I am currently in my first year of a 2 yr degree - when I finish I plan to go on and do a third year top up if I can.
My degree is fairly specialist and there are not many jobs available in the field across the whole country, let alone my specific area. I really enjoy the course and there are a lot of transferrable skills but there's a very high chance I would end up working in a similar but not the same field as my degree.
A really good job opportunity has come up local to me and I'm wondering if there is more sense in taking it than continuing with the degree? The job itself involves a lot of training and would ensure a fairly substantial pay rise on completion. It is in a similar field to my degree but not the same.
I have tried to think of a scenario where I could continue my degree but unfortunately the job is full time mon-fri hours and I couldn't do those hours and continue studying if I took the job
Obviously this is all moot at the moment as I haven't been offered the job yet but I'm really excited about the possibility of getting it, it sounds like a really good opportunity for me, it's definately a 'career' type job and the sort of thing I could do for my working life and continue to progress.
Aibu to be thinking of leaving my degree course for a job? I really don't know if I should just hold off until I finish my degree but it's extremely unlikely that this position will come up again in the future, from my research it seems that it is very rare for these types of job to come up, maybe 15 a year across the whole country. Should I apply and see what happens?
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Ciabattavonbreadsticks · 04/01/2016 22:12
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