Hi! I'm considering a schooling as a carpenter instead of finishing my current BA studies in Computer science, can you guys give me some advice?
Hello everyone! Long story short - I'm 25yo female, born and raised in Bulgaria, went to a language high school, moved to Germany when I was 19, started studying Korean Studies and Philosophy, realized after an year that I don't feel like studying just yet, so I backpacked around Europe for a while; came back to Germany and started working as a tutor for a small tutoring school. However, one year and a half later I decided that I should probably at least get a Bachelor's degree in something that I'm interested in, so I went for it and here I am, in my second year of Media Computer Science, working as a bartender/waitress on the side... and I'm not happy.
The hardest part about university is - the money. I'm poor, I have no financial support from my family since I turned 20, so if I wanna study and be able to pay my rent at the same time I need to work. I can't work full-time because I am a student, so I am at this 75% deal (Teilzeit in german). Unfortunately it's financially not enough and I'm stressing out about my education and if that's really what I want to do.
I consider myself a language enthusiast, I love creating things, be it art or anything handwork related, or, you know, just writing something good - a short story or some well-functioning code... I like computer science, I really do, but I really hate maths and my university is notorious in whole South Germany for shoving up maths in your face and masking it as programming, so that really bums me out. It's been 4 semesters now and my motivation to finish my Bachelor flew out the window.
Anyway, I decided to quit university and just deal with the fact that I'm not going to get a BA degree anytime soon (or at all) and I want to go for a schooling instead. I can still code on the side or do whatever, but mainly, I want my job to make me happy and I want to put my creativity to good work, so I'm seriously considering a schooling as a carpenter. I've been crafty and diy-ing thigs with wood since I was a child, mostly with my grandfather... So it's really special to me and definitely makes me happy. Also, the schooling is called Ausbildung in german, not sure how exactly to translate it, but it is 3 years, you get paid during the whole process and you have this switching system of some months school (theory) and most months work in a company... It's like a paid apprenticeship (my attempt to translate it).
Doing that schooling means that I can focus entirely on what I am doing without having to worry about work and money, because technically that's going to be my job. The salary is not huge, of course, but I don't need much, just want to feel safe and stable with it. Plus it increases with each year of schooling that passes by...
The problem is I'm stressing over it, I'm overthinking and I feel a bit stuck, but if i decide to do it it should be soon, because the schooling year starts in September, so I should technically apply already. Should I go for it? Has anyone else here gone down a similar road and is willing to share the story with me?
Ok, the rant is over. Thank you so much for reading! I feel better already, but please, any advice is greatly appreciated.
P. S. SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH, NOT A NATIVE SPEAKER why am i screaming, yes, also, writing this on my phone, so sorry for typos etc. PEACE AND LOVE
*edit: I posted this on r/careerguidance and r/Career, but I figured there's no harm in leaving it here too. :)
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