I'm a Ph.D student with a background in Marine Biology. After years of just working in dead-end jobs I decided to go to university on a foundation year + 3 years to get my B.Sc. Absolutely loved it, finished top of my class and top student in the biology the department (of 350 students). Won 4 of the 5 prizes offered by the department and was awarded a fully funded Ph.D
Just goes to show if you really love something and give it your all, amazing things can happen.
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Oct-06-2011 18:24
colonelcrisp
Isn't Batshit Crazy
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Ottawa
Civil Engineer........... lots of school but great pay plus i love my job and in the current job market for people with my skill set, its awesome for getting impromptu raises.
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
I have 3 hobbies: gaming, DJing & correcting maladjusted fools on the internet.
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Yeah, I’d like to know what horrible, scarring incident in your childhood turned you into such an ignorant, intellectual-hating philistine?
Oct-06-2011 18:33
prolikewhoa
veteran attention whore
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Berlin
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Originally posted by Jackson
I'm a Ph.D student with a background in Marine Biology. After years of just working in dead-end jobs I decided to go to university on a foundation year + 3 years to get my B.Sc. Absolutely loved it, finished top of my class and top student in the biology the department (of 350 students). Won 4 of the 5 prizes offered by the department and was awarded a fully funded Ph.D
Just goes to show if you really love something and give it your all, amazing things can happen.
that's awesome!
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philippe - In MEXICO says: ur the most clever pothead i know
philippe - In MEXICO says: u deserve a fucking medal
Oct-06-2011 19:15
phyrrus
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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Originally posted by Jackson
Just goes to show if you really love something and give it your all, amazing things can happen.
not to disparage your achievements or anything, but that's really only true if the thing that you love happens to be something that higher-ups deem to be a financially sound investment.
I just realized I didn't actually say what my job is. I jerk people off.
Oct-07-2011 02:21
Lilith
Meowsies!
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Maximum Security twilight home for cats
Not much has changed in the last 4 years. I just do less and get paid more by easily exploiting the cut-throat rental industry here, letting people throw money in my bank account, or remain homeless. So I occupy myself through the day with hobbies, at 3:30pm I pretend to be a mother to 3 adopted kids between the ages of awful and terrible.
The great superpower dreamland of Kittentopia never materialised it as I envisioned, apparently its still illegal to keep serfs.
Oct-07-2011 03:12
FuzzQi
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: In your face
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Originally posted by Miss Pie
I just realized I didn't actually say what my job is. I jerk people off.