By *om and JennieCouple
52 weeks ago

Chams or Socials

My education has no correlation to the job I do now Ok, I earn “below average pay” but have a job that is really. really flexible around our dysfunctional family, I know inside out & I love for all the wrong reasons.

J

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By *ongandharderMan
52 weeks ago

Rotherham

I did graphic design and art in college and I am not an artist now

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By *ddie1966Man
52 weeks ago

Paper Town Central, Essex.

Yes. Kind of.

Coupled with something I've always loved doing and being able to turn my hand at most things.

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By *iscean_dreamMan
52 weeks ago

Llanelli


"I'm still trying to figure what I want to be when I grow up.

As Baz Luhrmann once said, some of the most interesting people he knows still don't know what they wanted to do in their 40s

Is this a compliment?

Ask Baz"

He'd just say it's a compliment if you're actually interesting, otherwise you're just a boring middle aged person that hasn't got a clue

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I tried to do the whole Sixth form and Uni route while having no idea what I wanted to do. Failed my first year of sixth form, decided I was done with education, did an apprenticeship in IT and still in the industry almost 10 years later

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago


"I'm still trying to figure what I want to be when I grow up.

As Baz Luhrmann once said, some of the most interesting people he knows still don't know what they wanted to do in their 40s

Is this a compliment?

Ask Baz

He'd just say it's a compliment if you're actually interesting, otherwise you're just a boring middle aged person that hasn't got a clue "

Definitely the latter then

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By *affron40Woman
52 weeks ago

manchester

I dropped out of a business degree and opened a business. Sold up and moved on. Now I do something very different in the charity sector.

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By *ndycoinsMan
52 weeks ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

Two years working in a graphic design studio straight out of school,learnt everything I needed to know,four years college,learnt fuck all.Was doing freelance work at college,which pissed off the (failed designer) lecturers.Now I just work for my old customers or word of mouth.Dealing in Antiques is so much easier.

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By *obilebottomMan
52 weeks ago

All over

No, not for a long time.

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By *oodmessMan
52 weeks ago

yumsville

Not even remotely. My education was picked to graduate just as recessions were happening, finding any job at all was a challenge. Even when I went back to retrain, the year I graduated there was another financial crisis.

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

40 years on since I started Uni and doing the job my degrees qualified me for - though I have given up the profession 3x to do voluntary work abroad - but ultimately this is what pays and apparently I'm good at it.

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By *ehindHerEyesCouple
52 weeks ago

SomewhereOnlyWeKnow

Dropped out of 6th form, went into work, only now in my 40s have I actually gained a qualification in the second job that I do, and if I want to go on to do the BSc degree in the future and fully qualify in that field

Tinder

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
52 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Went to college 1 day a week at 16 but ditched it after the first year of a 3 year course.

Still doing the same job I went to college for 39 years later.

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By *ony MannMan
52 weeks ago

New York City New York USA

I got some letters after my name this week

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By *xfordjohnMan
52 weeks ago

Oxford

My degree in history and politics is totally unrelated to my career, which was very successful in itself, but has given me an interest which has remained throughout my life, and has influenced at least one of my children's choice of career.

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I went to art college.... I didn't know how to do the thing i wanted to do

I definitely feel a fraud next to colleagues with qualifications coming out of their ears, but clearly i have some aptitude, or i wouldn't be where i am today

Everyday i feel inferior though x

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

Not really.

I have terrible imposter syndrome and don't actually enjoy my job anymore either.

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