Gaining a degree (say an engineering degree) gives you a good solid base for changing careers later in the future. Going to uni is also a good place to a) be a bum student (because everyone has to have there turn once) b) meet people (many a man has met his wife at uni, not to mention the friends youll make generally) c) when you get into uni youll find out about all sort of other neat careers you can get into. (eg im in BOE (comp) atm, and BOE (biomedical) looks damn appealing and would be maybe a few years extra to get in addition if UWS goes with it)
Although i think alot of people get a degree and use maybe 1/10 of all they learnt. But this is a paper world (was) and having said piece of paper stands for something. I think uni (well engineering) also builds character (as cheesey and calvin and hobbes as that sounds) but youll learn all sorts of neat stuff or fail =) I mean, i cant believe maxwells equations arent taunt in high school ;) Dean Jason Rennie wrote: >>Why go to uni - because PHB/clueless idiots are largely in charge of >>recruitment and being unable to evaluate resumes, they believe the gumf >>the anyone with a degree can do it - so they specify a degree as a >>requirement. That is the sole general reason. >> >>However, other positions do require some indepth knowledge and having a >>degree can save you 10 years of experience. >> > > Is it worth noting that at uni you'll also get to do things like > operating system design and compiler design etc ? > > These are interesting courses (well one was and the other looks it) and > i'm not sure, short of reading a bunch of textbooks on your own time, > where else you pick this sort of stuff up. > > Jason > > > -- -- -- ME: http://dean.bong.com.au ICQ: 16867613 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
