Ah, university. If you've managed to survive three (or perhaps more!) years of ridiculous amounts of alcohol entering your body, waking up in trees and occasionally stumbling into a lecture with bed hair, a strange smell of turnips about you and the brain power of a mollusc, you're now ready to be unleashed upon the world and shout to absolutely everyone about the wonderful new degree you've just received. The student life will have no doubt prepared you for the time ahead. After all, you've lived on your own for three plus years now; surely you've learned how to cope on your own two feet by this point? You're a veteran of Iceland, Aldi and Lidl, a keen bargain hunter and are quite content with getting sloshed on the cheapest booze going. Surely you've got all the tools for life after uni? Wrong. Life after uni is hideous, painful and will require great amounts of blood, sweat, tears to claw yourself back to somewhere vaguely near where you want to be. You may even - we know it sounds horrible - have to actually do some growing up. So to those students who are about to graduate and those who know all too well how horrible life after uni can be, this article is for you. Be prepared for some harsh truths ahead. But hey, keep smiling! Or alternatively get drunk and sing a happy tune until it all goes away.
19. No One Gives A Diddly Squat About Your Degree
Surely wearing that ridiculous gown thing and mortar board while suffering through endless hours of everyone graduating was worth it right? You've even got your shiny piece of paper that says you're all special and now are the proud owner of a degree. Cue umpteenth months of desperate job applying where you send off CVs to absolutely everyone everywhere and absolutely no cares are given whatsoever. Welcome to the job market!
Dan Curtis is approximately one-half videogame knowledge, and the other half inexplicable Geordie accent. He's also one quarter of the Factory Sealed Retro Gaming podcast.
