What's college?

Americans and Brits call an undergraduate uni degree college, (most of them do it) Me, I'm working on my doctorate.

undergraduate degree? I thought: graduation=you get a degree

brits dont, we go to uni

I thought you tend to call university 'school'. That's pretty weird.

Yeah because in school you actually learn something.

no

in usa the words are really interchangeable.

if there's any distinction to be made, one may consider a college to be the 2 year schools that exist (where you can piggyback and transfer to a university after 2 years)

collage is murican version of university. basiclly they pay shitload of monies to get piece of paper.

Got a M.Sc.

M.Sc. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp8hvyjZWHs :P

I never finished high school, but I did win a BAFTA. I'm also a pro gamer. Actually, I should say I'm the best in any game I choose to play, but I'm much too busy with three businesses and classified side projects. I'm also rich. Any questions, nerds?

Game's over, losers! I have all the money. Compare your lives to mine and then kill yourselves.

Don't let the BAFTA get hold of you or it will reset your basis of comparison.

yes, i have one.

cocaine?

BA, bitches

Philosophy?

Musicology/Audio Engineering. A similar level of uselessness I guess

Don't say that. Don't repeat the bullshit MINT people say. :)

(OT: There's no fitting English word for 'Geisteswissenschaften' :/)

Hah yeah, I'm kidding.

Dict.leo suggests "humanities" and "arts". Doesn't sound quite right to me either

Liberal arts.

That would roughly translate to 'freie Künste'. Close, but doesn't really sound right to me either.

I'm doing that right now, but majoring in film theory and history, which is awesome.

Awesome - yes. Marketable in the future - most likely no.

What I'd do if I were straight out of high school is go to an employer that I'd be interested in working for and ask him to keep me for free for a year until I learn something worth paying a wage for. After 4 years I'd have 4 years of job experience (5 in case of Polish unis) and I'd be student debt free (that only applies to US unis). And on top of that I could laugh at people like this.

I get that. I would never pay for university either. You can sit in to almost any lecture, read books, and so on, without paying a dime. Luckily, the state pays 100% of my education.

We also have a teacher at the university who has no higher education. He's super smart though. But he said it's a problem for some employers. Many times he was called to give lectures here and there which fell through because they found out he had no college diploma. So I guess if you can do it, then it's better than without it.

like I have money for that

#murica

yup, thats why "#murica" will always be the smartest country in the world

yeah, that's what you're known for.
oh wait.

MBA

most useless studies ever, but well paid because its fucking MBA :-)

ha... honestly Quake and it's scene got me into the career I'm in. I went to school for computer programming pretty much because I spent my high school days playing Q2 and that was my passion. I wanted to learn to program because of that.

Then I realized I wasn't into programming code for 8 hours a day but I had an interested in business and experience thanks to running a clan (management) and running tournaments (more management, marketing, public relations, etc).

To me a degree was always a means to an end. I never appriciated the process of school I just wanted the paper at the end.... now that I've been out of school for a while though I appriciate some of the things I learned during school and see how they are relevant to my every day work (as a partner at an internet marketing firm).

Thanks scene!

GO QUAKE GO!!!


ps. i phrased badly my opinion about mba :b i meant they are ok, but you have to pay shitload of money to get the paper. while my polish uni covered pretty the same topics, but my diploma isnt that valuable

"ps. i phrased badly my opinion about mba :b i meant they are ok, but you have to pay shitload of money to get the paper. while my polish uni covered will in 6 years cover pretty the same topics, but my diploma isnt that valuable"

Fixed it for you there.

funnehz but no.

i bet 99% of esr doesnt have a degree loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.

...

sup cutie

I bet you don't have 1

phd sup

BA.
Would love to do BSc in Paleontology though :(
Need funds first. :P

bsc
msc/phd is pointless & for wasters who dont want to work except for people who decided to be lecturers since bsc times

I would beg to differ.
In my backwater third world country bsc doesn't hold up for anything.(especially in humanist studies like philosophy or the like)
only MSc gets recognized as a higher education degree, most employers here still don't know what bsc really is or it's real usage in the economy.

edit:
Source: MSc in Civil Engineering myself, wife is MSc in Philosophy and Art History

MSc is an extra 12-18 months here, it's nothing
It gives like a £2-3k higher starting salary than a BSc would at a few companies but that is easily offset by the fact that you won't start work for 1-2 years later

In China everyone has MSc so even MSc means very little there.

Regardless, other than your first job nobody gives a shit about it here...it's all about the experience you got from your first/subsequent jobs

other than your first job nobody gives a shit about it here...it's all about the experience you got from your first/subsequent jobs

tru.dat
it's all about the references.

Im curtently studying civil engineering , are you happy about your job ? How about the average sallary ? Where do you live ?

