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ddilling replied

15 September 2009, 20:30
airline pilot?
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BrilloPad replied

15 September 2009, 19:25
Originally posted by Menelaus View Post

If you'd been on the bench for a while, would you ever consider returning to education or academia or to a complete career change (e.g., going into teaching)?

Yes. Why not?
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ForkBoy replied

15 September 2009, 17:54
Originally posted by Menelaus View Post

would you ever consider returning to education?

I'd quite like to finish my bachelors one day.
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mace replied

15 September 2009, 17:18
Jobcentre plus customer advisor. It's boom time - fill yer boots.
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Pogle replied

15 September 2009, 17:09
Run a guinea pig sanctuary and south American themed restaurant
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Andy2 replied

15 September 2009, 15:17
gynaecologist(sp)
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dx4100 replied

15 September 2009, 15:01
Originally posted by Menelaus View Post

If you'd been on the bench for a while, would you ever consider returning to education or academia or to a complete career change (e.g., going into teaching)?

If you do that though your committing to being on the bench for a long time ? Personally would be looking for another job to start asap...

I do want to a PHD at some point though...
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Clippy replied

15 September 2009, 14:50
Originally posted by Pogle View Post

Less of a village idiot and more of a smart cookie I would say

Nah, more of a Scooby snack.
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conned tractor replied

15 September 2009, 11:49
Carpentry - cabinet making, finish carpentry sort of thing.
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Zippy replied

15 September 2009, 11:46
A vet
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sasguru replied

15 September 2009, 11:46
Originally posted by kaiser78 View Post

This leads into another question - what would you do if not in IT ?

I would be a chef or a barrister.

International playboy.

Oh hang on, I am that already .
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kaiser78 replied

15 September 2009, 11:45
This leads into another question - what would you do if not in IT ?

I would be a chef or a barrister.
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Pogle replied

15 September 2009, 11:42
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Yes as you're a pretty poor village idiot I would leave that off

Less of a village idiot and more of a smart cookie I would say
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sasguru replied

15 September 2009, 11:38
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

. I think being a village idiot might screw up my chances of getting in though, so I'll leave that off my application

Yes as you're a pretty poor village idiot I would leave that off
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Zippy replied

15 September 2009, 11:35
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

The discipline necessary for a PhD is likely to knock any love of subject out of you. Unless you have a fascination for a really specialised part no one has looked at before.
Most PhDs just do it for the qualification but end up useless at anything useful.
If you love a subject nothing stops you reading about the bits that interest you whenever you want.

I know a fair bit about discipline having done all my quals part-time, so I really don't think that would be an issue.

I work in IT so I don't do anything useful anyway. I think being a village idiot might screw up my chances of getting in though, so I'll leave that off my application
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