Quit - Stay - Change?

[corruptor]

I've registered a new account for this post, as I know people on this forum, who I don't want to identify me.


I am sitting with quite a predicament at the moment.

I left school and tried to study and it never caught on, have been working pretty much since those days and have made a decent career for myself. I am now in my twenties and have reached a point where I started studying last year, in the field i'm working...


I passed all my subjects last year, and am really enjoying what I study.

The problem quite simply is, do I quit my job, take out a student loan (various avenues for me to do this) and study fulltime. Or work the crazy hours I do and spend another 6 - 8 years to get my degree (BSc IT)

I found last year the hours were very rough and was very difficult to get time in to study.


Any opinions please, I just want some guidance from people who are not caught up in the situation ....

Thank you

 

[blunomore]

I left school and tried to study and it never caught on ...

You make me smile. My dad paid for part of my studies and we were only given one chance, so whether it "caught on" with me was not an option

 

[stoke]

Right now losing your job may not be worth the risk.

 

[corruptor]

Yeah, I had a scholarship, was boring though Actuarial science wasn't fun.

Have a bit of a passion for IT.


but hey, life goes on

 

[spiderz]

study throught unisa, do only 1-3 courses a year

 

[corruptor]

Spiderz, at that rate getting a degree would take another 9 years....


Maybe a change in career - can become a doctor, lol that would be funny

 

[blunomore]

Which poster are you really?

 

[corruptor]

Cannot reveal that just yet, blunomore

 

[andres101]

tell your boss that you need more time for your studies.

IMO experience is more valuable than a degree, so don't quit to study, especially so if you enjoy your work.

 

[Cara]

It all depends on your financial situation ... if you have money quit. Otherwise you have no option but to slog away for the next 9 years. Studying part time is really tough, I wouldn't do it unless there was no other option.

 

[<moLe>]

I studied and worked simultaneously, at varsity between 9-5 (varied day to day) and waitered from 6pm-till 2am(daily). Didnt have one of em daddy's that paid for my studies, he just told me "If you want to study then you must do it on your own bill". And somehow managed to pay for my studies,my apartment(shared) and food(shared).
So please just dont tell me you cant work or study, because then you are just lazy.

 

[medicnick83]

mercurial!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[corruptor]

I studied and worked simultaneously, at varsity between 9-5 (varied day to day) and waitered from 6pm-till 2am(daily). Didnt have one of em daddy's that paid for my studies, he just told me "If you want to study then you must do it on your own bill". And somehow managed to pay for my studies,my apartment(shared) and food(shared).
So please just dont tell me you cant work or study, because then you are just lazy.

Never claimed to be lazy.

I cannot study fulltime (i.e. attend classes) 9 - 5, and then also work a fulltime job, there is simply not enough time.

What I am asking is if I quit my fulltime job, work part time and adapt my lifestyle accordingly so I can spend a full day studying for a few years... would it be beneficial

 

[guest2013-1]

lol I know who you are

 

[corruptor]

And I know who you are.... coincidence.... I think not

 

[metalcore]

Tough choice. If you quit your job you might find yourself having to climb up all over again after coming back. If you stay working you will take forever to get done.

Back in the day when studies really mattered, ie not every tom dick and harry had a qualification I would say quit if you can and go full time. But today even with a qualification and no experience you won't get far.

However in IT qualifications do still matter as well as experience I guess. So while you are young ( I assume you are) quit work and go full time or it will just become out of reach for you and will bite you later when you can't get a promotion because of not qualification.

Maybe you could strike a deal to work part time for you employer and still keep getting industry experience while studying full.

Quiet frankly most employers are scum they don't want to understand when you want to study or better yourself. So many companies especially in technology could change their style to being more flexible towards studying employees. I mean how many people sit at work doing nothing but still have to be there.

Its a mindset of employers to make us suffer and not have freedom that's why they complain when there are public holidays or when you want to study.

BTW why hide your forum name for something like this, not like this is facebook and its your real name?

 

[corruptor]

True Metalcore.


Alas well, i'll reveal who I was after the process has been complete.

Decided to get myself a less intense job (at the moment working 300 hours a month is quite common).

Even if it means downgrading my salary and having less expensive things, I will then have more time to study part time, and will take not quite as long to get my degree....


thanks for all the advise