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I have a diploma in mathematics and am currently scientific researcher & "teacher" at the university, plus I'm working on my PhD. Love it. 
Since you're not that that old and experienced and stuff, a few warm words: Don't let failings get the better of you. I did fail quite a lot and quite badly at the beginning of my studies. I simply had other stuff in mind, which is now in retroperspective clear for me, but it wasn't always like that; there were times in which I wondered if maths is the right thing for me. Turned out that with a bit of dedication and quitting the sloppyness it really is. So, don't get demotivated if you like something, but it doesn't work out directly. Keep trying.
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First year, chemical engineering (nanotechnology) with a comp sci minor.
Flitting between the two right now, I may reverse the majors and minor (cecs major, chem minor). It means 18-20 credits a semester though, so less time for Starcraft.
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Hey don't end up being one of those weirdos who go overboard with trying to act "professional" while still in college. It's obnoxious and gross, real businessmen are not so awkward.
I'm fuming because I'm sitting through a presentation that's being done by that type of person.
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Court Reporting (still in school). It's a good option for those good with their hands like sc2 or musical instruments. Takes some time to get used to but its generally only a 3-year program. You just work whatever job you want to take = potential lots of free time.
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had no idea what to do in uni till roughly 2 months before applying where i saw "Digital Forensics" in the long list of courses...2 months in now and its really cool, its scary what you can find and hide on a pc, love it =)
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I am a cook with a B.A. in Dramatic Arts with a concentration in stagecraft and design. It is a great education and I'm glad I have post-secondary education (with no student loans to boot!)
But here's my situation, I can't make it work for me. I need to do something I believe to be meaningful on a large scale, but I don't believe theatre can do this for me. Then I realized what sites I visit regularly, namely io9 for their neuroscience/bioengineering/genetic stuff. And the books I read almost always relate in some way to the mind. I find the work of V.S. Ramachandran and J Craig Venter inspiring. Now I'm looking into a biology related education, still browsing, but I'm pretty sure I want to head that way.
It may sound cheesy, but you have to find out who you are when no one else is around. What keeps you up at night (other than sc2)? And don't do 'general studies' in university unless you have money to burn.
I don't know what part of NZ you're in, but Auckland University of Technology looks kinda bitch'n.
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I WAS an assembler/tester for the machines that make CPUs/RAM/LEDscreens /(and other things) are created on.
But out of 500 people I made it down to the final 8 during lay offs. In the end I was cut too. Now been unemployed for 3 months. Going to have to take a fast food job in a few weeks if i can't get a REAL job.
Also 2 years ago I ran the call center for EA games as head onsite IT guy. But pay was crap so i left.
Life goes on! Soon i'll get another good job. Had a few phone interviews with AMD at the spicewod springs center (where the awesome FX was designed) but they want someone with more exp or a degree. :{
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On October 27 2011 17:56 Coraz wrote:
accepting jesus is more important than getting your $100000000000000000000000 college degree and being unemployed with it, bro
I think god i even have a job while american u6 unemployment is 20% and record high under employment.
Yup.
I'm currently a theology major whose minoring in ancient history. I wanna go to grad school and do Pauline research. I'm looking forward to doing research the rest of my life for the betterment of my church and Christians.
Not trying to convert or anything, but trying to give you an idea of what I do.
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On October 27 2011 20:18 Egyptian_Head wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2011 20:03 RogerX wrote:
I'm interested at philosophy and intending to do Philosophy at uni, what do you guys think? (Just want to get peoples opinion real quick) I did philosophy for three years at uni. Its an awesome subject, but it is basically useless. I never found it particularly hard but you need very good English with some of the texts, you might end up reading stuff like the treatise of human nature by Hume and wondering is it even written in English. I would say the subject is not for everyone but it can be great.
Have several friends who majored in Philosophy. Smartest kids in school, graduated with honors from Cal and UCLA, accepted into Chicago's programs. Yet even now neither has yet find a PHD program that will accept them. Unless you're dedicated in the tenure track and has the talent to be one of the few to make it through the hoops, don't go through the misery.
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I'm currently studiying Computer and Information science at Faculty of Computer and Information Science - University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Going for robotics or IT administration next year... haven't decided yet Have plenty of time for SC2, because I have a lot of practical stuff and not so much of theory which suits me very well.
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Im an IT technician. But atm im packing door frames as an auxiliary ? assistance ? You' ll get what i mean i hope. Its not payed too bad, but bad. Anyway i can make an easy living from it.
