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Who has a University degree and has it done you any good

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By *agermeister OP   Man
over a year ago

Leeds

I have 2. Can't say it's helped me professionally though

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman
over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

I have 1, and half a dozen work related qualifications equivalent to degree level.

The actual Uni one. I was 30 went I started.

I had to give up my teaching career after a year to care full-time for my son.

I'll still be paying off my students debts after I retire.

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By *nlyoneruleMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire

Yes I do and yes it did . Needed as entry criteria to my job

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

I have one and now doing my second. My first I used and still using now. The one I’m working on now should lead me to the most amazing job in the world

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Never went and had no inclination to go. When I left school I just wanted to work. What I know I’ve learnt on the job

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have one it’s never done me any good I wish I’d just got a job instead of going to uni and getting a load of debt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes. The only thing it generates is the question, "What's it in?"

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I have one and it has done me well professionally. I was offered jobs due to my strengths using a specific software but the jobs were in Germany and Hong Kong. I didn't really want to leave the country so instead I started my little niche business. I'm by no means raking it in but I love being my own boss and I absolutely love what I do.

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By *erfectlyPervertedCouple
over a year ago

Bristol


"I have 2. Can't say it's helped me professionally though"

SS has three Uni degrees, a clutch of Uni diplomas (including one from the University of Hong Kong) and two Memberships.

There is no way that he could be doing his thing without them - in particular one of the Memberships puts him into a sub-specialty of just 0.2% of everybody with the primary Uni qualifications.

TG

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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

Yes and it enabled me to become a successful professional in a role in demand. I chose my degree well

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York


"Never went and had no inclination to go. When I left school I just wanted to work. What I know I’ve learnt on the job "

Same, and quite often when young upstarts with degrees fresh out of uni start at the company there are raised eyebrows and rolled eyes when they start trying to tell those of us who know the job through experience how we should be doing things.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, I have 3 postgraduate degrees and a PhD. What good have they done me? They have simply opened doors. It’s still your personality and abilities that enable you to keep that job.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes... but I wouldnt want to go back to the same role. And want to do another degree and retrain. Worried about my capabilities after a break though.

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By *roticGoddessXXWoman
over a year ago

Richmond

I have a BA and MS. Have never used either in a work setting.

The skills I do have, I've worked hard to achieve. And they are very different from anything I learned in classes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I couldn’t work without mine

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By *ookworm258Man
over a year ago

Wythenshawe

Got a degree, not got me anywhere. Loads of job qualifications and still learning new things after 12 years in the role and still enjoy it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve got 3 - BSc, MSc and a PhD - and yes, I wouldn’t be where I am professionally now without them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do. It got me in the door..thats all.

MsD x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, though a lot of things I learned back then are way out of date now!

However, I wouldn’t have got to where I am without it. Had a lot of fun doing it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I couldn’t work without mine"

Same. Well not in my chosen field anyway!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yep my BSc helped me get my first jobs. My MSc helps me do my current one.

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"I couldn’t work without mine

Same. Well not in my chosen field anyway! "

I work for myself so I technically could but I wouldn't have a flipping clue what I was doing if i hadn't done my degree .

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By *dquestCouple
over a year ago

Peterborough

Absolutely essential for us!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a degree in common sense

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not one to brag but I’m pretty good at call of duty.

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By *uciyassMan
over a year ago

sheffield

Yes and no. Was no use whatsoever. But I had a blast for four years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have but you need one to do my job so would say it helped lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I couldn’t work without mine

Same. Well not in my chosen field anyway!

I work for myself so I technically could but I wouldn't have a flipping clue what I was doing if i hadn't done my degree ."

I could work privately too but still not without my qualifications - well... I could give it a bash but it really wouldn’t look good and would be a matter of time before I was reported!

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By *sianMancMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Rather not go into too much detail but have more than 2.

All served a purpose and still learning lol

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch


"Never went and had no inclination to go. When I left school I just wanted to work. What I know I’ve learnt on the job

Same, and quite often when young upstarts with degrees fresh out of uni start at the company there are raised eyebrows and rolled eyes when they start trying to tell those of us who know the job through experience how we should be doing things."

It’s a generation taught to be outspoken about ideas and think outside the box. I don’t knock it, just guide them to approach things a little bit more focused

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends if it's a useful degree or just some shit one dreamt up by universities to strip the deluded from 30k

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

My bachelor's degree is in economics and although it's not an absolute must for the work I do it is really helpful when it comes to deep analysis of data, pulling together forecasts, hedging currency, understanding commodity markets.

Its not something I get asked about much (other, shinier qualifications since then) but I don't think I'd be in my current position without it.

