No idea Jobs

[Wij]

Rent. Boy.

 

[Embattle]

Well least we've got an expert on the forums.

 

[Zarjazz]

So I went ahead and did it. Handed in my notice, go on garden leave from tomorrow for several months. Applied to several universities to do a 1 year Masters, no idea if I'll get accepted to any.

What could possibly go wrong ...

 

[Gwadien]

So I went ahead and did it. Handed in my notice, go on garden leave from tomorrow for several months. Applied to several universities to do a 1 year Masters, no idea if I'll get accepted to any.

What could possibly go wrong ...

Nice one man, a Masters in what?

You'll get accepted, they love old folk at Unis.

 

[Zarjazz]

Nice one man, a Masters in what?

You'll get accepted, they love old folk at Unis.

Various courses (Maths, Physics/Astronomy, Comp Sci.) at various uni's to give myself more options and a higher chance of getting accepted to at least one. Hope you're right about the old folks

 

[Gwadien]

Various courses (Maths, Physics/Astronomy, Comp Sci.) at various uni's to give myself more options and a higher chance of getting accepted to at least one. Hope you're right about the old folks

Don't you need a undergraduate degree in a relevant subject?

 

[Scouse]

So I went ahead and did it. Handed in my notice, go on garden leave from tomorrow for several months. Applied to several universities to do a 1 year Masters, no idea if I'll get accepted to any.

What could possibly go wrong ...

Nice!

Not tempted to study abroad? Could be free in sweden

 

[Zarjazz]

Don't you need a undergraduate degree in a relevant subject?

I do, I have a degree in Theoretical Physics. That and my enterprise level of computing experience covers everything.

Not tempted to study abroad? Could be free in sweden

Briefly thought about it. Could get complicated with Brexit for European locations. Sweden would be good though, I may look into it further if application are still open. Spent enough time working in the US in recent years that I'm not that keen on studying there.

 

[BloodOmen]

When I did work I enjoyed mine, took me all around the country meeting some interesting people to say the least... maybe find a job that lets you travel a bit?

 

[Job]

I do, I have a degree in Theoretical Physics. That and my enterprise level of computing experience covers everything.



Briefly thought about it. Could get complicated with Brexit for European locations. Sweden would be good though, I may look into it further if application are still open. Spent enough time working in the US in recent years that I'm not that keen on studying there.

Pff mickey mouse degree..
Did you not think about structures of reality tv.

 

[Lakih]

When I did work I enjoyed mine, took me all around the country meeting some interesting people to say the least... maybe find a job that lets you travel a bit?

Traveling for work is highly overrated IMO. All you see is airports, expense reports, and headaches.

 

[DaGaffer]

Traveling for work is highly overrated IMO. All you see is airports, expense reports, and headaches.

Depends how you do it. I used to tack on personal time to the end of my US trips back in the day, which usually meant I got a “free” holiday flight to the US twice a year (I did this at least half a dozen times with three, maybe four different employers). Also time your meetings so they’re on a Monday or Thu/Fri, get a free weekend. Your employer doesn’t usually care.

 

[Zarjazz]

So I went ahead and did it. Handed in my notice, go on garden leave from tomorrow for several months. Applied to several universities to do a 1 year Masters, no idea if I'll get accepted to any.

What could possibly go wrong ...

So it turns out many things can go wrong. Turns out my degree was so long ago that most establishments wouldn't accept it. Similarly it was so long ago I no longer have any academic references when applying for Postgraduate courses. You would have thought universities would be throwing themselves at people who were willing to pay all the fee's themselves but I guess not....

It's not all bad though since I've been doing plenty of travelling since I left. Three continents, 9 counties, 20 cities. There's also the Open University available. It turns out getting high marks in certain stand alone modules can be used as proof in University application. So that door isn't closed, it may simply open a year later or I can just stick with the OU and do it full-time.

 

[dysfunction]

So it turns out many things can go wrong. Turns out my degree was so long ago that most establishments wouldn't accept it. Similarly it was so long ago I no longer have any academic references when applying for Postgraduate courses. You would have thought universities would be throwing themselves at people who were willing to pay all the fee's themselves but I guess not....

It's not all bad though since I've been doing plenty of travelling since I left. Three continents, 9 counties, 20 cities. There's also the Open University available. It turns out getting high marks in certain stand alone modules can be used as proof in University application. So that door isn't closed, it may simply open a year later or I can just stick with the OU and do it full-time.

No they would rather have Chinese students paying triple the fees paid by their government.
I didn't think degrees expired! Good luck with whatever you manage to do. Hopefully a Uni will accept you!

 

[Moriath]

No they would rather have Chinese students paying triple the fees paid by their government.
I didn't think degrees expired! Good luck with whatever you manage to do. Hopefully a Uni will accept you!

I guess your post grad stuff builds on yr pre grad stuff. So if your pre grad stuff was so long ago all the stuff you learned is out of date.

