Deciding what do with your life

TheImportanceOfBeingIdle

Quasar wrote:

Oh I don't look upon all this as a waste of breath anymore. I personally just enjoy bashing phil, that's all. At least I'm honest about it and anyway he must like it if he comes back for more.

Phil enjoys bashing phil if you get my drift :rotfl:

savingsgirl

studentphil wrote:

Thanks, I know all the student stuff really. It is either graduate schemes or nothing.

What??? You are telling me all graduates go straight into graduate schemes!! I dont think so. A lot get any job to keep them going while they assess their opportunities. Why dismiss the idea so quickly. Sometimes I think you dont want any help at all

Quasar

savingsgirl wrote:

maybe you should post this on the student board where it is likely to be read by people in the same position as you. (no rude jokes please ) Then you can see what your contemporaries are doing.

sg, I saw how a thread of phil went down on the students board. They are not putting up with all this whinging. Most of them have a job as well as having to study, and are used to get their fingers out and do things without asking anyone about it and take any knocks in their stride. Which is why they will be prepared for life outside uni, in the first place.

Above all, they are all peeps who when ask for advice, go and try out all the options.

studentphil

Q, I am just so frustrated that reflecting on it is the only way I can stop myself going crackers. I do not like being bashed but I am so frustrated at all this that I have to put with bashing.

TheImportanceOfBeingIdle

All I'm seeing is whine whine moan moan self pity self pity

Is my computer working alright?

wishiwasarichgirl

studentphil wrote:

I have not ignored you at all. I have made progress but you get one life and one career so it is huge decision to take and it needs to be right.

you're allowed to make mistakes though...
go apply for any job you're half interested in, you'll either end up loving it, in which case you'll become more competant the longer you're there and work your way up...
or you'll hate it, in which case you just apply for a different job, its not the end of the world

you don't have to get it all right first time.

Sugar_Coated_Owl

Phil doesn't want any help because then he won't be able to come on here and moan 24/7.

savingsgirl

studentphil wrote:

Q, I am just so frustrated that reflecting on it is the only way I can stop myself going crackers. I do not like being bashed but I am so frustrated at all this that I have to put with bashing.

but what is the point - you find reasons why you cant act on any advice given and then get bashed. What exactly do you get out of this?

Quasar

savingsgirl wrote:

What??? You are telling me all graduates go straight into graduate schemes!! I dont think so. A lot get any job to keep them going while they assess their opportunities. Why dismiss the idea so quickly. Sometimes I think you dont want any help at all

Correct, sg. Staying at home and complain is soooo much easier and safer than actually getting out of bed early and go out and do all those things the boss tells you to do. Phil at 40? "Can't get a suitable job.. what can I do?"

studentphil

savingsgirl wrote:

What??? You are telling me all graduates go straight into graduate schemes!! I dont think so. A lot get any job to keep them going while they assess their opportunities. Why dismiss the idea so quickly. Sometimes I think you dont want any help at all

No I am not saying that. I know the students point of view being a student and I just need a bit of different prospective.