Does anyone know what career he actually wants? I know he's mentioned a PhD before, but what does he want to do after that?
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I mean, he'd be bonkers to get a PhD in English without plans to go into academia. Any other job would prefer either a more specialized degree (eg. law) or relevant work experience.
In the US, academia is crazy saturated, with more PhD graduates than available tenure-track jobs. I'm not sure if the UK has the same problem, but if it does, he should take that into consideration.
It's super saturated here too, boomers and the older Gen Xs don't retire properly so younger academics struggle to get a foot in the door, and corona has caused massive layoffs and forced people to take "voluntary" severance.
I think Jack was misguided in thinking that studying at Durham was going to mean anything once he tried to get a job. Employers don't care for the most part. A first will mean next to nothing after a few years too. Work experience is what counts, which he has zero of, and didn't prioritise at all during his degree.
We don't really have tenure in the UK, but any UK academic position is highly competitive as you say (I don't know the exact stats, but I have heard that the ratio is something like 10 PhDs being awarded : 1 postdoc/academic position available).
PhDs mean little in the workplace, degrees and masters are meaning less (especially academic rather than industry focused degress), employers want useful skills not just academic theory. Like you say the university name means very little, I'm surprised how many job applications and recruitment websites I've signed up to that dont ask for degree classification...just that you have one. The other issue with phds is finding a university that is able to support your particular research proposal.
Universities were in trouble and making cuts long before covid but with covid and brexit on the horizon it's going to get much worse before it gets better. In fact it may never go back to the old days again.
Just to say a lot of universities are forcing older academics out, and many look for new academics to have masters and possibly phds but also practical industry experience. Jack would be a hopeless academic really as he has no real world experience and thats the direction many unis are heading.
I honestly dont think Jack is hugely employable as it stands.
Universities were in trouble and making cuts long before covid but with covid and brexit on the horizon it's going to get much worse before it gets better. In fact it may never go back to the old days again.
Just to say a lot of universities are forcing older academics out, and many look for new academics to have masters and possibly phds but also practical industry experience. Jack would be a hopeless academic really as he has no real world experience and thats the direction many unis are heading.
I honestly dont think Jack is hugely employable as it stands.
I think Jack’s arrogance refuses to let him see that he isn’t actually anything special in terms of all the other grads looking for work. He comes across as being so entitled.
The uni name definitely matters for some degrees - especially if he was to convert to law but I don't see him liking law very much, and generally he has no clue what he wants to do anyway
For some reason, I think he might want to do something in the... entertainment industry, maybe host tv programs or write for tv shows (more specifically for dramas, possibly screen write for the episodes)
Too much success too young, in a way. He made a brand off the back of being a uni student... but the achievement is in the marketing, not in the English degree.
I remember PaigeY talking about her reasons for picking a job offer over a master's year at Cambridge and in that video, I believe she was also talking about how university doesn't change too much in terms of employability. She was mentioning how many Cambridge graduates were also struggling to find a job, and she was sadly right. It's an especially challenging time for newly graduates, I feel for them honestly. The pandemic cost a lot of experienced people their jobs, let alone new graduates. The job market is a nightmare right now so those who tried to make sure they had some experience under their belts are at least one step ahead. Paige did a very smart thing with her internship on her second year summer, now she must be looking back thanking herself that she had the sense to see ahead.
Jack's luck is that he doesn't have to worry about choosing rent over food. Youtube keeps him going for now but he must have thought it'd be fairly easy to walk into a master's degree or a job with a first from Durham in his résumé. If only.
Jack's luck is that he doesn't have to worry about choosing rent over food. Youtube keeps him going for now but he must have thought it'd be fairly easy to walk into a master's degree or a job with a first from Durham in his résumé. If only.
He definitely doesn't even need a master's degree for that, he shouldn't waste his time if that's what he wants unless it's a specific course that'll teach TV writing and media production
He also got lucky by being in right place at right time during the social media explosion. He is now entering a world full of Jack's, many with better skills and talent. If he really wanted to be a writer of some sort he would be writing books (real books not strung together blog posts,) , screenplays etc
Unless you're going into the big careers like medicine, science, law or politics then the university means very little. And even in law I know a few who studied at university outside the top 50 who are now doing very very nicely in the legal profession
Unless you're going into the big careers like medicine, science, law or politics then the university means very little. And even in law I know a few who studied at university outside the top 50 who are now doing very very nicely in the legal profession
So am I getting this right, he went to Berlin for a few days, no social distancing or masks. Then proceeds to meet up with Anastasia and Haz who both have not been social distancing/ following the rules. Jack is so irresponsible and seems to have just forgot about covid going here and there with everyone. It’s not fair that he doesn’t get any consequences from his actions and some people like myself have been careful but still catch coronavirus
This!! Online uni is so hard and these influencers just go about doing whatever the duck they want without a care about the restrictions. No social distancing or masks and for what? It’s not even like he’s been to see family he hasnt been able to see, or gone abroad for a longer holiday. But going on loads of shorter holidays to different places, bleeping about for Instagram pictures and videos is disgusting when people are dying. I’ve been pretty much alone for weeks and I’ve caught covid from a flat mate, makes me so bleeping angry that influencers think they are above the law
I dont disagree at all, but just to say friends who still work at unis reported new students only wanting to keep their place and attend if nothing was on campus for at least the first term so I think uni students are just as split as the rest of the country.
Personally I liked finishing my degree online but I can see how it wouldnt be for everyone especially first years wanting the uni experience
Personally I liked finishing my degree online but I can see how it wouldnt be for everyone especially first years wanting the uni experience
Coronavirus really made me change my mind on a lot of studytubers (and youtubers/celebrities in general), I lost my respect for many of them. Unjaded jade is one of the firsts on the list, but jack is quickly following. I just can't wrap my head around how privileged some people are and how badly they use this privilege. I'm jealous? Yes! How could I not be? I lost my part time job, I have to attend uiversity online and I lost countless experiences that I should have had between last year and this year. But jack can just travel and ignore social distancing, seems right.
Don't worry, we're all pretty frustrated in having to teach the online classes- it's a completely different way of working and we'd all much rather be doing in-person things, but we have to do it until the virus has gone.
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