 

[Scouse]

So it turns out many things can go wrong. Turns out my degree was so long ago that most establishments wouldn't accept it. Similarly it was so long ago I no longer have any academic references when applying for Postgraduate courses. You would have thought universities would be throwing themselves at people who were willing to pay all the fee's themselves but I guess not....

It's not all bad though since I've been doing plenty of travelling since I left. Three continents, 9 counties, 20 cities. There's also the Open University available. It turns out getting high marks in certain stand alone modules can be used as proof in University application. So that door isn't closed, it may simply open a year later or I can just stick with the OU and do it full-time.

Got mixed feelings about this @Zarjazz - but only because I'm well jell that you're travelling.

You need to blog the fuck out of that right here so I can live vicariously through you

Sucks about the masters, but I do understand it. OU is still a thing, but as you're travelling anyway - have you thought about going to Scandinavia and hitting up degrees there? If you can fund your stay, the education is likely free (right @Yoni?). I know you had your heart set on a 1 year masters, and OU is still a possibility (although I understand it's still expensive) but it's worth considering, no?

In the meantime, POIDH m8

 

[Zarjazz]

I know you had your heart set on a 1 year masters

Not quite. It was / is more the fact that after one year I could see how I felt about continuing in research, going back to work or whatever ... Honestly it would be easier to get accepted to do another degree or PhD but taking 3 to 4 years away from a career at my age seemed like a heavy investment especially if I don't end up liking it.

As for a travel blog, I hate reading those so the thought had never crossed my mind

 

[Job]

Fuck me my job is boring. It pays very well and lots of people would bloody love earning the cash but frankly I've got one life and I'm burning it up doing something I just can't muster a *single* shit about.

I've already set myself an April-2020 must quit target (or I'll go mad) - and if my contract isn't renewed then it'll happen long before then.

But I need another way of earning a living. And really, that's all it has to be if I like it. Doesn't have to be megabucks, but it would have to be something I want to get up for in the morning.

I suspect this thread'll go nowhere, because a lot of us are in the same boat, but what I need are suggestions. If you wanted to jump the corporate ship and do something, what would you suggest?

And here you are now whining about losing it.
If it was 'brexit'..you can thank me later.

 

[Scouse]

And here you are now whining about losing it.
If it was 'brexit'..you can thank me later.

Fuck you you little plumber cunt.

My circumstances have changed quite dramatically - and none of that has changed the FACT that Brexit is a direct cause.

Seriously, go do some self-harming or something. It's all you're good for.

 

[Yoni]

You could always do an MBA at Cranfield or something? Or have the rules changed there too? It shouldn't harm your career either.

 

[Job]

He's not going to be happy by digging deeper into something he hates.

 

[dysfunction]

I guess your post grad stuff builds on yr pre grad stuff. So if your pre grad stuff was so long ago all the stuff you learned is out of date.

Ok that is fine but you would think they would offer you some bridging courses or something instead of a flat denial?

 

[Zarjazz]

Ok that is fine but you would think they would offer you some bridging courses or something instead of a flat denial?

ikr. For some subjects I could certainly understand but it's not like the laws of Physics or Mathematics have changed in the last 15 years.

 

[Zarjazz]

You could always do an MBA at Cranfield or something? Or have the rules changed there too? It shouldn't harm your career either.

That's not for me. It's all good though. I'm sure I still have plenty of options if I keep on looking.

He's not going to be happy by digging deeper into something he hates.

Then how do you explain all the time you spend on the Guardian website and Reddit??

 

[Job]

Touche

The tide is turning though.

 

[Moriath]

Ok that is fine but you would think they would offer you some bridging courses or something instead of a flat denial?

Thing is academics have never been in the real world. School, college, uni, and back to uni to teach. So they are out of touch with real ppls needs and the way out side of academia that the world works.

 

[Scouse]

Thing is academics have never been in the real world. School, college, uni, and back to uni to teach. So they are out of touch with real ppls needs and the way out side of academia that the world works.

Disagree completely.

That bullshit "real world" trope should really be aimed at the average working joe who burns up his life on "economically approved" professions, such as car manufacturing, banking, marketing, accounting, the makers of plastic toys.

People working in the arts are at least creating stuff of cultural worth - but academia? They're arguably the only people working in the real world - because our science comes from them and the work they do changes our world and reality.

So what - they get to work in a cushy environment (not really, in actuality) but that's because their minds work best when free. And they need focus that most of the rest of us don't ever approach.

Hail academia. Thanks for pretty much bringing us everything we've got. Sorry we misuse your discoveries and fail to respect or listen to you - because of that we've used what you did to fuck the world

 

[Job]

Its only when they butt up against non academics in social situations and start to have real world philosophical opinions which are utterly devoid of experience and entirely theoretically abstract fact based.
Academics are like high end fashion, they create and then the rest of us tweak it into the real world.

 

[Scouse]

No. They create the world and the rest of us (especially you) are so poorly educated we fuck their good work over and bastardise it to fit how we think things should be.

Problem is - it's only their thoughts that are really worth anything, because they live in the real, whilst we live in our own individual matrix.

 

[Job]

Scouse..a large part of discoveries are made by people without academic training.