"Go to university and you'll have no trouble getting a job"


Hang on. This doesn't really fit into the competition. Well, have it anyway.
( giant_squid, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 16:59, archived)

hahahahah...
*cries*
( gravytrain is very, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:00, archived)

he could do a phd

( manwithunderpantsonhead www.songanddance.co.uk, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:00, archived)

ha!
i'm doing just that... my parents keep asking me when i'm going to get a "real" job, despite the fact i'm a part-time lecturer...
(-2D, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:07, archived)

"real" jobs are overrated.
PhDs are far more fun.
(Dr Hotdog is all about the road rash, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:09, archived)

aye, i've been paid to go and get pissed
in 4 countries this year alone...

i mean, paid to go and attend a conference
(-2D, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:10, archived)

That's a pretty impressive conference rate.
I've only had one overseas trip (Canary Islands) in the past 12 months, but I still fondly remember one 2 month work trip that took in Chile, Sydney and Hawaii about half way through my PhD.
(Dr Hotdog is all about the road rash, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:25, archived)

nice
i was a student volunteer at two though
i'm not sure i could manage four publications a year!

how did you get the chile/sydney/hawaii gig?
(-2D, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:29, archived)

It was a combination of things that just came together at the right time.
A trip to install and use a new instrument at a telescope in the Chilean Andes (I'm an astronomer), then on to Sydney for a week of meetings with my collaborators based there, then a conference in Hawaii.
(Dr Hotdog is all about the road rash, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:34, archived)

impressivo!

(-2D, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:35, archived)

I was rather chuffed.
I was mightily sick of hanging round airports waiting for flights, airline food, and being cramped in tiny airline seats for 12 hours at a time though.
(Dr Hotdog is all about the road rash, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:45, archived)

PhD's are not fun.

( giant_squid, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:10, archived)

that's cos you're like
all chemisty, or something
if you did an easy subject, the PhD might be fun
(-2D, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:13, archived)

For Crikey's Sake...
Set phasers to stun.

Is this not the same b3ta board that, just 5 mins ago, hosted a thread about scrounging chav scum not working?

And now the participants of that thread are bragging about spunking tax payer's hard earned away on beer and chips down the senior common room?

You should be ashamed of your double standards.

Mind you, I wish I thought of doing a PhD instead of going off into the world to get fucked by The Man.

If I had my time again.....
(big-ol - The Hammer-mator, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:25, archived)

i take no tax payers money
thankyou very much

i am industrially funded
(-2D, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:27, archived)

Prickly
!
(big-ol - The Hammer-mator, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:31, archived)

sorry....
i get it a lot, mainly from people in the pub
so it's now a knee-jerk reaction

*searches for fluff*
(-2D, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:32, archived)

Well, not 100% fun, and writing up is a bitch.
But I enjoyed mine, mostly.
(Dr Hotdog is all about the road rash, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:23, archived)

haha
it fits perfectly*



*almost


( TopUpTheTea nice one Chet!, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:03, archived)

jus the way you like it!
so i heard....
( Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:06, archived)

ooooh - who told you!

( TopUpTheTea nice one Chet!, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:10, archived)

a little birdie
with a big mouth :)
( Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:12, archived)

yes it does
very pertinent..

"What do you say to a bloke with 3 degrees and a Masters etc..? Big Mac and medium fries please".
( worldwidewardy I remember when all these internets were fields, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:04, archived)

100% fact
3 years on the dole
( Rev. Jesse. http://afictitiouslife.blogspot.com/, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:21, archived)

i graduated a month ago and have a real job starting next week
so there

edit: arts degrees on the other hand...
(GoldenFanjita, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:28, archived)

evidence of good taste
Argh..
Giz a job. Right good taste me.

I have one art degree and the only thing it helps me with is added cred with businessmen who don't understand what it was all about..

Life eh?
( worldwidewardy I remember when all these internets were fields, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 17:50, archived)

Too true
Masters Degree under my belt and all anyone asks is if I've got a years experience in an office environment...
(Qfyd, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 13:41, archived)