Get a degree or not ?

I should have gotten upper second, but I turned up drunk to a number of exams and forgot to submit my bibliography with my dissertation. I was still only 3 marks off.

My uni debt makes me shudder whenever I think about it, but it was good fun, so sod it. Never again in my life am I going to get money for nothing and such copious amounts of free time to waste.

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Never again in my life am I going to get money for nothing and such copious amounts of free time to waste.

Well that all depends on the kind of studies you are doing, cause in my case i'm doing scientific studies in electricity and i hate mathematics, (there's also 95% of dudes in that field. ergh), so basically i'm at a point where i think that going to work and having a job will be heaven compared to university, but yeah i could have made something like "history of art".. Screw me

I did computer science, which was no picnic in places, but there was a lot of stuff I could breeze through and even with study I had loads of time to burn. The only exception to that was my dissertation, where I spent 3 weeks locked in a room with naught but caffeine and my PC. I blame the sleep deprivation for me forgetting the bibliography.

But yes, some subjects certainly give you more time to dick around than others.

I guess a good way to recap some of the sentiments is: investigate it for yourself. There are good uni's out there, and some really bad ones. There are also good ones with shitty computer science departments and bad ones with excellent computer science departments. If you're event thinking of going, then do the research, request some brochures and materials, visit the campus, talk to students and faculty, and decide if its a good fit.

Education is always good, no matter what the industry. It's not just about polishing your skills and knowledge, it's about networking, improving your social skills, understanding the big picture, etc. It's an experience that you will not regret.