United Kingdom chat thread V3: We still miss our empire
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I've had a chimi changa place open up next to my flat. Hearing all the chavs that usually congregate in my area saying "chimi changa" over and over is really amusing me at the moment.
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;52586916]bout to head into my final resit, not looking like its going to go well but at least there's freedom afterwards. Thank you for the mediocre teaching, student debt and emancipated mental health, University Of Ediburgh[/QUOTE]
how close are you to nabbing an overall pass for that module? if you end up with and overall grade of 36-39% you can get a compensation or condonement, but it's better to save these for later years cause you can only get 2 or 3 throughout your degree. I just sat a thermo exam and I was barely gonna scrape a pass. walked out of the exam feeling like shit, so I called the module leader up and he was a total gent and told me I could retake an assignment that was worth 5% overall, and now I know for a fact I'll get through to 2nd year. if you've let it get bad to the point where the only way you can nab a pass is to ace your resit, gl hf
I just made two cheese toasties in the foreman grill, my lactose intolerance can go fuck itself. some luxuries in life I can't go without.
[QUOTE=loopoo;52587154]how close are you to nabbing an overall pass for that module? if you end up with and overall grade of 36-39% you can get a compensation or condonement, but it's better to save these for later years cause you can only get 2 or 3 throughout your degree. I just sat a thermo exam and I was barely gonna scrape a pass. walked out of the exam feeling like shit, so I called the module leader up and he was a total gent and told me I could retake an assignment that was worth 5% overall, and now I know for a fact I'll get through to 2nd year. if you've let it get bad to the point where the only way you can nab a pass is to ace your resit, gl hf
I just made two cheese toasties in the foreman grill, my lactose intolerance can go fuck itself. some luxuries in life I can't go without.[/QUOTE]
Funnily enough its a thermo exam I just sat, with thermo now being my least favorite over quantum mech. I literally just don't even care, I think I've passed two of the other resits but I'm honestly beyond the point of caring about the degree. My current job is stupid fun and interesting, I've got more than enough programming knowledge to look at internships or just start my own work, could probably even look at going mode professional with my DJ shit - but was never going to go into a Physics field. I might change my mind in ten years and think about doing it again, but for now, I need a break from this university.
Think I should be able to get a HND from what I've done so far, 2 full passed years of Physics
it's totally fucked that modern society basically funnels everyone into uni and makes them think you [I]need[/I] to get a degree to make something of your life. especially difficult when you're not cut out for uni. I can't stand theory and full days of lectures, but give me a full day with hands-on learning and I'll enjoy every second of it.
I'm trying to decide if I want to study in the UK once I make my move there or just work. I'm not as well read up on it as I should be, but is there a similar thing over there like Australia's HECs debt, where once you earn over a certain amount per year that's when you have to pay it back?
Also fuck, in such a tough position, still can't decide if move to London, Glasgow (cause IT work) or Melbourne, or just stick here for another 12 months and see what happens.
[QUOTE=Animosus;52587570]I'm trying to decide if I want to study in the UK once I make my move there or just work. I'm not as well read up on it as I should be, but is there a similar thing over there like Australia's HECs debt, where once you earn over a certain amount per year that's when you have to pay it back?
Also fuck, in such a tough position, still can't decide if move to London, Glasgow (cause IT work) or Melbourne, or just stick here for another 12 months and see what happens.[/QUOTE]
I've just graduated (hooray~) in Computer Systems (so I'm a programmer basically with some business shit on the side) and Edinburgh seems to be the budding IT/programmer place to be.
London has the 'head offices' there (my girlfriend works as a programmer for a company down there) but you're also expected to work a LOT harder and there's a lot more people applying for the same jobs as you.
I'm applying for grad programmer positions in Edinburgh and from the interviews I've had so far - they're really nicely laid back about all of it. The first interview I had (ever in fact) - they were really patient with me as I floundered around a mental "brain twister" problem they give you to see how you cope with figuring stuff out (I'm absolutely shit at them but I can figure out how things work and I'm better at taking things apart/fixing them/understanding them then I am with mental problems like this "hat problem" I was given. It's REALLY annoying).
With the debt thing - as far as I understand in Scotland at least, once you earn over £20k a year then they take off a set percentage of your wage automatically to pay the debt back. The only debt I have to pay back is the student loan I had to take out as the education is free otherwise. Dunno about England.
[QUOTE=Zenamez;52587656]I've just graduated (hooray~) in Computer Systems (so I'm a programmer basically with some business shit on the side) and Edinburgh seems to be the budding IT/programmer place to be.
London has the 'head offices' there (my girlfriend works as a programmer for a company down there) but you're also expected to work a LOT harder and there's a lot more people applying for the same jobs as you.
I'm applying for grad programmer positions in Edinburgh and from the interviews I've had so far - they're really nicely laid back about all of it. The first interview I had (ever in fact) - they were really patient with me as I floundered around a mental "brain twister" problem they give you to see how you cope with figuring stuff out (I'm absolutely shit at them but I can figure out how things work and I'm better at taking things apart/fixing them/understanding them then I am with mental problems like this "hat problem" I was given. It's REALLY annoying).
