I'm glad I dropped out, it never suited me and I managed to do all right learning on the job.
Although, I would like to do a few qualifications now, just stuff that's interesting to me.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:08, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

It wasn't so much that. For the first couple of years (four year degrees in Scotland) only a third of the credits were computer science.
You could tell what I was interesting as my CS stuff was graded 2:1 / 1st levels and my non-cs stuff was scraping a pass.

I wasn't forced to go to university but it was heavily encouraged by various people; whilst the downsides of manual work or engineering were regularly mentioned nobody once mentioned the crippling ennui and petty bullshit you can experience in office work and it's something i'm seriously not very happy about.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 22 May 2015, 17:14, Reply)

Although by the time I finished university i just wanted to work as I was fed up of the false responsibility.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 22 May 2015, 17:15, Reply)

u OK babez?

(lol man river definite greek god, Fri 22 May 2015, 17:17, Reply)

No I'm a fucking curmudgeon.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 22 May 2015, 17:18, Reply)

First year of Scottish uni is more or less the second year of A Levels.
Coming from an English school into a Scottish uni, I went straight into second year. In a way, I would have enjoyed an extra year learning something from scratch.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:16, Reply)

I went to a Scottish uni for this reason; my a-level grades were a bit shit.
My options were alright Scottish uni or ex-poly.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 22 May 2015, 17:19, Reply)

I was basically told if I wanted it paid for, it had to be a Scottish one.
Saying that, I loved living in Glasgow, and I'd go back any time.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:21, Reply)

RGU?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 22 May 2015, 17:21, Reply)

Where's that one? Dundee? Aberdeen?
Ah. Aberdeen it is.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:22, Reply)

Aberdeen.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 22 May 2015, 17:22, Reply)

k

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 22 May 2015, 17:28, Reply)

yeah, I think I dodged a bullet staying out of the office environment,
But don't underestimate the petty bullshit that can filter through a workshop or site, or even catering work like I did before.
The only advantage to not being tied to a desk or computer is you can just walk away from those people, which is much harder if the people are sat across the table from you.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:17, Reply)