What is your specialty? (3 Viewers)
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I've got a degree in Business IT. At no point in the 18 years since has it come in handy whatsoever. I'm now selling stuff on eBay which is exactly what I was doing 22 years ago before I went to Uni.
I was doing my GCSEs in the mid 90's and the school didn't have any sort of computing GCSE available. I doubt I would have gone for it had it existed. The only reason I moved into the field is because the engineering course I enrolled in at college was mind numbing and a mate told me his IT course had Thursdays off, so I swapped so I too could have Thursdays off. I had no interest in the subject and still don't although I do accept the couple of years doing it in college did get me into online selling but I could have still done that without wasting 3 years and lots of cash on a degree to go with it.
I was doing my GCSEs in the mid 90's and the school didn't have any sort of computing GCSE available. I doubt I would have gone for it had it existed. The only reason I moved into the field is because the engineering course I enrolled in at college was mind numbing and a mate told me his IT course had Thursdays off, so I swapped so I too could have Thursdays off. I had no interest in the subject and still don't although I do accept the couple of years doing it in college did get me into online selling but I could have still done that without wasting 3 years and lots of cash on a degree to go with it.
clint van damme
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Fucking about on here.
Wyken Sky Blue
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I've got GCEs in Maths and Art and now work with my brother in South East London as a market trader
My brother found a fob watch in our garage the other day, hoping it's worth a few quid
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My brother found a fob watch in our garage the other day, hoping it's worth a few quid
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JAM See
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Fucking hell!
GCSEs in Maths and Art, and yet you're working as a market trader?
What a plonker!
Blind-Faith
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GCSEs , couple of a levels, couple of NVQs, 1 city and guilds and now studying AAT level 2 in accounting. Starting a new job at the same company I work for now in the accounts department in January
Marty
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Plumbing and Heating straight from school, did that for around 7 years. fully qualified, the firm I worked for also put me through my electrics so I could do rewires for bathrooms/new installs (just basic stuff) etc. Boss was a tit and hated the last couple of years I worked for him.
Worked at my current place for around 10-11 years now, do highly specialised equipment (a lot of one offs). A lot of stuff that never goes to market, the company just want to test things, different materials, sizes, shapes etc. We're going through a slight reconfiguration, so I literally don't have any work until about March at the earliest. They've decided to ring fence the department as they think it'll cost too much long term to replace us. So I mostly read books or go for massive walks now.
Worked at my current place for around 10-11 years now, do highly specialised equipment (a lot of one offs). A lot of stuff that never goes to market, the company just want to test things, different materials, sizes, shapes etc. We're going through a slight reconfiguration, so I literally don't have any work until about March at the earliest. They've decided to ring fence the department as they think it'll cost too much long term to replace us. So I mostly read books or go for massive walks now.
Covkid1968#
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Dicked around at school… got nothing. Went back to education as an adult and became an accountant. A crap one but an accountant all the same.
other half hasn’t got a degree….. now has one of the highest positions in an American worldwide org. So Uni of life is where it’s at…. And I’ve worked at Universities for the last 15 years.
other half hasn’t got a degree….. now has one of the highest positions in an American worldwide org. So Uni of life is where it’s at…. And I’ve worked at Universities for the last 15 years.
Grendel
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Marketing and yes it’s made my career
fernandopartridge
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Learning and doing just about enough to make a decent living
Saddlebrains
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Ask me any question about F1 from 1990 onwards and il get it right
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Carling prices from 1993 to present day
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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When a car crashes and a safety car is called out do you:
a) Let all the cars that have been lapped unlap themselves before restarting the race
b) Let none of the cars unlap themselves and restart the race
c)Just let the ones between first and second unlap themselves and then restart the race for shits and giggles
Houchens Head
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I got my teaching degree back in 1995 at the age of 42. Couldn't be arsed going into teaching after that. I then joined BBC CWR and realised my forte was radio, particularly editing. Still love editing, even though I'm now 68 and been retired for years!
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Me on degree day....
