Graduates: how much did money motivate your choice of degree/going to uni?
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pennimania
still dre and drooling
Generally speaking, I don't think many people chose Fine Art as a money maker.
Dillinger4
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pennimania
still dre and drooling
I wish I had done fine art.
Just out of interest, what do you do now?
I'm a teacher.
have been for a very long time.
The money's good (now).
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
Do you teach art or a completely unrelated subject?
I would quite like to work in Museums/Galleries, but you need a masters in Fine Art/Art History and a lot of luck to get into something like that.
I would quite like to work in Museums/Galleries, but you need a masters in Fine Art/Art History and a lot of luck to get into something like that.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
I have always taught art or textiles.
Do you actually need a Masters to do that?
btw I did Fine Art (Sculpture) at art school rather than Uni - which is (generally speaking) rather more theoretical than art college. Spent most of my time making plaster casts and using latex rather than writing essays.
Do you actually need a Masters to do that?
btw I did Fine Art (Sculpture) at art school rather than Uni - which is (generally speaking) rather more theoretical than art college. Spent most of my time making plaster casts and using latex rather than writing essays.
I studied law at undergrad- because of some insane delusion that it might be interesting, and because it was hard to get into. Everyone else I knew wanted to be a lawyer and make money. Now I study continental philosophy, which is actually interesting and plan on being an academic for as long as possible.
Dillinger4
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SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
It's good to see so many people apparently going to university purely for the sake of learning things, it's only a shame the universities themselves seem to have so little time for that attitude these days. My uni was quite blatantly on the take from companies like PriceWaterhouse Coopers and HSBC who seemed want to shovel as many graduates (any subject) as possible into their cubicles, and because of stuff like this I became rather disillusioned about the chances of being able to use my degree (genetics) for anything uselful rather than just helping parasitic cunts to make more money. A couple of years later I've succesfully avoided getting a proper job, as much as a little act of spite against my uni and its statistic-boosting graduate employment conveyor belt as anything else, but now I'm going to have to find some full-time work and I'm not looking forward to that
Returning to the point of the thread, I studied genetics because I thought I'd be able to find a cure for a friend's genetic disorder. And that is why they shouldn't expect seventeen-year-olds to be able to make rational decisions about their future.
Returning to the point of the thread, I studied genetics because I thought I'd be able to find a cure for a friend's genetic disorder. And that is why they shouldn't expect seventeen-year-olds to be able to make rational decisions about their future.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Not at all.
I graduated 9 years ago and have still never earned what is apparantly an average graduate starting salary.
ETA: I also did an MA for totally unfinancial reasons.
I graduated 9 years ago and have still never earned what is apparantly an average graduate starting salary.
ETA: I also did an MA for totally unfinancial reasons.
HeroineSheep
Where was I again?
I did a politics & philosophy degree so mine is doubly useless. "are you going to be prime minister" was always the first reaction.
I found it was always worst telling the hairdresser what my degree was.
Me too. I did what I was interested in, and then spent the next few years trying to work out what I wanted to do. Still am.
I've actually found it was much easier getting a job in Britain with an unrelated degree - it was more that you were a graduate and employers were prepared to train you on the job. Now I'm in Australia, tertiary education is extremely vocational, and it's very difficult to be perceived as employable without thet right bit of paper, even if you're straight out of uni.
All my work experience has enabled me to switch careers though, not my degree.
butterfly child
Well-Known Member
I'm doing a social work degree.
I'm going to do it for the glory, not the money.
I'm going to do it for the glory, not the money.
I did a degree because I wanted the student lifestyle for 3 years. It was the first one that sprang to mind, and I thought I'd breeze through it. If I'd gone to an easier uni, I might have, but it was pretty tough to do well without a decent amount of work. My degree opened quite a few opportunities though.
bouncer_the_dog
Well-Known Member
I did what i was interested in... sometimes I wish I had gone for the cash in.. I certainly would now..
Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
I didn't consider for a single second my future career or the earning potential of my degree. All that seemed far too much in the hazy future.
I wish I'd given it more thought now though.
I wish I'd given it more thought now though.
the button
out on the kocker
Money wasn't a factor for me, but then I went to university before student loans, etc. [/old]
I think I was 36 before I got the kind of job that (the job spec said) you needed a degree for.
I think I was 36 before I got the kind of job that (the job spec said) you needed a degree for.
_angel_
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There's hope for me yet!
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
I wanted to do fashion, but I was aware of the small amount of jobs compared to the amount of graduates. So I did a degree at Leicester Poly (now De Montfort Uni) - they offer a fashion degree with specialisation in one of four areas, two of these are really specialist - the footwear degree is one of only two in the world, the contour fashion degree (lingerie, underwear and corsetry design) is the only one of it's kind. The first eight weeks of the degree you spent two weeks on each area, then you chose. This appealed too - I didn't have to make my mind up 'til I'd had a go at all of them. I chose footwear. The degree was great - it was a proper shoe makers apprenticeship (with a dissertation), we learned proper shoemaking skills, pattern cutting, the whole lot. They used to pin jobs up on the back of the door of the studio. When I graduated there were 12 of us and 14 jobs pinned up on the back of the door.
I don't think it's so easy now, from the amount of emails I get from graduates, saying they can't find work.
As for money - yes you can earn pots of it if you make it and I did for a while. A senior designer gets £40k-£60k, now. But I've now chosen the route of freelance so I can have a life, meaning I'm a bit skint sometimes. I'm using my degree though, I' so pleased I did it.
I don't think it's so easy now, from the amount of emails I get from graduates, saying they can't find work.
As for money - yes you can earn pots of it if you make it and I did for a while. A senior designer gets £40k-£60k, now. But I've now chosen the route of freelance so I can have a life, meaning I'm a bit skint sometimes. I'm using my degree though, I' so pleased I did it.
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
I did Eng Lit, so obviously for the love not the money. My mistake was taking up an accountancy job after graduating, because they paid more than anyone in my family had ever earned.
I fucking hated it, and now work for a bank. It couldn't be further away from what I'm really good at and interested in, and my god it shows. I should have stuck with my love ( writing). But I don't know how to break out without starting all over again. I envy my dad - he had a great career as a journo, and got to do some fabulous things. Even though he never made much money, his career was a joy to him even though he didn't have any qualifications. I wish I had that.
I fucking hated it, and now work for a bank. It couldn't be further away from what I'm really good at and interested in, and my god it shows. I should have stuck with my love ( writing). But I don't know how to break out without starting all over again. I envy my dad - he had a great career as a journo, and got to do some fabulous things. Even though he never made much money, his career was a joy to him even though he didn't have any qualifications. I wish I had that.
Bah I'm trying to get my head round this now, do something I love (fine art) or do something that'll get me a better job (web and new media).
Just can't decide.
you'd be surprised at the amount of companies who prefer fine art graduates to graduates in degrees you'd expect to lead to the job. It's because of the way of thinking, i'm told. Of course, you'd have to have a little experience/knowledge in that area aswell though.
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