University - this might be a really naive question

Oscar · #1 11-25-2009, 01:12 AM

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lastlight · #2 11-25-2009, 01:15 AM

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Oscar · #3 11-25-2009, 01:23 AM

Mindy:

I was actually going to post something related to your question. As you have already discovered you need to find something you enjoy. Every job/career has its good days and bad days (maybe years).

Even after technical or professional training you could very well head off in a totally different direction. Was the education wasted? Probably not. You gained a lot of valuable experiences (beer drinking etc) maybe made a friend or two and proved you can tough it out (something Delphinius touched on). For example the NHL is not made up of necessarily the best players but those that put up with the crap to get to the big league.

I put up with crap at 4 years of university. Then almost 30 years of a range of jobs related to my field, most of which were positive experiences. Now I am in to the "fun zone" where I am driving the organization and having some fun doing so.

Yeah most days I come home bagged and we all put up with a lot of crap and the money may not be great but if there is a sense of job satisfaction and you can get going in the morning sort of looking forward to most days then you could be way ahead of most of the population.

End of rant, and one horrible run on sentance.

BTW: go Roughies

Myka · #4 11-25-2009, 01:36 AM

LOL Brett! No "cheat-o" here!

I don't think any education would be wasted really. Life to me is a lot about experiences. I just want to enjoy my career and make a decent salary. I could put up with a lot of crap for more money though!

soapy · #5 11-25-2009, 05:02 PM

Aside from all the obvious reasons to go to university there is also the idea that it can be a hell of a lot of fun. You will meet a lot of intelligent, fun loving people. Some of whom will party hard in addition to studying hard. University could turn out to be some of the best times of your life.