New Posts For Thread: whats the best degree to get in your opinionhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinionMy son is going to uni next year and he is going to do maths,was thinking of computer science but he visited a couple of well known tech firms and was told they prefer maths gradsGet a maths degreehead for the cityMake yer bonuses,retire in your thirtiesI know someone who did thisOnly problemHes on his 3rd wifehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546988803#546988803Get a maths degreehead for the cityMake yer bonuses,retire in your thirtiesI know someone who did thisOnly problemHes on his 3rd wifeSun, 29 Nov 2015 11:08:54 -0600Yes. Shows that you know how to have a good time, yet still retain the ability to spell your own name.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546987723#546987723Yes. Shows that you know how to have a good time, yet still retain the ability to spell your own name.Sun, 29 Nov 2015 09:23:25 -0600nothing wrongwitha Richardhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546987697#546987697nothing wrongwitha RichardSun, 29 Nov 2015 09:20:28 -0600I can't imagine any form of employment that is not relentless misery, I really can't. And I'd add boredom, frustration and self-loathing to that list.By the way, what's all this about having to get a First? In the year I graduated from the School ofhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546987245#546987245I can't imagine any form of employment that is not relentless misery, I really can't. And I'd add boredom, frustration and self-loathing to that list.By the way, what's all this about having to get a First? In the year I graduated from the School ofSun, 29 Nov 2015 08:48:05 -0600kincesm it's not my place to ask what you do,but many many people can have satisfaction in their jobs.To rule out that people can have a satisfying career is mad. I sometimes get pissed off on a monday, but on balance, I'm ok. Sometimes, I actually ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546985623#546985623kincesm it's not my place to ask what you do,but many many people can have satisfaction in their jobs.To rule out that people can have a satisfying career is mad. I sometimes get pissed off on a monday, but on balance, I'm ok. Sometimes, I actually aSun, 29 Nov 2015 05:51:16 -0600If work was enjoyable would they pay you to do it? Many with degrees end up in law or accounting, you know, a job.Learning to think is fine, but if your thing is literature, archaeology, social studies, media then you may have painted yourself intohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546985533#546985533If work was enjoyable would they pay you to do it? Many with degrees end up in law or accounting, you know, a job.Learning to think is fine, but if your thing is literature, archaeology, social studies, media then you may have painted yourself intoSun, 29 Nov 2015 05:42:27 -0600"something you enjoy, ideally that you're good at, at the best university you can get into."Exactly ;) I may hate Monday sometimes, but you only live once. 30-40 years of something you hate, no matter how much it pays, is too much. If you're lucky enhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546985303#546985303"something you enjoy, ideally that you're good at, at the best university you can get into."Exactly ;) I may hate Monday sometimes, but you only live once. 30-40 years of something you hate, no matter how much it pays, is too much. If you're lucky enSun, 29 Nov 2015 05:03:41 -0600If I was interviewing someone for a tech job and they had a 2:2 in say, lets go lateral, chemistry from a good Uni, or a 1st in sociology or some pointless piss from Oxford, it would be the chemist every time.I think we're both agreed that the uni mahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546985271#546985271If I was interviewing someone for a tech job and they had a 2:2 in say, lets go lateral, chemistry from a good Uni, or a 1st in sociology or some pointless piss from Oxford, it would be the chemist every time.I think we're both agreed that the uni maSun, 29 Nov 2015 04:54:38 -0600something you enjoy, ideally that you're good at, at the best university you can get into.everything else is irrelevant.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546985231#546985231something you enjoy, ideally that you're good at, at the best university you can get into.everything else is irrelevant.Sun, 29 Nov 2015 04:48:42 -0600The important thing is to get a degreee in something useful. Not sociolajy and wimmins studies.No it isn't. Or not necessarily.The main thing is to get a first from a good university, because some employers only consider new graduates with firsts, anhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30620875/whats-the-best-degree-to-get-in-your-opinion?post_id=546985189#546985189The important thing is to get a degreee in something useful. Not sociolajy and wimmins studies.No it isn't. Or not necessarily.The main thing is to get a first from a good university, because some employers only consider new graduates with firsts, anSun, 29 Nov 2015 04:40:56 -0600