Comments on: A Day at Tomorrow’s Web 09 http://www.chirdeepchhabra.com/2009/08/a-day-at-tomorrows-web-09/ A blog about random thoughts Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:18:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anna Debenham http://www.chirdeepchhabra.com/2009/08/a-day-at-tomorrows-web-09/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Anna Debenham Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:09:14 +0000 http://www.chirdeepchhabra.com/?p=31#comment-5 Yeah, I think you're right that uni and jobs don't have to be related. I guess I regret that I will miss all that, including the social aspects. I looked at a few universities in the US, but there's no way I would have been able to afford it. I couldn't afford taking a course here then, and I'm glad I didn't with the recession the way it is now. Maybe it would have been very different if the tuition fees system hadn't changed right before I turned 18. Yeah, I think you’re right that uni and jobs don’t have to be related. I guess I regret that I will miss all that, including the social aspects.
I looked at a few universities in the US, but there’s no way I would have been able to afford it. I couldn’t afford taking a course here then, and I’m glad I didn’t with the recession the way it is now. Maybe it would have been very different if the tuition fees system hadn’t changed right before I turned 18.

]]> By: James Proud http://www.chirdeepchhabra.com/2009/08/a-day-at-tomorrows-web-09/comment-page-1/#comment-4 James Proud Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:16:18 +0000 http://www.chirdeepchhabra.com/?p=31#comment-4 I believe that university is still the option for students. I myself have taken a gap year, and it will purely be down to my business prospects at the end of the year as to whether I go to university or not. One quick thing, the BBC were there yesterday, I was interviewed actually during the lunch break. Nearly missed pitching due to it :) I believe that university is still the option for students. I myself have taken a gap year, and it will purely be down to my business prospects at the end of the year as to whether I go to university or not.

One quick thing, the BBC were there yesterday, I was interviewed actually during the lunch break. Nearly missed pitching due to it :)

]]> By: Chirdeep Singh Chhabra http://www.chirdeepchhabra.com/2009/08/a-day-at-tomorrows-web-09/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Chirdeep Singh Chhabra Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:40:33 +0000 http://www.chirdeepchhabra.com/?p=31#comment-3 I can understand your frustration. When I left Uni after 4 years I thought I had not picked up anything of consequence but being bent on learning more I decided to do a Masters - think my learning curve went high then. Why not go to university which will complement what you do? If UK uni's fail you go to US - it's a place that appreciates passion much better and gives enough flexibility on learning. I don't think uni and jobs are related. But I know I am among the minority in such thinking. One should go to uni to learn something useful (not hobbies). And yes, Uni should not be a default ... but one needs to find the right thing to do :) I can understand your frustration. When I left Uni after 4 years I thought I had not picked up anything of consequence but being bent on learning more I decided to do a Masters – think my learning curve went high then.

Why not go to university which will complement what you do? If UK uni’s fail you go to US – it’s a place that appreciates passion much better and gives enough flexibility on learning.

I don’t think uni and jobs are related. But I know I am among the minority in such thinking. One should go to uni to learn something useful (not hobbies). And yes, Uni should not be a default … but one needs to find the right thing to do :)

]]> By: Anna Debenham http://www.chirdeepchhabra.com/2009/08/a-day-at-tomorrows-web-09/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Anna Debenham Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:20:49 +0000 http://www.chirdeepchhabra.com/?p=31#comment-2 One of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make was whether or not to go to University or freelance instead. I decided not to go to uni, and still stand by my choice. Why should I pay thousands of pounds to be spoonfed a course that is out of date, and won't have decent job prospects at the end of it? I'd much rather follow the path I've chosen, and if it all goes wrong, to at least know I was doing what I thought was best for my career. Many of my peers are going to leave university with degrees but little prospect of getting a good job and with student debt until they're 30 or older. Most of my friends have gone to university because they don't know what else to do. That's not a plan, it's just a default. One of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make was whether or not to go to University or freelance instead. I decided not to go to uni, and still stand by my choice.

Why should I pay thousands of pounds to be spoonfed a course that is out of date, and won’t have decent job prospects at the end of it? I’d much rather follow the path I’ve chosen, and if it all goes wrong, to at least know I was doing what I thought was best for my career.

Many of my peers are going to leave university with degrees but little prospect of getting a good job and with student debt until they’re 30 or older. Most of my friends have gone to university because they don’t know what else to do. That’s not a plan, it’s just a default.

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