Has your career followed your subject of study?
Poll: Has your career followed your subject of study?
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Discussion
NoelWatson said:
All my friends that studied Engineering now do something unrelated
As Homer Simpson said "if it's too hard to do, then it's not worth bothering" 
Sadly though engineering can do that to folk as the pay is s
te for the level of work you do and having grafted seriously hard for years you then find that you share the same job title as the coffee machine repair man LOL.But hey I'm an engineer through and through so naturally chose a degree to fit my career aspirations.
Fatman2 said:
NoelWatson said:
All my friends that studied Engineering now do something unrelated
As Homer Simpson said "if it's too hard to do, then it's not worth bothering" Sadly though engineering can do that to folk as the pay is s
te for the level of work you do and having grafted seriously hard for years you then find that you share the same job title as the coffee machine repair man LOL.But hey I'm an engineer through and through so naturally chose a degree to fit my career aspirations.
^^ That's because we are a very special and rare breed
You're right though, I don't ever meet engineers and most of my mates are finance/insurance/business types. In fact at dinner parties with new people I hate saying I'm an engineer as eyes tend to go glassy and people turn off.
In fact an old colleage felt the same so said to a new face (at a party) that he was a transvestite dancer, just to liven things up. What he did not realise that the chap he was talking to had a mate.......who did exactly the same thing LOL. Suffice to say he just admits to being an engineer nowadays!
You're right though, I don't ever meet engineers and most of my mates are finance/insurance/business types. In fact at dinner parties with new people I hate saying I'm an engineer as eyes tend to go glassy and people turn off.
In fact an old colleage felt the same so said to a new face (at a party) that he was a transvestite dancer, just to liven things up. What he did not realise that the chap he was talking to had a mate.......who did exactly the same thing LOL. Suffice to say he just admits to being an engineer nowadays!
I did Law, and it's probably for the best that I didn't persue that particular avenue.
I'm now an accountant, which means that I'm both stuck up and mean.
Incidentally I'm still friends with six of my fellow students and only one of us went on to become involved in the legal profession. One works in New Media, one in planning, one sells gas turbines and another is a full time mum. I think it's the kind of degree that attracts those of us without a grand life plan...
I'm now an accountant, which means that I'm both stuck up and mean.
Incidentally I'm still friends with six of my fellow students and only one of us went on to become involved in the legal profession. One works in New Media, one in planning, one sells gas turbines and another is a full time mum. I think it's the kind of degree that attracts those of us without a grand life plan...
Little Dave said:
GT03ROB said:
I did a degree in bricklaying, concreting & plumbing.
Now I manage projects involving bricklaying, concreting & plumbing.
On quite a large scale through, huh Rob?Now I manage projects involving bricklaying, concreting & plumbing.
Trust all is well?
All is good, cheers Dave. Left the Hammersmith bunch & now with the Farnborough bunch.
Hows business & things with you?
Not really...........
I got expelled from boarding school because I stayed out the night with my girlfriend. I didn't bother going back to school, college or University and left with a hand full of O Levels and made my own luck. Worked through e ranks as a young sales executive, progressed into sales management and now have been sole owner and MD of a reasonably sized exhibition company I started 14 years ago.
And I am not a porn star, so no in my case.
I got expelled from boarding school because I stayed out the night with my girlfriend. I didn't bother going back to school, college or University and left with a hand full of O Levels and made my own luck. Worked through e ranks as a young sales executive, progressed into sales management and now have been sole owner and MD of a reasonably sized exhibition company I started 14 years ago.
And I am not a porn star, so no in my case.
Another engineer here. Didn't really get on with anything else, and got tired of living in London, so thought I'd better do something I thought was fun and live in the country.
Job title changed to "Systems engineer" from "electronics engineer" fairly quickly, but that was mainly so I could be a mad inventor
Job title changed to "Systems engineer" from "electronics engineer" fairly quickly, but that was mainly so I could be a mad inventor
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