Open University...Open Life
Recently I’ve been musing over the idea of applying for an Open University course and get my BSc so that I can fuc…ehhhmm (composure)…Leave this job that I’m in as I am beginning to hate all aspects of it.
I have many qualifications:
4 A-levels;
1 HNC Computer Programming;
But this is sadly not enough to get employment in an IT based field, so I’m looking at increasing my educational portfolio by hopefully adding a BSc to this resume.
The strain on getting a good job and qualifications are immense as my long time girlfriend is a qualified Doctor (PhD and all that), so for lowly me this means that improvement is a must. (I must point out the pressure is all self inflicted, my girlfriend herself never puts pressure on me and is a ROCK).
I am constantly reading books on web design, where my heart lies and could safely say that I have more knowledge and ability than most web developers/designers out their, but with no qualifications to back it up, it’s worthless.
I DID go to university a few years ago but never finished, actually I only did the first few months. This time in my life was hard and University was just another burden that at 18years of age I couldn’t handle. So I took the easy option and got a job, which happens to be the same place that I work now.
I have worked my way up through the proverbial ranks and now the assistant manager of my department, completely “in-house trained” (which holds no precedence any where else) to do my job and very good at it, though it’s not want I want to do for the rest of my working life, here OR another company.
So in general work wise I’m unhappy plain and simple, something needs to change before my life crashes around me and I’m unhappy for the rest of my life…if only I’d stayed in UNI I would probably not be facing this crisis so early on in life.
Anyway, that’s off my chest and can start to look at ways of rectifying the problem and moving on.
I have many qualifications:
4 A-levels;
1 HNC Computer Programming;
But this is sadly not enough to get employment in an IT based field, so I’m looking at increasing my educational portfolio by hopefully adding a BSc to this resume.
The strain on getting a good job and qualifications are immense as my long time girlfriend is a qualified Doctor (PhD and all that), so for lowly me this means that improvement is a must. (I must point out the pressure is all self inflicted, my girlfriend herself never puts pressure on me and is a ROCK).
I am constantly reading books on web design, where my heart lies and could safely say that I have more knowledge and ability than most web developers/designers out their, but with no qualifications to back it up, it’s worthless.
I DID go to university a few years ago but never finished, actually I only did the first few months. This time in my life was hard and University was just another burden that at 18years of age I couldn’t handle. So I took the easy option and got a job, which happens to be the same place that I work now.
I have worked my way up through the proverbial ranks and now the assistant manager of my department, completely “in-house trained” (which holds no precedence any where else) to do my job and very good at it, though it’s not want I want to do for the rest of my working life, here OR another company.
So in general work wise I’m unhappy plain and simple, something needs to change before my life crashes around me and I’m unhappy for the rest of my life…if only I’d stayed in UNI I would probably not be facing this crisis so early on in life.
Anyway, that’s off my chest and can start to look at ways of rectifying the problem and moving on.
posted by cooperman @ 4:29 PM
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