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By *entileschiWoman
over a year ago

Norwich

I came out with a near first for my degree. I was on target for a first but I took up Creative Writing modules and at first my marks dropped a little. This cost me a first, but my marks came up nevertheless and I got a good first for my dissertation. This was for a collection of poems which I had written. I was encouraged to continue as a writer and I have. Graduated when I was forty. I've never looked back.

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By *yr_OdinsonMan
over a year ago

Hanley

I agree with Incandescent and LucieJo, they get you in to the "club" so to speak, but your own inteligence, will, drive gets you further.

I have 2 Bachelors degrees

A masters

and a PhD.

plus a load of other types of qualifications that you accumulate as you work.

Theres always someone in the company who wants you to do this course or that course.

I was volunteering at a chairty shop setting up an ebay shop for them and was conscripted into doing a data protection act course... I tried to point out I had a PhD in Computer and Software engineering..but to no avail.. lol

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By *r AmbassadorMan
over a year ago

Dublin

I have 1,

And other than Qualifying me just to sit an interview It did ffk all for me.

My carpentry papers from years before got me further and stood to me more,

I'm now training interns

And God love these kids, they know their course content, but that there is the end of it,,

Thank God they invented Velcro, cause not sure the youth today can tie their shoe laces,,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I couldn't do my job without the learning I did at uni.

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By *nnocentimesMan
over a year ago

over there by that tree

I’ve not got one - although I received all my further education in the RAF, having discipline instilled by them at a young age, being “volunteered” for future opportunities took me to every continent - once I left I had 4 different companies trying to acquire my specific skill set.

Degrees do add value and are essential to certain professions, but they are not the be all and end to working lives.

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"I have 1,

And other than Qualifying me just to sit an interview It did ffk all for me.

My carpentry papers from years before got me further and stood to me more,

I'm now training interns

And God love these kids, they know their course content, but that there is the end of it,,

Thank God they invented Velcro, cause not sure the youth today can tie their shoe laces,,

"

Correct me if I'm wrong here but I assume their course content which you say they know well is what is taught by a college but the practical skills you imply they lack is the part you are supposed to be training them in?

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

The subject of my degree (music) hasn't helped me in my IT career, surprisingly. However, it was an opportunity to get out of school, which I hated, and get in with a different and more diverse group of people. I kind of found myself at university.

Fortunately for me it was in a time when I could do it without being saddled with debt for years.

Luke

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have to have mine for my job and the other one worked for my previous job!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have 2, Masters in Engineering and Masters in Materials Science.

Both done as a mature student, both paid for by a former employer.

They've opened doors, that's it. I wouldn't be in the position I am now without hard work and dedication, the degrees are secondary.

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

I have a bachelors degree and a post grad qualification. They don’t help much with my current job, but I probably wouldn’t have my current job without them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Me, and never used it, waste of time and money for me x

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By *manaWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

Currently doing mine, just so I can change the direction in my career xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Did a 4 yr degree, was absolutely necessary for 27 yrs of my career, not so much now!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a degree and it hasn't directly helped me in my current work but has definitely helped indirectly. I learned a lot at uni and it changed the way I thought about things.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I have 2. Can't say it's helped me professionally though"

Yes, it helps. Especially for a first professional job

Personality counts there after.

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By *dinMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

yes and yes. helps with the first job potentially as a minimum requirment but beyond that it is about yourself, personality and real world experience.

that said there are a lot of waste of space degrees from crap universities out there where the students would have been better off going into work or getting an apprenticeship

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

.

Yes they have - they've even been useful on here on the odd occasion.

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By *edmark07Man
over a year ago

liverpool

Yes, I doubt I'd have even got an interview for my job without my qualification.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes and Yes

English Language degree so I actually understand conversation, communication, grammar and punctuation.

Doesn’t always help on fab though....

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

local, but not too local

I use mine every day at work although I did hire a junior who self taught off the internet.

Partly through tech test scores and partly for his attitude and willingness to graft and learn.

But not all employers are as lovely as me

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

My physics degree gave me some rather useful skills that I've used constantly since leaving uni. I guess it depends on what course you do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I dodnt do uni at 18 so I took myself back 2 years ago. In my line of work I have to have a degree but I'll never be out of a job

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used mine to get into my career...but 12 years into my career, at the level I’m at, companies ask for it but don’t actually check it—they’re more interested in the experience I have.

Plus I did mine just before the tuition fees went to stupid levels so was able to pay my own way through without a loan—just working.

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

I have 2 degrees, 1 Masters and I’m Chartered.

Yes they have very much helped me progress in my career.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yes they have - they've even been useful on here on the odd occasion. "

This

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