Have you thought?

Hmm. Would have been nice if you'd initiated a bit of discussion rather than slag off a good chunk of the degrees out there...

Personally, I'm not doing this degree to walk into a graduate job. I want to learn more about the subject that I love.

But just because a degree isn't directly relevant doesn't mean you can't find a good job. I mean, English students work too!
You also say that foreign languages leave you with a limited range of jobs to go for, but I'd say computer science is equally as specialised. You may well have a good job, but you won't have the pick of the bunch, as it were, and that's what you slagged off MFLs for..

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OP

Hey, like I said at the beginning I'm not trying to slag anyone off, this all stemmed form a discussion I had with a friend of mine that does a frence degreee, she thinks she made a bad choice because she doesnt think its going to get her any sort of decent job or any career prospects

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ArchiBoi

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architecture = architect/property development

:smile:

we all need houses and offices, bridges, and so on :biggrin:

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mrs_bubb

you can do a lot of things with a degree in modern languages! loads of companies are looking for people with languages at degree level, then theres working in europe like for the EU, or teaching here or abroad.....loads of opportunities.

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Tarts_n_Vicars

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Nope, doubt society is crying out for History & Politics graduates but I am fully qualified in the job I used to do before (remember old lady of 23 here!) so I can always go back to that if I want to.

Realistically very few people I know are in jobs in any way related to their degree because I guess a lot of degrees are not career specific, an English graduate can go be an English teacher or work in a bank or be a driving instructor (just examples...not hating on the English grads!). I know it's a factor to consider when choosing your degree but it didn't really make too much of a difference for me :cool:

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OP

Wouldnt teaching require further academic time? therefore not being able to go straight into a job until getting the certificate of education?

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Chiefect

Hey, like I said at the beginning I'm not trying to slag anyone off, this all stemmed form a discussion I had with a friend of mine that does a frence degreee, she thinks she made a bad choice because she doesnt think its going to get her any sort of decent job or any career prospects

Well, your first post isn't very balanced It basically says 'my subject = good graduate prospetcs, yours = you're having a laugh, mate!'.

Just because you out a disclaimer at the beginning saying that it wasn't your intention to slag off the choices of others', doesn't mean that that isn't what you've done.

Just how i read it. My opinion is that I'm not doing it for the job, so it doesn't really matter to me :smile:

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OP

dogtanian

Well, your first post isn't very balanced It basically says 'my subject = good graduate prospetcs, yours = you're having a laugh, mate!'.

Just because you out a disclaimer at the beginning saying that it wasn't your intention to slag off the choices of others', doesn't mean that that isn't what you've done.

Just how i read it. My opinion is that I'm not doing it for the job, so it doesn't really matter to me :smile:

Sorry I'm blunt thats how I was brought up. I'm not goign to dance around to avoid hurting anyone. maybe I should take the bit out about me and put "my friend is doing a Comp Sci course"?? would that make it better?

I wasnt trying to say, I am great you are not. that was your interpretation, believe me I have no intention of pulling anyone down

Reply 10

Chiefect

Wouldnt teaching require further academic time? therefore not being able to go straight into a job until getting the certificate of education?

Yes, but it's the standard way of doing it, particularly for secondary teaching.

Most of, if not all, my teachers took the post grad PGCE route, as I don't thinka teaching degree gives them the specialism needed at secondary level.

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hallucination

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I can't get into the A.I branch of Computing without having a masters degree in my subject, let alone an undergrad degree...so yes, I do believe my degree will stand me in good stead when it comes to employment four or five years down the line.

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Tarts_n_Vicars

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Chiefect

Wouldnt teaching require further academic time? therefore not being able to go straight into a job until getting the certificate of education?

Hey chie don't make me not love you anymore! Yes an English grad would need a PGCE to teach (I think!) but shame on you for thinking all your employment related training ends when you leave university.....ahh the youth of today :rolleyes:

Reply 13

Chiefect

Sorry I'm bluny thats how I was brought up. I'm not goign to dance around to avoid hurting anyone. maybe I should take the bit out about me and put "my friend is doing a Comp Sci course"?? would that make it better?

Nah, but would you recognise that these othercourses have value, particularly for those who weren't thinking jobs and money?

Besides, I'm sure there are people in this world who wouldn't have favourable words about CompSci. Always is for everything, really.

Reply 14

OP

"youth of today"

4 Years younger haha its not exactly a huge gap is it.

maybe I worded it wrong, which is why people are taking offence.

I was thinking more along the lines of do a degree for a particular job type, but maybe I am wrong

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andy9

u tend to find that alot of people who have degree in certain subject, dont have to go into a job which relates to the subject. e.g. - my dad got degree in chemistry and working in business mangement and learning processes!

gettin a degree is as much showin that you have disicpline to study, plus the ability to learn and intake infomation. thinkin you can only get a job in the subject u study is narrow minded n regularly proved wrong

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Tarts_n_Vicars

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Chiefect

"youth of today"

4 Years younger haha its not exactly a huge gap is it.

maybe I worded it wrong, which is why people are taking offence.

I was thinking more along the lines of do a degree for a particular job type, but maybe I am wrong

aww I was mucking around with you! and it's 5 years remember :biggrin:

I didn't find the post offensive personally...

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in_it_2_win_it

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I totally agree with Andy. Plus, working at The Mirror for the summer, i've seen people who dropped out of school after GCSE being paid the same as a graduate from Cambridge! Getting a job is after all Luck! (or fate). You could get the hardest degree at the most prestigious universitiy, and still be unemployed, you may not have the inter-personal skills required to get through the interviews, and for the top jobs there is a lot of competition..

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