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started when i was going out heaps about 7 months ago while school was drawing to a halt, kept it up during parties and going out over the christmas break, swore i would kick the habit when school went back at the start of february but the stress kicked in and i'm on them. smoking between 4 and 35 a day, depending; sometimes if i'm out-and-about during the day with other smokers and i go to party at night i can go through two decks.


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DiscoDave wrote:Ive started smoking a little since at uni because im under a lot of stress. I used to be one of those people whos against smoking and all that lark but now trying it for myself I can understand why people do it. I'm not too bad at it at the moment, i only smoke about 4-5 a week.

Fucking hell, you go to college and you feel stressed? Wtf is wrong with you?

Its to do with all the workload and upcoming exams etc..

You're gonna hate working out in the real world when you're done.

Probably, im going to find that out sooner though as i spend my third year in work experience =\

Grudge wrote:You're gonna hate working out in the real world when you're done.

Not true. I've found some sections of Uni to be far more stressful than 'real work'.

This all depends on your particular experience of university, but I can say for sure that you're not qualified to know what Dave's university experience is, since it may or may not be similar to your own.

DiscoDave wrote:Probably, im going to find that out sooner though as i spend my third year in work experience =\

Don't sweat it. I've encountered this kind of attitude a million times as a student and it's mostly unfounded. The student stereotype, as you probably know first hand, only applies in reality to a very small minority of students.

You'll find just as much variation from job to job as you will find moving from university into a job. The notion of a 'real world' where things are a 'lot tougher' just makes those in bad employment feel better about their own job, and helps reinforce their beleif that it's 'the way it is', instead of the alternative, which is to go out and find a job which has a level of stress, reward and experience which they are comfortable with.

I said what i said because the majority of my studying friends seem to have a very good thing going on with the 1 week per month of actual studying and going to one or two classes a day (if they decide to show up at all). The only guy i know who has it rough is studying medicine.

Foo wrote:

Grudge wrote:You're gonna hate working out in the real world when you're done.

Not true. I've found some sections of Uni to be far more stressful than 'real work'.

This all depends on your particular experience of university, but I can say for sure that you're not qualified to know what Dave's university experience is, since it may or may not be similar to your own.

just as much as it depends on your particular experience of 'real work'

4days wrote:

Foo wrote:

Grudge wrote:You're gonna hate working out in the real world when you're done.

Not true. I've found some sections of Uni to be far more stressful than 'real work'.

This all depends on your particular experience of university, but I can say for sure that you're not qualified to know what Dave's university experience is, since it may or may not be similar to your own.

just as much as it depends on your particular experience of 'real work'

That's right.

Fight the power! ta Foo

But i really do want to work in the networking world, so hopefully after spending some time in that area of industry it should open my eyes a bit. *rolls on Cisco application form*

But its a typical view of people who haven't been to uni (not implying Grudge hasn't) that people who are in uni are just lazy, doing bugger all work and just generally doing fuck all. At least thats not my case and the people i know.

Foo wrote:That's right.

lol, for a second there i was hoping you were going to stop being such a fucking knowitall.

4days wrote:

Foo wrote:That's right.

lol, for a second there i was hoping you were going to stop being such a fucking knowitall.

As opposed to telling other people how hard it's going to be when they get to 'the real world'?

Give us a break.

Dave, i bet that if you add up all the hours of college you attend in an avarage week, all the hours you study & all the hours where you work to make some money, you'd still not hit 40 a week.

Am i wrong?

Ryoki wrote:I said what i said because the majority of my studying friends seem to have a very good thing going on with the 1 week per month of actual studying and going to one or two classes a day (if they decide to show up at all). The only guy i know who has it rough is studying medicine.

Im sure thats over reacting a little, im doing Comp sci and i get labout 14 hours a week of lessons, and I have to do a lot of work outside of lectures (8-10 hours a week purely dedicated to C++, discluding my other 4 units)

DiscoDave wrote:But i really do want to work in the networking world, so hopefully after spending some time in that area of industry it should open my eyes a bit. *rolls on Cisco application form*

Networking is the bomb.. I find that it's practical stuff and it me out of the office, always a bonus in an IT environment.

I'm leaning towards moving more into networking than coding, based on that one factor... don't like the idea of being in an office 8+ hours a day.

Ryoki wrote:Dave, i bet that if you add up all the hours of college you attend in an avarage week, all the hours you study & all the hours where you work to make some money, you'd still not hit 40 a week.

Am i wrong?

I doubt you do any work outside your working hours.

DiscoDave wrote:Im sure thats over reacting a little

Maybe i'm being awfully prejudiced

Foo wrote:

DiscoDave wrote:But i really do want to work in the networking world, so hopefully after spending some time in that area of industry it should open my eyes a bit. *rolls on Cisco application form*

Networking is the bomb.. I find that it's practical stuff and it me out of the office, always a bonus in an IT environment.

I'm leaning towards moving more into networking than coding, based on that one factor... don't like the idea of being in an office 8+ hours a day.

Good stuff, im currently debating if i should change from Comp sci to Computing + networks. I've chosen networking as additional modules though.

DiscoDave wrote:I doubt you do any work outside your working hours.

True, although i do have a job on the side (nothing serious, 8 hrs of work a month or so).

So yeah, most days i come home and slip into a coma. :icon14:

DiscoDave wrote:Good stuff, im currently debating if i should change from Comp sci to Computing + networks. I've chosen networking as additional modules though.

Whereabouts are you studying? My 'networking' HND was a joke, since the actual networking content consisted of 1 module in 1 semester.

Sheffield Hallam 'University'

Foo wrote:

DiscoDave wrote:Good stuff, im currently debating if i should change from Comp sci to Computing + networks. I've chosen networking as additional modules though.

Whereabouts are you studying? My 'networking' HND was a joke, since the actual networking content consisted of 1 module in 1 semester.

Sheffield Hallam 'University'

I'm at teesside atm, its going to be a hard decision if i want to change course since the comp sci course here is top notch.

My housemates have got mates at Sheffield Hallam doing networking though, they say its quite good.

The BSc is apparently quite well laid out. However, since I'd completed their HND already, I decided to go on to the generic comp BSc.. No sense risking the same mistake twice, I felt

Fair enough, I've contemplated the possibilty of doing a masters in networking, or just get a company to sponsor me for something like Cisco CCNA (done some of that before) or the MS Mcse