Degrees are overrated but needed and in the end.. they look at your results so you're kinda #%$ed if you screw up. 
If there is one thing i learnt from the whole thing post varsity then its that people and companies are attracted to shiny objects not functional ones. So if you can go to varsity and pull off 1st's in everything but know how to do nothing you way better off than struggling but being able to do a lot as a result(at varsity and more so at tech being able to do a lot always seemed the right thing.. its not). 2ndly I've learnt how the IT industry works from an employment point of view.. not good, stay clear unless you can pull off results.. don't worry if you have no idea of how to do things or what to do because that's actually not at all important to get in, staying there is easy if you had half a brain and can learn at a decent pace.. this may sounds stupid and it is.. but its also true.
So yah.. and if you fail more than a handful things at university.. don't bother going to work(do the maths or get someone to
and you will see it's not worth it). Study further in something else even easy things (its actually easier when you get further up the chain as it becomes a test of you project and time management skills .. if you work where these skills are on display etc you will find further study easy peasy even if the work is something you've never done) to get that shiny badge to show off. Seriously, what you 'can' really do matters very very little in the recruitment process i've seen and where it does. they question basic things that you should know.
It's always who you know or what you have to show off in terms of degrees and academic things. If you want to be someone who can do things, know how everything works etc .. be prepared to be someone's biatch and usually its the ones with the shiny badges
If i had to do it again I'd do commerce degrees as those seem way way easier than engineering.
ps. what varsity taught me.. how to swim in the deap end, what life there after taught me.. how to swim with sharks
If there is one thing i learnt from the whole thing post varsity then its that people and companies are attracted to shiny objects not functional ones. So if you can go to varsity and pull off 1st's in everything but know how to do nothing you way better off than struggling but being able to do a lot as a result(at varsity and more so at tech being able to do a lot always seemed the right thing.. its not). 2ndly I've learnt how the IT industry works from an employment point of view.. not good, stay clear unless you can pull off results.. don't worry if you have no idea of how to do things or what to do because that's actually not at all important to get in, staying there is easy if you had half a brain and can learn at a decent pace.. this may sounds stupid and it is.. but its also true.
So yah.. and if you fail more than a handful things at university.. don't bother going to work(do the maths or get someone to
and you will see it's not worth it). Study further in something else even easy things (its actually easier when you get further up the chain as it becomes a test of you project and time management skills .. if you work where these skills are on display etc you will find further study easy peasy even if the work is something you've never done) to get that shiny badge to show off. Seriously, what you 'can' really do matters very very little in the recruitment process i've seen and where it does. they question basic things that you should know. It's always who you know or what you have to show off in terms of degrees and academic things. If you want to be someone who can do things, know how everything works etc .. be prepared to be someone's biatch and usually its the ones with the shiny badges
If i had to do it again I'd do commerce degrees as those seem way way easier than engineering.
ps. what varsity taught me.. how to swim in the deap end, what life there after taught me.. how to swim with sharks
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