With the debt thing - as far as I understand in Scotland at least, once you earn over £20k a year then they take off a set percentage of your wage automatically to pay the debt back. The only debt I have to pay back is the student loan I had to take out as the education is free otherwise. Dunno about England.[/QUOTE]
Really helpful advice here! Thank you! Thinking Glasgow is the better option since I've got a place to live with a friend there straight up too.
Sounds exactly the same as the HECs debt we have here in Australia and I assume applies to anyone with a UK passport.
[QUOTE=Animosus;52587570]I'm trying to decide if I want to study in the UK once I make my move there or just work. I'm not as well read up on it as I should be, but is there a similar thing over there like Australia's HECs debt, where once you earn over a certain amount per year that's when you have to pay it back?
Also fuck, in such a tough position, still can't decide if move to London, Glasgow (cause IT work) or Melbourne, or just stick here for another 12 months and see what happens.[/QUOTE]
Recently graduated from a university in Leicester and had a good time. Wherever you go you'll be fine :)
[QUOTE=loopoo;52587506]it's totally fucked that modern society basically funnels everyone into uni and makes them think you [I]need[/I] to get a degree to make something of your life. especially difficult when you're not cut out for uni. I can't stand theory and full days of lectures, but give me a full day with hands-on learning and I'll enjoy every second of it.[/QUOTE]
This has been my train of thought since dropping out earlier this year, beyond getting a job at a nearby pub I don't have a fuckin clue what to do with my life
[QUOTE=IAreLegend;52587954]This has been my train of thought since dropping out earlier this year, beyond getting a job at a nearby pub I don't have a fuckin clue what to do with my life[/QUOTE]
if you drop out though, you're stuck doing some shitass job that pays pennies and makes you wanna off yourself on a daily basis. at least if I force myself through this engineering degree, I'll hopefully have some cushy office job that pays me marginally better.
that's the way I look at it. I'm trading 3 years of wanting to off myself, to get out of a lifetime of wanting to off myself.
[QUOTE=loopoo;52588041]that's the way I look at it. I'm trading 3 years of wanting to off myself, to get out of a lifetime of wanting to off myself.[/QUOTE]
Whereas I on the other hand no longer want to kill myself since dropping out and getting a job in retail.
[QUOTE=loopoo;52588041]if you drop out though, you're stuck doing some shitass job that pays pennies and makes you wanna off yourself on a daily basis. at least if I force myself through this engineering degree, I'll hopefully have some cushy office job that pays me marginally better.
that's the way I look at it. I'm trading 3 years of wanting to off myself, to get out of a lifetime of wanting to off myself.[/QUOTE]
Don't worry, in engineering there's plenty of scope for spending all day behind a desk wanting to off yourself too!
Yeah, I never took Uni seriously and flunked my honours. I went to reapply to finish my degree earlier this year but when I thought about the theory, the presentations, the endless meddling of tutors, it put me right off it again. At least I got a semi decent job, and I'm only working 24hrs a week which gives me time to crack on with game projects and shit during my off days. I'll bootstrap myself to victory.
[QUOTE=metallics;52588390]Don't worry, in engineering there's plenty of scope for spending all day behind a desk wanting to off yourself too![/QUOTE]
least you can do is have the courtesy of waiting to tell me that until after I graduate. fuck.
(but realistically, you get some enjoyment out of your job, right? it's not as bad as you make it sound, right? say right please)
[editline]18th August 2017[/editline]
if i could go back in time, I'd have gone straight into some job after my a-levels and applied to uni as a mature student at around 26 or 27. i feel i'd have lived life a little bit and been in a better headspace to tackle uni. right now it just feels like a massive drain and i kinda hate it.
[QUOTE=Animosus;52587676]Really helpful advice here! Thank you! Thinking Glasgow is the better option since I've got a place to live with a friend there straight up too.
Sounds exactly the same as the HECs debt we have here in Australia and I assume applies to anyone with a UK passport.[/QUOTE]
Just bear in mind that Scottish tuition fees are only free if you are ordinarily resident in Scotland (think it is about 5 years prior to commencing studies but don't quote me on that) or are a citizen/resident of an EU country. This means that English and Welsh people need to pay Scottish tuition, but afaik this is generally lower than the rest of the UK and you have access to loans. (Yes, German people can study in Scotland for free while English people can't.)
And avoid UHI like the plague.
Also disregard flagdog - I live in the Netherlands but studied in Scotland.
[QUOTE=loopoo;52588472]least you can do is have the courtesy of waiting to tell me that until after I graduate. fuck.
(but realistically, you get some enjoyment out of your job, right? it's not as bad as you make it sound, right? say right please)
[editline]18th August 2017[/editline]
if i could go back in time, I'd have gone straight into some job after my a-levels and applied to uni as a mature student at around 26 or 27. i feel i'd have lived life a little bit and been in a better headspace to tackle uni. right now it just feels like a massive drain and i kinda hate it.[/QUOTE]
I'm just fucking with you. Don't get me wrong I love my job. It's not perfect and I have shitty days (see me at 5.30pm today as I stood up, threw my keyboard across the desk and loudly declared fuck it I'm going home to an empty 40 person office) but I wouldnt trade it for anything right now (if I would, I'd change job), but I do have some engineering friends doing some thoroughly miserable jobs. Like everything in life, it's possible to end up with a bad lot.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;52579266]my dad once bet a student £50 to eat 20 mars bars
he only managed 15 and went unconscious and they felt so sorry for him that they gave him £30[/QUOTE]
We just gunna ignore this?
