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Dropping out of College -A Huge Disadvantage?

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  • 25-07-2007 5:24pm
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    Glacier
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    Is it a major disadvantage having dropped out of College? I dropped out of UCD Arts a couple of years ago. Is anyone else in a similar situation? Does anyone else has any experience?


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    Spud83
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    Glacier wrote:
    Is it a major advantage having dropped out of College? I dropped out of UCD Arts a couple of years ago. Is anyone else in a similar situation? Does anyone else has any experience?

    In terms of what? Getting a job, going back to college, buying purple monkeys?
    Oh and your title says disadvantage, but your post says advantage so I think your need some form of education alright.


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    HarrierJoe
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    alanmurphy83 wrote:
    Oh and your title says disadvantage, but your post says advantage so I think your need some form of education alright.

    Seems like you are too quick on the trigger there Buck Rogers ...


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    smashey
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    alanmurphy83 wrote:
    In terms of what? Getting a job, going back to college, buying purple monkeys?
    Oh and your title says disadvantage, but your post says advantage so I think your need some form of education alright.

    If you have nothing useful to say, please say nothing.

    Banned for two weeks. Pm me to remind me to lift the ban.


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    sheesh
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    once you are out working it shouldn't be a big disadvantage you probably have a feeling that you missed out on something somewhere in the back of your mind but it really does not have a huge bearing on the job you end up doing. I know a girl that did computing in an IT recently qualified and is now working as a journalist.


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    heyjude
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    sheesh wrote:
    once you are out working it shouldn't be a big disadvantage you probably have a feeling that you missed out on something somewhere in the back of your mind but it really does not have a huge bearing on the job you end up doing. I know a girl that did computing in an IT recently qualified and is now working as a journalist.

    Journalism is a strange career though, in that surprisingly few journalists actually have a qualification in journalism yet if you contact a newspaper and ask them what qualification you need to apply for a job as a journalist, they will probably insist that you have attended a journalism course.

    Like your friend with her IT qualification, you will find journalists with qualifications in a whole range of subjects and some without any qualification at all, its all about getting your foot in the door and proving that you can do the job.

    It depends on what you want to do, certain careers such as doctors, engineers etc. regard relevant qualifications as compulsory, while other careers are a bit looser and you can learn on the job if you show some ability.


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