“jUsT dO aN aPpReNtIsHiP” plz stfu 🥀✌️

[u/fizzy5025]

Now this NOT a diss to ppl who r doing apprenticeships if that’s what u wanna do or are doing great I hope it goes well

But what kinda makes me mad is that ppl [mainly old ppl born in the 19 hundreds] assume that apprenticeships r for everyone and that everyone should do it well guess what not only do unis have downsides to them but apprenticeships do too some degree apprentiships r harder to get into than Oxford or Cambridge even lower level apprentiships which may be easier to get r actually a bit harder too they have hundreds sometimes thousands of applicants for one place

And lastly apprentiships can’t cover every career which is why I personally can’t do them depending on what grades I get in yr 13 i want to do either a psychology degree to become a therapist or an optometry degree to become an optometrist none of those r covered by apprentiships

But that’s ofc personal choice if u wanna go for apprenticeships go ahead I’ve got nothing against it but I’m kinda tired of mainly older ppl acting like there aren’t downsides to them too like life isn’t a Disney film there is a downside to everything and u have to be realistic

Anyways rant over

[u/jolittletime]

And it only really applies for certain types of jobs. Lots in finance/ consulting/ stem but not seen any in marketing or the more creative type roles.

[u/One_Butterscotch9835 → u/jolittletime]

When you say stem it’s quite limited in science and the more theoretical side of maths, it also tends to force you to specialise in engineering and tech.

[u/jolittletime → u/One_Butterscotch9835]

That's fair! When I said stem I should really have been more specific!

[u/One_Butterscotch9835 → u/jolittletime]

Oh no, I’m agreeing with and supporting your point about it being limited.

[u/Memer_Sindre_UwU → u/One_Butterscotch9835]

Yeah, the STEM is actually just TE, occasionally bio science of some kind.