I want to quit uni because i already got a engineering diploma (went to an engineering school in austria) (wasted 3,5 years at uni, learnig the same stuff that i already learned but uni degree is better they said)

I live in a small town in nothern Croatia and work for the local water distribution company. Can't really say it's bad, the pay is roughly 20% above the country's average (~net €1100), and the job is fairly dynamic (there's a nice balance between project management, water supply/wastewater design and supervision).
I love civil engineering because of the nice blend of field work and office work. You're not chained to your desk and you are constantly dealing with new challenges.

Dunno how it is with your educational system, but I highly recommend that you find a niche within the industry that you love (or which you find interesting at least) and try to excel in it. That's where the masters study steps in. A BA degree gives you breadth, a Master's study gives you depth.

Or work in research :)

master studies are usefull if you have good grades, because in case you dont find a job, you can always start doctorate and work at uni :D

PHD in rape

I think you meant cheating

M.A. history

i got college degree in internet, just as useful as a real one

^ rofl.

1 year left of teacher education :)

BA studies in the field of management, specializing in quality management.

currently working on my master's degree.

Bachelors and Masters. Currently working on doctorate.

Same.

almost

Bachelors and Masters. Currently working on doctorate.

"PS: Associates degrees don't count."
:[ am goin for bachelors soon!

MSc, mechanical engineering

godamn! the guy singing is downright creepy

hehehehe, it is just the battlefield-version of a russian-accent-song made for a fail-compilation that is pretty known among engineers:

i am a private scholar

Bsc. Bsc. MSc Mphil and 3/4 through my PhD , knowledge is power and war is intellect.

Hoped to see at least some Nobel laureates. ESR again disappoints.

MSc o/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/temp-hides-f...office,49/

ye. when doing some part time jobbing it's basicly being confronted with the absurd and tragic fatalistic paralysis of other people all the time.

"I'm doing this like n years now. way too long.", "i've got a family to feed.","it sucks", "i can't do this anymore, but i will"... only people i found who werent depressed are people that atleast try to bring some creativity in. humor, experimenting, etc..

i just need some extra bucks for reaching my goals more comfortably. and the duller and less abstract the more it manages to be a balance for studying something art-related. but you shouldnt tell them.

it's a completely different story if you are some student intern or some part time jobber to being a fulltime employee, responsibilities and expectations are much higher ...

sure.i have experienced this perspective, áswell. but it's about avoiding bitterness like the plaque it is or you gonna drown in shit.

Yeah, I think that's why it's important to do a job you enjoy. Though I'd wager only a few are qualified to what what they love AND earn a lot of money, most people have to choose one or the other.

Ultimately that guy is still making the stupid mistake of doing a job he doesn't enjoy and earning very little whilst doing it. Whether that's because he is under qualified or just can't be bothered to find a job he enjoys only he knows. But what is obvious is that he doesn't enjoy where he currently works, and that is a shame.

the article is from 2002. and it's the son of fucking anthony braxton. as wikipedia says, he started his musical career in late 2002. so maybe this experience/ or the article was somewhat crucial for him

Sure, he struck gold, having a famous musician as a father no doubt helped. If we just isolate the article, could we all spend time in a menial job whilst we were preparing to form a world acclaimed band or anything similar.

Nope. I think everyone should take such a story with a grain of salt, I can assure you being in such a position had very little relevance to his music career. It's a less extreme version of Simon Cowell going from rags to riches. Once upon a time completely bankrupt, now a net worth of 40 million? Does that mean we should all strive to be in such a position in the hope out fortunes will take a drastic U-turn?

Unless what you mean is, had he been in a better position perhaps he would never have pursued a musical career in the first place? That's also unlikely but fair point.

TL;DR Exceptional circumstance, don't live by chance, do things right from the the start.

First year of an MMath, 4 year course

my god, there are so many idiots on this site....

ur one of them

ur mom

yes i have one, fucking orphan retard

i fucked ur mom shes a cheap lil whore like ur sister

sup

nope. i dont have a sister. that means u did not fuck my mom.

maybe it was ur mom and sister? the ones u never get to know because they abandoned you right after the birth? not like i blame them, who would want to rise such a retarded bellend

ok

haha, first time i actually was entertained by something you said...i hope this is the start of you actually being witty and fun rather than a constant nuisance and a general pain in the dick!

Diploma in industrial engineering

makes sense, u belong in an industrial environment

Ph.D Computer Science

Bsc. Biology and MSc. Science & Business management

some kind of Uni diploma, but i have no clue what kind of "title" (if any) it gave me.
Don't care since it doesn't really matter anyway.

bachelor science of economic - done
currently on my way to bachelor: techniques of information and communication

bachelor of arts in literary, cultural and media studies
master of arts in media culture

Bachelor of Arts in History of Art. I now work as a project manager at an computer software company...go figure :P