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Originally Posted by Daimo
Its what being a student is about. You either start working straight away, have money, but usually wont earn outright as much as if you went to uni but gain experience. (What I done)
Or
Go to uni, live a young life of having nothing and no money at all. But then when you get your results, manage to get a job, then you will be earning loads.
Its the choice you make unfortunatly, but I bet in 5-10 years while im still on roughly the same wage, your earning a lot and living a nice life.
Many of the uni people I knew in your position had to run 2 jobs if they wanted to run their cars etc. Bar work/restaurant work in the evenings type thing.
Owning a house, well i have been working for 8 years FT and have a partner on a similar wage, but what I mean is, although im earning much more, im trying to say it doesn't change. Yeah i earn more, but i have absolutly nothing every month as I have bills and debts I need to pay. The money comes in, it goes out, im no better off other than owning a house.....
Welcome to life   It sucks.  |
True. I know what you mean, regardless of your wage you'll always be skint.
It just amazes me how high that threshold is nowadays to live on the bare essentials only. Having a car is an essential for me; my works 35 miles away and I'm living in the only place I could afford (not many houseshares in the middle of rural wales!) and there is no public transport whatsoever.
This year I'm not a student, I'm a qualified aerospace engineer I just happen to be going back to do a masters next year; so I'm only on a 12 month contract.
Having two jobs at uni I can understand, or when you're doing bar work but not when you 7-5 every day already...