Robbo
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nothign wrong with a gap year, long as you go back and finish
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will_ainsworth
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thats the thing i doubt i would go back, doing both side by side will be hard work but worth it afterwards.
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Gary
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Do that then.
Cant be much to a Photgraphy Degree 
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will_ainsworth
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Originally posted by Gary
Do that then.
Cant be much to a Photgraphy Degree
nah not much tbh, just shitty essays, might pay someone to do them for me :/
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fazza
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Glad its going well will 
Not too sure who rankin is but he sounds top of his/your game. Good work
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Adam_B
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Originally posted by adiohead
photography degree is not a proper degree
What's this statement based on?
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adiohead
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Originally posted by Adam_B
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Originally posted by adiohead
photography degree is not a proper degree
What's this statement based on?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_degrees
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Russ
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oh no you didun
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Dom
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Originally posted by Robbo
Having A degree can always prove beneficial at some point though. No guarantee the job would work out and in a market full of graduates is hella hard to recruit an unqualified person over someone who has taken the time to finish their studies even if the othe rparty has great experience - happens all the time in Finance for example (and I did the non degree route myself lol)
Depends what degree you're doing to how beneficial it is to your future career. Granted there are a few careers, sciences/law etc, where a degree is important if not required. But like majority of degrees especially anything in music/arts/media, are on the whole worthless compared to industry experience. The only advantage going to university here is the, possible, ability to make contacts/'get a foot in the door'. What you learn day-to-day on the course is usually irrelevant to what you actually do in the industry.
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Originally posted by adiohead
photography degree is not a proper degree
Depends on the course. No doubt if it's mainly practical and modules are taught by ex-professionals with years of experience, then perhaps it might be useful. But from the sounds of it Will's course appears to be more theory based than hands-on. At which point i'd probably agree with you.
[Edited on 19-08-2011 by Dom]
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Adam_B
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Originally posted by adiohead
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Originally posted by Adam_B
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Originally posted by adiohead
photography degree is not a proper degree
What's this statement based on?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_degrees
nothing then 
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Edd
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Originally posted by Robbo
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Originally posted by adiohead
But you could be earning money
photography degree is not a proper degree
degrees a degree at the end of the day chap. dont not get it, youll regret it!
you have a degree? read back that sentence and see if it makes sense?
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Edd
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Originally posted by will_ainsworth
offers me a full time paid job. couldn't believe it. great stuff, however i am still in uni, his words were ''take a year out, im here and i want you working for me''
however we agreed on me coming in on the days im not in uni, and i offered to do this for free
with a photographer i love who gets 50k per day for his shoots
biggest mistake of your life, uni is worth fuck all apart from getting to be a student tosspot who can go out on a Tuesday night. real world experience is all employers want and your missing the boat big time.
also working for free isnt showing your dedicated it shows that you're a mug
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John
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Degree is worth it when the jobs you are going for specify you need it.
Has to be a decent degree and decent united though, otherwise they wont be interested anyway.
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Edd
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Originally posted by John
Degree is worth it when the jobs you are going for specify you need it.
Has to be a decent degree and decent united though, otherwise they wont be interested anyway.
i'd still take on the job experience every day if i was employing
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Adam_B
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For the type of photography I imagine Will wants to do, the degree is now sort of pointless.
[Edited on 19-08-2011 by Adam_B]
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Ben J
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TAKE THE JOB FFS!!!
These days it's all about experience! Especially in a hands on job like photography???
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Daniel_Corsa
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Experience is worth more than qualifications these days as far too many now have degrees in any random thing!
Take the job, don't look back!
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Nismo
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Well done!
But like others i would say take the job experience seems to mean more this day in age.
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spencer88
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Originally posted by Edd
quote:
Originally posted by will_ainsworth
offers me a full time paid job. couldn't believe it. great stuff, however i am still in uni, his words were ''take a year out, im here and i want you working for me''
however we agreed on me coming in on the days im not in uni, and i offered to do this for free
with a photographer i love who gets 50k per day for his shoots
biggest mistake of your life, uni is worth fuck all apart from getting to be a student tosspot who can go out on a Tuesday night. real world experience is all employers want and your missing the boat big time.
also working for free isnt showing your dedicated it shows that you're a mug
Not strictly true.
I have a job that pays for Uni, so i do both, but if I do not get my degree, I will be sacked.
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Edd
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thats different from what im talking about, he's knocking back full time employment in a field he wants to be in, to go to uni to possibly get a "degree" with no guarantee of a job after it
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Ben G
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good on you for sticking with uni, but i have no idea who rankin is and wasn't quite sure what this thread was about until the end
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Rich H
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I always thought Rankin was a DJ Shows how clued up I am!
If I was in your position, part of me would say stick with Uni, but the other part would say fcuk it, take the job! Tough one tbh!
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Neil
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I always thought Rankin was a DJ Shows how clued up I am!
"DJ" Rankin was a kid who sped up trance and dance tracks and passed them off as his own iirc. He ended up getting some DJ sets based off his shitness/popularity with 13 yr old kids I think.
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adiohead
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Originally posted by Adam_B
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Originally posted by adiohead
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Originally posted by Adam_B
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Originally posted by adiohead
photography degree is not a proper degree
What's this statement based on?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_degrees
nothing then
"one where the content is perhaps not as rigorous as one would expect and where the degree itself may not have huge relevance in the labour market"
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