[QUOTE=metallics;52588793]I'm just fucking with you. Don't get me wrong I love my job. It's not perfect and I have shitty days (see me at 5.30pm today as I stood up, threw my keyboard across the desk and loudly declared fuck it I'm going home to an empty 40 person office) but I wouldnt trade it for anything right now (if I would, I'd change job), but I do have some engineering friends doing some thoroughly miserable jobs. Like everything in life, it's possible to end up with a bad lot.[/QUOTE]
what's your job? that post gave me some hope. I just wanna 3D CAD shit
[QUOTE=loopoo;52588839]what's your job? that post gave me some hope. I just wanna 3D CAD shit[/QUOTE]
Controls engineer, Rolls-Royce
(my views are purely my own, not representative of the company, etc etc)
I left school in 2009 with about 5 GCSEs, none of which were better than Cs and didn't go to Sixth form, college or uni.
Now I earn 65k. It's a myth that you must go to uni to get a well paid job.
been lurking long enough
oi oi brits, what's crackalackin'
[QUOTE=Bengley;52589829]I left school in 2009 with about 5 GCSEs, none of which were better than Cs and didn't go to Sixth form, college or uni.
Now I earn 65k. It's a myth that you must go to uni to get a well paid job.[/QUOTE]
I feel like people do a really bad job of striking the balance between saying that getting a levels/ a degree/GCSEs are great but it's not true that not having them is awful, if that makes sense. People like X is good and y is bad rather than X and y can be equally valid depending on what you make of them.
[QUOTE=metallics;52589806]Controls engineer, Rolls-Royce
(my views are purely my own, not representative of the company, etc etc)[/QUOTE]
at least one major perk is getting to say that to people when they ask what your profession is. it sounds pretty sick.
[QUOTE=Bengley;52589829]I left school in 2009 with about 5 GCSEs, none of which were better than Cs and didn't go to Sixth form, college or uni.
Now I earn 65k. It's a myth that you must go to uni to get a well paid job.[/QUOTE]
I don't know what your job is, but for some reason I keep thinking you're Hezzy's right hand man on the force, a la Hot Fuzz
[QUOTE=NeonpieDFTBA;52590048]I feel like people do a really bad job of striking the balance between saying that getting a levels/ a degree/GCSEs are great but it's not true that not having them is awful, if that makes sense. People like X is good and y is bad rather than X and y can be equally valid depending on what you make of them.[/QUOTE]
Definitely, I don't deny having them is a great thing!
trying to get a credit card and the only ones i can realistically look at getting all have over 35% APR
feels bad man.
[QUOTE=_Maverick_;52590164]trying to get a credit card and the only ones i can realistically look at getting all have over 35% APR
feels bad man.[/QUOTE]
Pay it back on time then?
[QUOTE=_Maverick_;52590164]trying to get a credit card and the only ones i can realistically look at getting all have over 35% APR
feels bad man.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much all initial ones are.
Just use it to buy cheap stuff and pay it back the next day or next statement, build your rating up and GG.
[QUOTE=_Maverick_;52590164]trying to get a credit card and the only ones i can realistically look at getting all have over 35% APR
feels bad man.[/QUOTE]
I got a shitty Aquacard 44.9% APR. interest rates don't matter if you pay it back fully every month. I've had it for a year and haven't incurred any interest, but it did wonders for my credit score. they'll also increase your credit limit (mine went from 800, to 1200, to 3850). always accept it, but don't be a dumbass and get into debt you can't pay back. having high credit limits but low revolving debt will show lenders you're on top of your shit.
it let me open up a decent credit card with 19.9% APR with a major bank after 6 months, when before they wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire. You'll also get a shit tonne of credit card applications in the mail once your credit score improves. Feels good but also makes you annoyed cause if you tried as much as I did, all the credit card applications are probably from banks that previously rejected you. don't open up a tonne of credit cards when this happens, it'll tank your credit score (cause the average age of your accounts will be so low).
I pretty much transferred all my grocery payments from my debit card (which does nothing for credit score) to my aquacard. it made no difference to me financially since that is what I was used to paying with my debit card. I just called them up and told them to always take the full amount on a certain date of each month (usually after my bursary comes in).
I don't have a credit card because I don't really understand them tbh.
Been offered plenty however.
I've got a credit card and should've paid it off fully months ago. But I can't afford to because my friends are (selfishly) getting married abroad and it's costing a fortune.
I pay a big chunk then I need to pay for something else. Past couple of months have been rough though, road tax, insurance, MOT, stag do and this month the wedding.
I'm not too worried, my credit card had 0% interest for something mad like 24-36 months. I don't even think any banks are offering anything that good now. And my credit scores been slowly going up...
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