University, mainly
The biggest thing I've realised over the last few years is that while I am still vaguely interested in my degree subject, all the stuff I actually WANT to do requires no degree at all, and is far more interesting. I won't say I regret coming exactly - I've done a lot of growing up here - but I should stop pretending (as should quite a lot of other people) that it was the best possible choice.
( MatJ LOOK, Fri 9 Mar 2012, 1:22, 3 replies)

i did a performing arts degree
with hindsight i would much rather have been a carpenter.

my secondary school made you feel like you were going to destroy your existance if you didnt get to uni. silly.
(magictorch, Fri 9 Mar 2012, 8:18, closed)

I think this happens to a lot of people
One of my closest friends at uni told me from day 1 that she had no interest in being a chemist, she was just doing it cos it was "a good degree". 3 years after leaving she still doesn't know what she wants to do. I'm 18 months into my PhD, being one of these lucky (?!) people who realised that their only goal in life was to become a research scientist from the age of about 12 but have realised that the lifestyle of a research scientist is HARD, even though I love the work. So even at this late stage I'm wondering about where my career will go next. I'm vaguely wondering about science writing/editing because I'm a bit of a coughgrammarnazicough but who knows. I think the lesson is to never be ashamed to enjoy what you're doing, or admit that you've changed your mind.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Sat 10 Mar 2012, 13:04, closed)

How
can you be a coughgrammarnazicough when your username is grammatically incorrect? Makes me cringe every time I see it, I assume (hope) it's intentional for whatever reason though.
(MayorBoris, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 19:02, closed)