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What am I going to do with my life?

I've failed two subjects (out of 4) this semester. It's fucked. I was a distinction average student. I'm in an honour society. This isn't meant to happen, I'm so lost.

I'm doing Commerce (Accounting) and Management of IT. Computers are my bitch, but like... accounting, wtf? Accounting was supposed to be my safety net for when I'm 40 and no one in IT wants to employ me anymore... but the management of IT component of my degree has almost nothing to do with IT.

I pretty much hate accounting, I don't know if I can put myself through it anymore. How does one decide what to do with ones life?

Re: What am I going to do with my life?

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Originally posted by echosystm I've failed two subjects (out of 4) this semester. It's fucked. I was a distinction average student. I'm in an honour society. This isn't meant to happen, I'm so lost. I'm doing Commerce (Accounting) and Management of IT. Computers are my bitch, but like... accounting, wtf? Accounting was supposed to be my safety net for when I'm 40 and no one in IT wants to employ me anymore... but the management of IT component of my degree has almost nothing to do with IT. I pretty much hate accounting, I don't know if I can put myself through it anymore. How does one decide what to do with ones life?

just go with what life throws at you. that's what i say. just gotta suck it up and realize that you are in control w/ your life (even if it may not seem like it).

i've never failed any courses, but i failed a few exams my freshmen year....in my basic calculus courses (like, if you fail these, you can't advance to further classes to get into meteorology). i thought i was screwed. but i just buckeld down, tried to get better, and i did.

Like 40% of people fail accounting at university their first time. Over here anyway.

Just keep trying, you'll get there.

jump

wow you seemed to have it all planned out.

i've got nothing for me, let alone you

start selling your arse.

Yeah, the courses have a 50% failure rate, but still...

This problem isn't so much about failing, it's more about why - should I be doing this?

Anyone with IT industry experience would be good! Is an MIT/Commerce degree relevant?

OMG RUN AWAY FROM ACCOUNTING.

/my 2 cents.


I hate it.

Fuck accounting try some other course like marketing its fun and just enough juicy pay wise as accounting.

Don't panic.

Change your major if you need to.

Drop out if you need to.

Bug a psychiatrist for ADHD medications if you need to.

But, mostly, don't worry, the only way to get anywhere in life is to try lots and fail just as much along the way. Everything is a learning experience.

Re: What am I going to do with my life?

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Originally posted by echosystm How does one decide what to do with ones life?

Do what you feel you must do. Sounds stupid, but that's the best thing I've learnt about life.

Why did you choose IT and Accounting? Were you the one who came up with this idea of "accounting being a safety net"?

You know, as I approached my senior year in high school, I became really clueless. All the stuff I wanted to study was supposed to be useless, and my parents had convinced me that studying foreign affairs or network engineering was the only way to go. Those were really difficult courses to enter and, because it wasn't really my will, I never did (and I've always been a very good student).

Then, one day I decided I'd study languages at university and picked "Japanese Language" because it sounded interesting. Without much effort, I then got the highest entrance grade ever in the history of the course (or so it seems), which was ironically really close to the grade I needed to enter Foreign Affairs. I was now doing my thing.

On the one hand, it sucks because I lost about 3 years and I'm still an undergraduate while many friends of mine are now going for their doctor's degree. On the other hand, even though I'm not exactly where I'd like to be, at least I now spend my nights studying and enjoying every damn minute of it, and I've got a really fun job

Mass murder is a growth industry.

In my third years of uni I dropped my load to 3 subjects per semester instead of 4 to ensure that I would pass all of them. I managed to maintain a credit average. Took me an extra semester to finish but it was well worth it. I was also working 20 hrs per week at the time.

evaluate what's going on with your schedule, decide what it is you really want to do, and plan accordingly.

Don't give up...never give up. Anyone can dream, but very few can make those dreams possible.

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I talked to some guy at a major IT firm here...

I'm thinking I'll stick with what I'm doing at the moment. The need for a safety net is good IMO and it differentiates my skillbase against all the computer programmers out there...

