Career change

Originally Posted by Unregistered

let me guess... from ntu comm studies??
This is such a common story...

yes indeed...it's a sham course for sure. in some ways more useless than a generic arts/social science degree from nus.

only useful if you want to do pr/corp comms/marcomms roles, which is kinda a 'natural talent' thing anyway.

I was a high flying executive making big bucks for a good many years. I have made enough money and now retired from working for other people. Now I work as a volunteer with voluntary organisations for free on their projects.

I earn enough passive income from my investments. I feel very fulfilled now as I get to interact with many people, I experience emotions which my fellow millionaire friends who are in their own world would never be able to experience.

In life, richness is the feeling of contentment and knowing you have made a diiference in the life of the less fortunate ones. I am now 45.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

yes indeed...it's a sham course for sure. in some ways more useless than a generic arts/social science degree from nus.

only useful if you want to do pr/corp comms/marcomms roles, which is kinda a 'natural talent' thing anyway.

NTU Comm studies is in no way worse off compared to a generic arts/social science degree. At least it is industry related and opens lots of doors if you want to get into the media/comms industry and provides a lot of exposure. But if you are not interested in comms, it is probably a bad idea to take this degree since it is, like the above poster mentioned, populated with lots of 'natural talent' types who genuinely enjoy comms. It's like a having a person who dislikes computer science but doing a degree for the sake of it, only to hate the industry and attempt to make a career switch...instead of becoming a founder of a billion-dollar tech startup.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

NTU Comm studies is in no way worse off compared to a generic arts/social science degree. At least it is industry related and opens lots of doors if you want to get into the media/comms industry and provides a lot of exposure. But if you are not interested in comms, it is probably a bad idea to take this degree since it is, like the above poster mentioned, populated with lots of 'natural talent' types who genuinely enjoy comms. It's like a having a person who dislikes computer science but doing a degree for the sake of it, only to hate the industry and attempt to make a career switch...instead of becoming a founder of a billion-dollar tech startup.

Being a tech startup founder is an over-hyped thing. It is relative easy to make an application or system however to popularise them become an issue with so many ideas floating around. (Check your app stores/websites...whateva) In fact, the failing rate of tech startups is much higher than other forms of business. The only upside is that the barrier of entry is damn low especially you have the technical skills to turn your ideas into reality.

(From a tech person)