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Me at CWR (about 1995ish, with Geoff Foster in the next door studio, chatting to Rob Gurney) .....
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Me on degree day....
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Me at CWR (about 1995ish, with Geoff Foster in the next door studio, chatting to Rob Gurney) .....
JAM See
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Serious question.
What do all those buttons/sliders/knobs do?
Don't you just need volume up/down, bass/treble and mute?
(I'm an audio philistine by the way).
Saddlebrains
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FFS not Biamoux again .Depends if it means max wins
Houchens Head
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Really too much to explain! Just as an example, one of the sliders opened up would connect you to the other studio, another one would control "carts" (cartridges) which we used back in the day! Others when opened could connect to a live feed to another station, say BBC WM. And another would open up phone call chats. There's also others to control output of bass, treble etc. Looks a lot when you first sit in the seat, but it all comes to fruition after a while.
JAM See
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Apologies if my initial post came across as somewhat flippant.
It wasn't meant to be.
I have nothing but admiration for those people who keep all those plates spinning whilst on live radio.
What a buzz it must have been. Real 'seat of the pants' stuff at times I suspect.
oscillatewildly
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What were the CWR crimbo parties like, Houch?
Come on, spill some!
Brighton Sky Blue
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Masters in a physical science, was due to join one of the big pharma companies on graduation but the schemes got pulled so went on a PhD instead. Spent some years on it but it would have taken years more for it to have gotten anywhere so did teaching instead. In science PhDs there's basically 2 kinds of project, one where the groundwork has been done and you just churn out results, the other where you need to lay the groundwork in the first place.
I got the latter type-easy come easy go.
I got the latter type-easy come easy go.
Skybluefaz
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You are 20 according to your profile when you say 'all these years' do you mean school?
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
Not flippant at all. And yes, it was a fabulous 'buzz' every time I went into the studio, whether it was for a show, to interview a guest or editing a 30 minute package down to 5 minutes and yet keep it interesting! And the studio manager wanted it 'on air ' in an hour! That was the buzz I loved!
Houchens Head
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We were based in Warwick Row at the time, and all our 'do's and parties' were usually in a bar opposite. I can't remember the name of it. I don't think it exists any more. Anyway. Couple more pics. First is of me and a couple of co-workers outside the Warwick Row studios (me in the middle) and the other is inside that bar I mentioned (I think it was some sort of leaving do for one of the journos). Me on the right in the leather coat.
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oscillatewildly
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Possibly Chaplin's Wine Bar?
rob9872
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No real specialities here. I do okay, but generally one of life's under achievers. That said, I have a great family life and decent work/life balance and I'm healthy albeit overweight and unfi. Financially not great but we have enough for non extravagant holidays and to follow the sky blues all over. Not a high flyer, but too lazy to change anything.
SkyBlueCharlie9
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Fell into Planning after botching Alevels and later did an MA in London a specialism (urban design). It's relatively technical but honestly like most things anyone could do it with right training and passion and interest in the subject. I'm lucky in that I love my job in public sector and have a decent live-work balance. Mates who didn't go to uni have done equally as well if not better though so degrees not alwsys the be all and end all.
As I tell my teenage kids, go with what you are interested in and passionate about and keep at it. An employer will one day sit up and take notice and give you a chance. Being in a career you like makes life a lot more fun and rewarding... but appreciate its not easy for many people and not everyone knows what they want to do.
As I tell my teenage kids, go with what you are interested in and passionate about and keep at it. An employer will one day sit up and take notice and give you a chance. Being in a career you like makes life a lot more fun and rewarding... but appreciate its not easy for many people and not everyone knows what they want to do.
SBAndy
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Studied Accounting & Finance at uni…failed and ended up working in banking! Generally quite good but as with a lot of work for big companies, the endless drive towards ‘efficiency’ means my job is being de-skilled and I’m looking at moving industry in the next 5 years.
Uni was a waste of time for me, should have gone and learnt on the job somewhere instead.
Uni was a waste of time for me, should have gone and learnt on the job somewhere instead.