Agree with comments, I could very easily be one of them that whinges that they can't get a job after their scraping pass in 'Film Studies' or whatever, and basically 'expect' a job/the world owes me etc.. And on a separate note, can't
stand that type

Every one and his mate going to Uni has cheapened Degrees, that no-one really cares that you've gone, tried your damnedest, literally shed tears over your work, racked up a ton of debt I could have bought a mint Monza GSE for with pocket change for a rough Viva, and still have 7 grand spare change to spend on doing it up.
As it goes managed to get to Coventry University on the Automotive Design course (so basically sketching, conceptualising, designing, and engineering cars) It's considered in the top ten internationally for Automotive Design, some say the best. It was a 4 years course. (could have done 3, but aimed for 4.) Managed to get in with 100ish other successful applicants of approx 6,000 that apply annually. About a third end up dropping out/don't make the sufficient grade by 3rd year. Managed to get designing for a company in Austria for a while after graduating, but once the contract finished, that was late '07, and the world went poo-poo, everywhere started cutting back in the area that won't show for a few years - design departments. (think of it as stopping maintaining the railways - you save money, you won't see any detriment for years, and by then it's someone else's problem.) Eg: That year Chrysler closed an entire studio, of 100 designers, all with 10+ years experience, and I sort of lost faith a bit when that happened - you think, 'well who would employ me?' The bias is massively toward experience, with companies expecting 3-5 years minimum experience from anyone... including fresh graduates amazingly!

On average they say there's ten new jobs annually worldwide.
So since done various freelance work, worked on a fuel cell project, which may yet make it to full production, and mostly graphic design (which I'm now in) painting, had a small studio doing commissions, shop work, office work, temp work (that was a weird one - making up the 'help' pack ring binders for people about to be made redundant.

) buying selling tat from car boot sales, handing out fliers outside a club, you name it. Very glad of my badly paid graphics job, because it's a rung on a ladder.
So restoring the old V6 is a bit of a therapeutic exercise, especially as she was the Diamond Black Beauty in which that the old man ferried me to and from home during most of my Uni days. Many happy memories, about being young and stressing about the hand-in in a fortnight. Will have to dig out a few pics I've done over the years.
I digress, it seems. Thanks for the waffle, gents, got it off my chest!
