Got an opportunity...

[Chalky.]

Somebody comes to you and offers you an unsecured loan for £30,000 when you're in late teens/early twenties.

This is for a project to be spread over the next three years, using the absolutely best advisory and creative facilities. You choose the facilities.

At the end of the project, the return for the project can be from relatively small up to £150,000/£200,000 a year, depending on your choice and working of the project. The loan is only repayable if the return is above just over £20,000.

What are peoples thoughts? Good opportunity?

[D O G]

What is it? There is not enough info here to give any reasonable response.

[ian789]

Sounds like uni?

[D O G]

[WildGoose]

Nearly got me there, in fact you did, well done.

You won't earn 150k, you won't even earn 30k.

But you will have sex and drink a lot, oh and there is computer games there.

You will be fully qualfied to say "like" every third fucking word.

You'll delay having to grow up for 3 years.

Rock and/or roll.
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[colin1]

Going to uni, is a way to prove what you are capable of. There is no point doing it unless you are going to put a bit of work in to achieve good grades.

A lot of courses are a waste of time. A lot of people waste their time at uni by not applying themselves even if they did get onto a good course (me).

Having said that, if you only have to pay it back if you get a decentish job, you havent got much to lose really.
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[The Artist]

If this is uni you are on about, then fairplay at good wording.

If this is actually some business thing, then I want in.

[instigator]

Change your nationality to Scottish somehow; no loan needed.

[T0MMY]

Precisely what I did and I paid no fees

[Chalky.]

It is uni indeed!

But when put into a business sense... it sounds like a good investment eh!

Remember, if you don't think you'll make back a 6 figure salary, you don't have to go.

HTH.

X

[D O G]

[ncrn]

[Kickstart]

Hi

I work in IT, and in that whether you have a degree or not the chances of getting a 6 figure salary are pretty close to zero. Starting salary for someone with a degree is likely to be around £20k outside London and likely to take a good few years to reach £30k. Unless you are exceptionally good the only way you are going to get even 2/3 of the way to a 6 figure salary is in senior management.

All the best

Keith
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[Chalky.]

[ncrn]

[Kickstart]

Hi

I would say that in IT for most areas the skills from a degree are not required. The place my better half works does require a degree for trainees in IT but doesn't really care what that degree is in. An IT related degree is no advantage, with the skills gained from such a degree not viewed as particularly useful.

Suspect the same is true of most areas. A degree is just asked for as a lazy way of thinning down the number of applicants. Getting people to spend 3 years and a hell of a lot of money doing a degree just to save a few minutes of the recruiters time seems fairly pointless.

In a lot of areas the skills come down to an aptitude (ie a people manager needs decent people skills which can't really be taught). Having a degree doesn't really confirm whether the person has an aptitude for it or not.

All the best

Keith
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[Redoko]

[instigator]

Why people continue to debate this, I don't know.

A lot of degrees are useful and necessary for getting into some professions.

On the other hand, a lot of degrees are a complete and utter waste of time.

Some degrees just naturally lead to a lot of money

Some degrees aren't worth the paper they're written on.

You can't put percentages on any of the above so stop trying to debate about it. Some of you have sour grapes about having a degree/not having a degree, it's fairly evident.

End fo.

[Chalky.]

[Redoko]

[instigator]

[Marcg868]

I enjoy Uni, but then the NHS pays for my course But then i work part time in the NHS who pay me and tax me. But then my taxe's go to the NHS. And i'm now confusing myself

Either way, my degree will mean i earn £30,000 a year eventually if i can be bothered to upgrade from a Band 5 Nurse and go up the ladder.
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[Kickstart]

[swampy]

[ncrn]