BCD
which goes to show that A levels don't mean shit, because I also have a 2:1 MEng in Civil Engineering from what was (at the time) the best uni for the course. and I got that while being stoned almost every night.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:47, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Clearly it shows that
because I got AAAB and then a first in Chemistry and then an MSc.

By analysing the two data points we have here, I can clearly see that by achieving better A-level results, I achieved better degree results.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:49, Reply)

that was down to how much work I put in
the end result is much the same though. I have a good job, you have a good job.

not to mention a lovely wife (more or less) and a productive garden
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:51, Reply)

I'm going to eat my cucumber this weekend.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:53, Reply)

your flexibility has improved then?
oh, how droll!

I'm not sure what's ready to eat from my garden at the moment. I assume some of the lettuce is, as that always is, and there is probably a fuckton of courgette lurking in the foliage.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:54, Reply)

Meh they mean something,
and over a large group they do make a difference to earnings and "sucess".
But they're weird, because most of the stuff I do at the moment is maths and stats I would consider below A-level stuff, and the stuff I do that isn't is so specialised I wouldn't be able to learn that in school.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:51, Reply)

strangely, I got a D in Maths at A level
and yet was considerably better at it than most of my uni coursemates who all got As.

As far as engineering goes the Maths A level I did was actually a solid base for what we went on to do at uni, and I still use a fair amount of it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:53, Reply)

I think that's it, you have to know a large amount of crap in maths
but you'll use a specific part of maths in work. I wouldn't do any mechanics or physics in my job.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:57, Reply)

I use more stats than I thought I would
not a great deal still.

More of what I use is things like partial differentials and finite difference and finite element, that sort of stuff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:58, Reply)

Most places in any industry run on stats
but no one understands them, which slightly annoys me but fuck it, if people did understand them I'd have to do an actual job.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:03, Reply)

good attitude

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:11, Reply)