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antnee
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I am currently studying for my AS levels (maths, physics, ICT, business) and was planning to go on to uni doing motorsport engineering, etc.

But Ive realised recently Im not happy if Im honest at the moment, Im not motivated to do the work as I see alot of what Im doing totally irrelivant to what I was planning to do in the future.

So Ive been considering my options, either cars or ICT. I could train to be a mechanic then open up my own garage, maybe start a tuning company. With ICT, Ive always been handy with computers and spend most of my time on my laptop, I would consider doing web design or maybe systems analysist, but I would talk about that fully with my brother.

So I don't know what to do, stick at it and go to uni, unsure if I will be happy, or move off and go into something more direct training wise?

Any ideas? anyone else been in a similar situation?
Carl Gillespie
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24th Apr 08 at 18:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Well tbh, i reckon if i had have went on to do a-levels i would be in the same situation as you.

luckily though i knew what i wanted to do from year nine and im now happily doing an architecture coarse at my local college - and it was the best thing i ever done.

Personally i would go to college when i fininshed my a-levels and get trained up to higher level in whatever field your interested in going into and get as qualified as you can while your young as you will almost definatly regret being under qualified later on in life.

You need too think about what you really want sensibly and realistically. Do you want to get into a career instantly and start earning or would you be happy to keep studying and maybe be stuck behind a desk all your days on a good wage while not necessarily being happy?

[Edited on 24-04-2008 by Carl Gillespie]
Mobby
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24th Apr 08 at 18:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

id say theres more money in ICT,
and your not meant to like your job, jst earn as much as possible, thats the way i see it,
stick with the ict mate
CorsAsh
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24th Apr 08 at 18:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I did really well at GCSE, then AS and A2 was just a bit shit really, I spent far too much time in the girl's common room. Aaaaanyway, I scraped through, luckily got a pretty much unconditional from my number one uni and went there.

As it turns out, the degree was a bit of a let down too, but that whole 6/7 year period was definitely worth the hassle to get where I am now.

Moral of the story is don't rush to change things short term, keep focusing on the bigger picture and if you really want to go into a certain area, don't let anything put you off - even your own self-doubt.

CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by mobby
and your not meant to like your job, jst earn as much as possible, thats the way i


Disagree. People who hate their jobs haven't found the right one for them.
Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
quote:
Originally posted by mobby
and your not meant to like your job, jst earn as much as possible, thats the way i


Disagree. People who hate their jobs haven't found the right one for them.


I agree with that. (what you said, not what he said)
antnee
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Ash, didn't you do automotive design? who you working for now? Audi?

Although I haven't passed my test (yet) my passion since I was.. well since I can remember has been cars and motorsport, do I go into IT and keep it as a hobby looking foward to weekends, or go all into it and enjoy everyday of my life being in/around cars.

Also if I did go to uni and do motorsport engineering its a very slim chance I would get into F1 (where I would like to end up). Ive also got to think about the future, with all the new laws for cars, in 5, 10 or 20 years time will people still be allowed to modify car, go more than 40mph without collecting 3 points and earning -£60???
CorsAsh
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Slim chances are still chances, 95% of people told me to look for another career when I said what I wanted to do. I did Automotive Design but focused on CAD, that's what gave me an advantage over the rest of the field.

Your best bet when going into a specialist area is to find a niche and become better than anyone else - also means you can pretty much set your own wages too.
Colin
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24th Apr 08 at 22:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I think dreams of training to be a mechanic & open a tunning company are mostly pie in the sky. Most the mechanics I know work long hours for shit pay in the stealerships & cant afford to go out alone!!
antnee
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hmm, maybe I could go into IT save up then start a tuning company and just be the boss that has to test drive everything
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quote:
Originally posted by antnee
Im not motivated ... maybe start a company.
You can't have it both ways. If you're not in it for the long term to finish some qualifications then I certainly wouldn't recommend starting a business.

My advice would be finish the AS levels, you've only got two months to go then they're all over. Then perhaps consider the A2 just so you have UCAS points you can potentially throw at something.

I think you need to consider how much money there is available in the automotive industry or indeed IT if you don't actually have a good idea. Generally you can't just go in to either industry without an edge as there are already a great many people doing just that. Anyone with a laptop and a copy of Dreamweaver thinks they can make web pages and anyone with a laptop and a copy of WinOLS thinks they can tune cars.

The reality is that making proper money actually requires you to be brave, or clever, or both.

Can I also ask why you consider Maths, Physics, ICT and Business to be unrelated to Motorsport Eng? I would have said that they were quite relevant.
antnee
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Ian-what I mean by irrelivant is by what Im actually doing in them, in IT its just mainly creating documents using MS office mainly. Business isn't bad. Maths; Im doing maths with mechanics, so I do 2 units of mechanics and 4 of pure maths, but most of the core work is things only mathematicians would use. In physics the first 2 units where good, mechanics and electricity and thermal phyics, but the 3rd one was a choice of 4 topics, but it was only actually 3 because for some reason we couldn't do solids and material (even though this is related to engineering and most people in my set want to go on to engineering) so it was down to astro physics, medical or partical, everyone else picked particle physics so I followed, and I think I can say I will never use anything I have learnt in this topic again
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I was studying Electronics, business, accounting and computing. Left at the end of AS level year with a D in business and started as an IT support analyst at 17.

My mates are now coming out of uni with loans and debt, I have none, a decent income and a house.

 
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