janaage
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« Reply #30 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 09:39:58 » |
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A-level Economics was alright, my multiple choice exam let me down though!! I've always been shit at multiple choice.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #31 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 09:47:55 » |
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My advice would be never do anything that doesn't interest you.
If you are studying as a means to end, then you might be prepared to put up with the mind numbing grind of academic courses.........if you are going into it half arsed, then do try and select something that'll interest......as others have said there are lots of wacky courses out there if you look.
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« Reply #32 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 10:41:53 » |
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There's no chance of me doing economics. None at all. It'd bore me so much my head would collapse.
I might do computing because I'll find it piss easy, and something like photography/film studies because it'll interest me. I'm not really going to college to study a specific field, more a case of finding something to do, getting some qualifications cos I've got fuck all and doing it before I'm too old and I regret it.
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« Reply #33 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 10:44:37 » |
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Fuckin hell whats going on Sonics going to college and he's out of bed before midday  |
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sonicyouth
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« Reply #34 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 10:46:19 » |
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I got up at 6am on Saturday  |
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #35 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 10:46:29 » |
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One of my kids is doing a BTech in computing.....about 15 hours a week, and supposed to be equivalent of 3 A levels.......a lot of it he finds tedious, but there are practical elements like building machines and web site construction that he enjoys.
Its all continuous asessment.
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« Reply #37 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 10:55:53 » |
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Good money working in IT SY. And incompetence is practically encouraged  It took our IT helpdesk 2.5 weeks to come back to me about getting set up on a different printer. it took them 2 mins to sort out. fuckwits. |
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« Reply #38 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 11:07:27 » |
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superb! All I.T. gimps seem to spend their time on the internet and not doing any work.
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« Reply #39 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 11:24:57 » |
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and ruining everyone elses fun.
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« Reply #40 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 11:26:55 » |
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Oi!! :evil: |
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« Reply #41 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 11:32:44 » |
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Oi!! :evil: Get back to work IT Monkey |
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« Reply #42 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 11:53:36 » |
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I am 'multi-tasking', ahem...
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« Reply #43 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 11:58:04 » |
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Be very careful with IT. If you’re not going to specialise in a particular language, or discipline then you can end up screwed.
Most large firms have already started to outsource tasks to India where an experienced programmer costs a fraction of the cost in the UK.
In addition we have started hiring any monkeys on temp contracts instead of just graduates, they work for less, can be trained to do a particular task and if they’re crap they get the boot. Graduates and monkeys alike work on little more than minimum wage in an attempt to earn a permanent contract.
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« Reply #44 on: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 12:03:35 » |
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Just keep well away from Physics easily the dullest A-level there is, as long as you aslo keep away from Maths and Chemistry the other ones are far far easier.
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