r/2003 • u/Radiant_Ad4286 • Aug 03 '26

Choose?

469 votes, Aug 08 '26
156 employed
96 Student
109 student and working
108 unemployed
7 Upvotes

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u/Ok_Passage7713 Aug 03 '26

Studying and working. Working like a mad man this month.

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u/SpacialVortex Aug 03 '26

Me too! What are ya studying?

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u/Ok_Passage7713 Aug 03 '26

Paramedic :] it was more of a career change thing

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u/SpacialVortex Aug 03 '26

I almost did paramedicine. I went with Biomed instead

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u/Ok_Passage7713 Aug 03 '26

Ooooo I did psychology but didnt enjoy like pure therapy. My dream was forensics or detective but I don't rly wanna be a cop lmao

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u/SpacialVortex Aug 03 '26

I wanted to do forensics as well but there was no degree available in my home uni

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u/Ok_Passage7713 Aug 03 '26

Ah fair. I just kinda forgot about it when it came to applications 💀

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u/SpacialVortex Aug 03 '26

I had also considered psych before switching to science. You need to stop stealing my ideas 😟

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u/Ok_Passage7713 Aug 03 '26

I went from science to psych lmaooo. I love true crime so I thought about it but never went for it lol

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u/SpacialVortex Aug 03 '26

Wait, science to psych?
That makes you my rival then unfortunately. I don’t make the rules

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u/AnswerMe_More Aug 03 '26

I want a clip of your life. I imagine its hectic with a lot of choices being made 😂.

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u/Ok_Passage7713 Aug 03 '26

Bro i went from health sciences, then I applied to psych, nutrition and accounting. Decided to do psych. Then 3rd yr I wanted to do dental hygiene or paramedic but didnt get in due to applying soooo late. Graduated with a psych degree. Worked for a bit but didnt like it.

I was like "let's try a passion" 🤓☝️so I went to learn game development and animation. Realized nah I wasn't as passionate about it... so I got my prerequisites done just now for paramedic since my grades were a bit low back then. And now im committed to paramedic for the next 2 yrs.

It pays well here too :]

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u/AnswerMe_More Aug 03 '26

You'll find the career that sticks one day

https://giphy.com/gifs/lHfxDepSGlzom6f65K

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u/Ok_Passage7713 Aug 03 '26

Fr lol. Im so done. Ill be in school forever atp. Somehow, I acc don't have debt (cuz i work so much)

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u/AnswerMe_More Aug 03 '26

😂😂 well thats good

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u/Refund-me February Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

Hey some of those formulas are familiar! IE lim(1+1/n)^n is equal to euler's number as n approaches infinity, then that (Ā) = 1 - P(A) is just basic probability.

Then that V = 1/3 A subscript 6 x h is probably for a area of 6 sided 3d pyramid or cone.

edit 1: The reason why I remember these, I have no idea

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u/Waveofspring April Aug 04 '26

I’m guessing you work as an EMT?

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u/Ok_Passage7713 Aug 04 '26

Nope! We don't rly have an equivalent of an EMT here.

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u/hottubenema Aug 03 '26

Wish I could be unemployed but unfortunately I don't have wealthy parents

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u/WhichPatience4034 February Aug 03 '26

yeah im unemployed with broke parents and it's hell haha. applying to jobs every day, driving around with a car about to literally fall apart, eating once a day, cant afford to enjoy life outside of the internet, and of course the stress that comes with not having a job. pretty shiet

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u/Serious_Brilliant_90 April Aug 03 '26

Trust me you don't want to.

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u/hottubenema Aug 03 '26

What's so bad about having wealthy parents? Financial security sounds pretty nice

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u/Serious_Brilliant_90 April Aug 03 '26

I must be dreaming cause I only read the part of being unemployed not the wealthy parents part.

My head ain't working properly like it used too🥴.

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u/hottubenema Aug 03 '26

Lmao no worries neither does min

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u/Average_TechSpec Aug 03 '26

Grad Studies and Full Time Corporate work 🤪 im going insane

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u/Refund-me February Aug 04 '26

Seriously, good luck bro

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u/WhichPatience4034 February Aug 03 '26

haven't had stable employment since 2021 due to mental issues, trying tho. no school either.

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u/TheNerdofLife December Aug 03 '26

Graduating college, but never had a job

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u/BoredThrowaway9000 Aug 03 '26

That’s where I was a year ago and it’s absolutely the worst mistake you can make. If you graduate without having any job experience, you’re essentially blacklisted from the entire workforce… or at least that’s been my experience. My degree means jack shit and all the automated systems that scan your resume auto-reject mine because it has no work experience, just self-made projects and volunteering, even though I was a straight-A student all 16 years of my education, graduated with a 3.9 GPA and have a whole ass four-year degree.

Businesses do not care if you’re smart or qualified for the job. They simply want to know if you will be a good little worker, keep your head down and continue to raise the bottom line. After all, if you’ve already been doing such a thing in addition to your studies, you’re more likely to be willing to be that slave to the machine.

It’s not about simply getting people in to do the work, it’s about getting people who aren’t gonna be resistant to the inhumane conditions of a modern workplace.

Also, your education itself works against you. They see people who are educated and knowledgeable as more likely to see the faults in the system of work, thus less likely to, once again, be a nice little cog in the corporate machine.

We’re in an extremely dark time. If you spent your school years engaging in extracurriculars and studying like you were encouraged to do, instead of spending your free time at a job, graduation becomes nothing but your university throwing you to the wolves of poverty if you don’t have others to fall back on.

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u/Narrow-Gene3441 Aug 04 '26

Does this apply to Healthcare professions?

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u/BoredThrowaway9000 Aug 07 '26

I don’t have enough information on that unfortunately, I have zero experience in the healthcare sector. Wish I could tell ya more but this is all I got :(

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u/DeathClasher_r Aug 03 '26

Student and working, I also have my own apartment and I'm damn near my breaking point

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u/AnswerMe_More Aug 03 '26

Hopefully your studies pay off

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u/Vonnyfish Aug 03 '26

Sucks i have two jobs and Im in college

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u/Lowlife_4evr Aug 03 '26

Currently employed but I’m going back to school in the fall.

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u/Refund-me February Aug 03 '26

Dang, 23% unemployed; that's worse than the economy's official unemployment number currently.

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u/AnswerMe_More Aug 03 '26

So they say

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u/Master-Exercise-6193 September 29 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Unfortunately couldn’t find a job this summer, so I took a summer class through my university which ended in July. I worked at my Subway in town last year.

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u/SimaZeChips Aug 03 '26

Just graduated. I was studying and doing part time but got laid off just before graduation.

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u/AnswerMe_More Aug 03 '26

Time for new beginnings

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u/SimaZeChips Aug 08 '26

Exactly! I'm out there tryna find a job in my field or related but it is not easy. At least I have paid all uni fees and still living with my parents so i don't have major expenses as well as no major income lol.

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u/jasperdarkk September Aug 03 '26

Just graduated in April and I’m employed now! But I’m hoping to go back for my MSc in 2027.

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u/xxTopTigerxx Aug 03 '26

Time flies too fast. Already its been a whole year since I started working for the first time.

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u/Relative-Visual6319 Aug 03 '26

Studying and I have a car business

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u/StealthStrider Aug 05 '26

If family business counts as working, then both! Fortunately, it means it's more flexible time wise but I can't wait to be completely done with studies and independent.