Accounting is shit, but i'll just push through it.

ah yes, but it's the accountants who make good money working out how to dodge my taxes

"It's only after you've lost everything, that you're free to do anything." ~Tyler Durden


SORRY! im of no help.

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Originally posted by barnes17 "It's only after you've lost everything, that you're free to do anything." ~Tyler Durden SORRY! im of no help.

None. But I'm not likely to be either.

It's always a hard one with Uni though. We, at 17ish years of age, are expected to know ourselves well enough to pick out a potential career, and motivate ourselves to strive towards that. This is especially odd timing (IMO) as that same age is generally considered the time when we move out of home, and only begin discovering who we really are outside of that comfortable dynamic we grew up in.

Is it any wonder so many people drop out? I'm sure many people have their ideal future sorted out for themselves that early in life, but to make such a huge decision like that, with barely any wisdom or life experience seems so counter productive to me.

I went traveling/backpacking for 2.5 years when I was 19 - I literally didn't have a clue what I should be doing. Best thing I ever did for myself

Echosystem - You can always defer your course for a bit mate

Accounting isn't for everyone. It's the toughest, most time-consuming business major. Either you love to do it, or you hate it. There really is no in between. Everybody that I've met that is a business non-accounting major hates accounting. So to choose it as a saftey net is not a really good idea.

man i can't imagine anyone actually enjoying number crunching.

or programming for that matter.

both bore me to tears.

spend the rest of it posting in here.

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Originally posted by diggerz Don't give up...never give up. Anyone can dream, but very few can make those dreams possible. 0.02

again, one of the stupidest things ive ever heard|

You're gonna put on a concert in Aurora

I'm planning on doing accounting soon It's my chance to earn a reasonable wage in life. I can't do sciences, IT has moved on too much for me to deal with and ever since jenny laughed at my manboobs, porn has been a no-go.

I'm probably going against the grain here, but in my experience accounting opens up a lot more, long lasting, high pay opportunities in employment than you computer science will. They're always in demand and straight off the bat these positions pay very well, IT is a bit hit and miss. Most of the people I knew in IT over the last 10 or so years float in and out of jobs almost as if they're walking through a revolving door. My stepfather for example was an engineer and he was always wandering the world picking up contracts here and there, while he got paid very well for them, they where never exactly permanent positions and a few countries he worked in, never paid.

So, if you're happy as something of a freebooter getting jobs here and there, not worrying too much about permanent employment or it doesn't appeal to you, then it might be the life to take up. However, during my footloose days as a travelling sales coach I ended up visiting/living/working in over 40 countries by the time I was 25 and it is utterly wearisome. Seriously, if I never catch another trans-oceanic flight in my life, it won't be a day too soon... sure, I made big coin, but christ on a stick it was hard to do. In addition I lost a lot of friends and a what ended up being a very brief and in retrospect, foolish relationship at a young age which meant a lot to me at the time, simply because I was never in one spot.
All that 'happy' carefree time I see people doing here, going out to clubs and partying, catching a band or DJ, none of that for me. I was always working, always.

Accountancy doesn't immediately have the appeal of IT I suppose for some people but it does offer you high pay and stability, I don't expect anyone young to understand that but it has some benefits which are not immediately obvious. You get to plant yourself down somewhere you like, with people you like, work hard, make money and if you want to travel, do it on your annual leave if you have the itch.
I won't pretend it's 'glamorous' but then again, IT really isn't that spunky either!
But most accountants I know are genuinely happy people, they live well, they get to see their family, friends and party on the weekends, as opposed to what? Burying your nose in the computer coding away for hours on end, for days on end to meet a deadline and the constantly fast moving technology curve that you will eventually fall behind if you don't self educate yourself in it. Which is both expensive and time consuming.

Keep doing your accountancy, because while you hate it now like a petulant child tossing boiled vegetables off your plate, it will come back and reward you at some point. Especially if you end up running your own business where it will be absolutely invaluable.
Work hard, really hard for other people for as long as it takes to get some money together and they strike out on your own with a good business idea which might use your IT skills.
It's hard work too, but I much prefer working hard for myself than anyone else.

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