Quote Originally Posted by Rowan View Post
So are you saying a uni degree is not necessary in order to gain knowledge? I feel like noone cares what you think unless you've studied at uni.
Of course uni isn't necessary to gain knowledge, if that's your goal, no reason to sink tens or hundreds thousands of dollars into it. For validation of your knowledge from random strangers, yeah, a degree helps, but again you have to ask yourself, is the validation from a bunch of random asswagons worth tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars?

Quote Originally Posted by Rowan
Just now for example, I got called out to a classroom because the settings for the laptop connected to the projector was on 'extend' and the staff member didnt understand why she couldn't see what was on her laptop, on the projector screen. It was a simple fix of switching to 'clone display'. I went back to my office and got another call because the mouse stopped working (same staff member) and for some reason, she had the trackpad disabled on the hotkey function. Easily fixed.

But you see, some people might say its a great job because things like this are so easy, but its also so easy to see why I get little respect. Not just that, but seriously? Is this my life? fixing these kinds of problems? The thing is, I know I have it so good here. 5 minutes from home, decent salary (not great, but decent) and 3 months paid leave per year.

I want to study online but im put off of IT. I thought about doing psychology because its the only thing that interests me the most , as well as all the subjects that go along with it (biology, science etc) but it costs upwards of 25k per year with a minimum 6 years if you want to work in the field (why else would a person study , if not to end up working in their field of study).

any other ideas for me??
I'm sort of in IT too, I mostly do software validation. But I get calls for stupid shit like that all the time, because I administrate several of our quality systems. I have to reset at least 3 passwords a day because our employees are idiots. It's fucking awesome. They're paying me 6 figures for this shit, and I barely do anything that could be considered work.

Is that MY life? Not at all. I don't go to work to live my dreams, I go to work because I like to eat once in a while. My life is what I do after I clock out. I study anything that interests me on my own terms without any professor's ass to kiss, or any hoops to jump through for their amusement in exchange for their acknowledgement of what I know. I go out and try shit that sounds fun. I eat food that sounds good. I hang out with people that seem cool. I pay way too much for scotch. I spend hours modding games so I can spend minutes playing them afterwards. I bang my woman. That shit is my life. That's the stuff I actually give a damn about, and the things I expect people will remember me for. Anyone who actually knows me, knows I'm a pretty smart guy without asking to see my degree. Anyone who doesn't know me, what the fuck do I care what they think of me?

Some people's careers really ARE a major part of their lives, but for the vast majority of people, it's just a thing we do because we like having a roof over our heads and eating every so often. That's what you really have to figure out. Are you the sort of person who defines themselves based on how they spend their necessary working hours, or how they choose to spend the rest of their time?

Sounds to me like you have 3 months a year you could just study psychology all you want for lulz while getting paid for it if that's what really interests you.