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[lateralstatii]

A few months back I'd decided that I couldn't really be comfortable with getting myself (at least) a reasonably paid job right after getting my Bachelor's, partially for not wanting to miss the best opportunity I'll have to travel, to be open, to do whatever I want that will be impossible further down the line, but mostly because starting a career

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[chi_ryu]

Getting a job/career/whatever doesn't imply settling down, nor a monotonous job. You can always change it, have a few years off doing stuff (and then you'd actually have some money to enjoy the freedom), etc.

[lateralstatii]

That's true, maybe I have been equating the two things a little, though here I'm talking specifically about doing something which is not an IT-related job for a couple years or more; perhaps more studying, working temporarily in a different environment, or just travelling. I just don't feel like I'll be content getting myself the kind of full-time job my degree will open me up to right off the bat. Of course I'm not gonna start a job at an arbitrary age and just call it a day for any and all excitement in my life from there either :P

You're right though!

[chi_ryu]

But 95% of IT jobs are shit anyway. I rejected working in "IT" straight off the bat when graduating (some kind of software project planning/engineering/management/higher level shit is ok, but I'm never going to be just a code monkey).

[lateralstatii]

I'm sure I'd be able to handle a code monkey job for a shorter amount of time in order to save up some money for whatever reason as I don't feel nearly ambitious enough to become a manager or climb the metaphorical ladder, so if I find the pickings to be really as bad as you say when it comes to it then perhaps entrepreneurship is something I shouldn't be ruling out either...

[darlojo]

I know exactly what you're saying... I don't wanna go back to doing an office job after I finish uni - I don't even know if I want to have a computer related degree, cos I'm pretty sure I don't want a job in that field :S

Placement years are good for getting some perspective though, I'm sure you've found the same too! The experience is really useful.

[lateralstatii]

Yeah, it has been very useful in that regard. I'll use my final year now to get an idea of the things I'm going to do but plonking myself down in an office chair isn't one of them! The money's pretty useful too, of course... not to mention it widening our career prospects a fair bit by having more than just a Bachelor's on our CV. I'm just bitching about every weekday being one day after another with no variation.

Cool to hear from you by the way, it's been too long :)

[darlojo]

I know the feeling... thankfully we have our replacements starting soon, so that'll give us something different to do because we have to train them and stuff. Right now I spend far too much time procrastinating and not enough time doing anything useful, but the workload is thin on the ground, and that isn't always a good thing!

And yeah, it's been a while! It sounds like you're having fun travelling around Europe and stuff though - it's definitely worth making the most of it while you're there (I still lurk on LJ even if I don't post :p)

[chi_ryu]

The degree you do means very little in terms of the Rest Of Your Life(tm), tbh. One of my best friends is head of subject for Computer Science and his first degree was in Chemistry (and many other chemists became lawyers or bankers after graduating).

[vysethebee]

I echo Christians comments about job doesn't mean you're stuck forever. I'm saving now already so I can do world travels in 4/5 years time. That'll be a good half year away from work.

Then again I'm a temp, I've bounced between 3 jobs already in 18 months so I do get some variety.