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My mum was very similar...she finished her A levels and then answered a paper add for school leavers looking for a career in a new field.
The job was at IBM's new UK HQ in Portsmouth, where she remained for the next 4 decades.
She still doesn't get how lucky she was to get in somewhere like that at entry level with no relevant qualifications. Try it today
The job was at IBM's new UK HQ in Portsmouth, where she remained for the next 4 decades.
She still doesn't get how lucky she was to get in somewhere like that at entry level with no relevant qualifications. Try it today
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There's no substitute for a good degree.
No-one knows that better than he who doesn't have one.
No-one knows that better than he who doesn't have one.
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My first proper job was inputting fax and mail orders for a stationery company before progressing to the phones... anyone remember Neat Ideas?
One day the call centre manager told me I wasn't happy. She asked me if anything else would interest me. I said I'd like a go in IT.
Been doing fuck all in IT ever since... with no degree.
One day the call centre manager told me I wasn't happy. She asked me if anything else would interest me. I said I'd like a go in IT.
Been doing fuck all in IT ever since... with no degree.
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First real job / apprenticeship was at Fisher Controls, must have been around 1989, for about £6 or 7k a year.
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Apprentice at PO Telephones. £6-10s-6d pw at age 17, back in 1963.
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You are not lost but perhaps some of us are.
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Here's a random picture to help you out...
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Yeah but some random pictures stimulate memories and discussion. I think that's rather nice.
(I remember rolling up the rubbery glue on the pay packet flap then pretending it was a giant bogey ).
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My first flat was less than that!Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:39 pm My first "real job" salary was £25.5k.
I wish that had been in the 1970s
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Loads of money is a good substitute for a degree.MyLittleStudPony wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:26 pm There's no substitute for a good degree.
No-one knows that better than he who doesn't have one.
Bill Gates.
John D Rockefeller
Mark Zuckerberg
Richard Branson
Etc
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Ditto
If I'd been recruited 'normally' I wouldn't have got beyond the CV filtering stage.
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Likewise. I entered IT as a trainee, without a degree, and never found it an impediment. If I was starting again now I absolutely would require one.
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Yes, I always find it odd that I'm not qualified enough to do the job I'm doing and the role that I developed into what it now is?
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MyLittleStudPony wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:26 pm There's no substitute for a good degree.
No-one knows that better than he who doesn't have one.
Mmmm, what constitutes a good degree and what percentage of graduates can honestly say they have a good degree?
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One example of a " good degree " , might be an honours degree , fully accredited by the professional body with whom you intend to create a full career . Eg approved by the IEEE ( Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineering ) if you wished to have any hope of becoming a Chartered Electrical Engineer
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Her in doors has a NEBOSH level 6 diploma in Occupational Health and Safety. Apparently that's the equivalent of an Honors Degree.
IT and H&S, we're always a hit at parties.
IT and H&S, we're always a hit at parties.
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I don't want to be a Chartered Electrical Engineer so clearly my time at Uni was wastedTreadeager wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:34 pm One example of a " good degree " , might be an honours degree , fully accredited by the professional body with whom you intend to create a full career . Eg approved by the IEEE ( Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineering ) if you wished to have any hope of becoming a Chartered Electrical Engineer
I did meet Mrs D there though, so it wasn't all bad.