If you ask yourself why i dont get a regular job with what i've learned ? You wouldnt if you'd see my curriculum vitae..
But i dont mind it too much.
Anyway, if i can give you one advise: Go for a job you like, instead of a bit more money.
Take your time figuring out what suits you best. You can do some internships before going to college to get some different impressions.
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On October 28 2011 03:32 Snuggles wrote:
Hey don't end up being one of those weirdos who go overboard with trying to act "professional" while still in college. It's obnoxious and gross, real businessmen are not so awkward.
I'm fuming because I'm sitting through a presentation that's being done by that type of person.
Haha. Couldn't agree more. College is pretty much the last part of your life where you get to do whatever the hell you want. No need to turn into your future professional identity too early.
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It's still part of your "career" though.
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"Rich Dad Poor Dad" and "The Secret" are works that I don't like even the slightest. While I don't even have to defend my hate for "The Secret" (if you believe positive brain energy turns into matter, you're not in my league of intelligence :D ), let me give more reasoning for "Rich Dad Poor Dad":
My roommate is a big Kiyosaki fan, he even bought the game "Cash Flow" that should teach you how to be a millionaire. It's somewhat like monopoly, and there are like 3 ways to make money:
1. Take a loan to buy property and repay loan from the rent of that property (Inapplicable in my country, loan payments are twice the amount of monthly rent.)
2. Own a business that repays your investment in 1-2 years and never goes bankrupt with steady income (Who would sell you such a business? Market will stay the same? You spend no time to manage it ? Or you gonna build it? Game doesn't teach you that!)
3. Buy stocks for price X, and in game you know that price will be rotating to X/2, X, 2X, 4X (that's 0 risk and you'll always win on that if you aren't retarded, that's not how real stock market works )
"Rich Dad Poor Dad" has one clear message - "Don't be afraid of failure in business."
My roommate took a 20K euros loan and boldly invested in some food retail idea and lost everything and now owes a lot of money. We're no longer roommates as he can't pay rent, he moved back with his parents! He can't take a second loan, failures can be fatal, you know
P.S. As for me, I'm a flash game developer, soon switching to iPhone as well, here are some of my works http://ozdy.newgrounds.com/flash/
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So a bit of background, I did my A-levels and then moved on to college (the uni course i wanted wasn't local and didn't have the money to travel/ go to uni somewhere far away) Half way through my course i realise how bad it was and wanted to leave, suck with it anyway though. While on the course i started working in the IT department for a company.
I've worked here for just over a year now, the company I work for is a global company designing and manufacturing scientific instruments to measure particles, the IT team has to provide 24/7 support to the companies employee's across the globe.
Basically the company provides instruments to other companies who use them to measure the particles in cement so your house doesn't fall down, the cocktail in your asperine so your headache goes quicker and the ingredience in chocolate so it tastes gooood!
Never a dull moment, building 2 French PC's, 2 English and 1 Russian atm and still finding time to surf TL! :D
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edit: misread topic and posted off topic
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On October 27 2011 14:03 Chill wrote:
I just recently got my P.Eng. I'm a project engineer for an oil company. Really like it now but I'm not sure how long I'll stay here.
Your thread is too general to give you any meaningful advice. Try to research as much as possible and make an informed decision, rather than "trying out some classes and figuring it out later." Not much is going to change in 4 years, so you should have some sort of gameplan when entering university.
Wow I could never work for an oil company. They're - or rather you're - raping our mother earth pretty hard. I'd rather earn less money and be happy with myself.
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On October 29 2011 00:08 Titorelli wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2011 14:03 Chill wrote:
I just recently got my P.Eng. I'm a project engineer for an oil company. Really like it now but I'm not sure how long I'll stay here.
Your thread is too general to give you any meaningful advice. Try to research as much as possible and make an informed decision, rather than "trying out some classes and figuring it out later." Not much is going to change in 4 years, so you should have some sort of gameplan when entering university. Wow I could never work for an oil company. They're - or rather you're - raping our mother earth pretty hard. I'd rather earn less money and be happy with myself.
Human civilization is raping the Earth. Don't act like oil is the only thing we do that fucks things up.
BTW, I'm a civil engineer so I'm to blame as well.
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I'm a career failure, no lie.
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I've got my Computer Science degree and I've done a couple "regular" programming jobs. Currently I'm doing iOS game programming and I've worked on 1 major game title that's out there right now.
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