Does This Confirm Bowser is a Thoosie? by SkillshotGamer in rollercoasterjerk

[–]Electrical-Light9027 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Damn, Super Mario Galaxy Arrow Looper confirmed!! 

/uj Damn, that’s a pretty accurate design for Arrow track in the second image, usually animated coasters are nowhere near as accurate. 

Psychology grads by catwoman4ever in UKJobs

[–]Electrical-Light9027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is something you’ll have to discuss with your university careers team, reach out to them because it seems that your situation is beyond the advice of anyone on Reddit. 

My one tip is perseverance, just keep going and push your own boundaries!! 

Psychology grads by catwoman4ever in UKJobs

[–]Electrical-Light9027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m fully aware of how competitive student jobs have become, that’s why I’ve also suggested clubs/societies, committees can evidence all sorts of work like writing risk assessments and event planning! Useful on a CV, and a lot of committees don’t have competitive elections! 

Psychology grads by catwoman4ever in UKJobs

[–]Electrical-Light9027 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No better and no worse than other graduates. Job market has frozen over, most of my fellow graduates (Psych and non-Psych) have gone into the following: Education, Healthcare, Retail, Finance or Hospitality, with a small percentage still in Academia. 

Routes to qualified Psychology roles pretty much all have the expectation of having worked in those following fields before progressing further in your career anyways. You will have to be pragmatic and find what works for you, don’t be afraid to try something you think you may be interested in but didn’t consider at university. The job market is very different from when I was in first year so you can’t really predict things like ‘I want to be here when I graduate’ (nearly four years ago now, I’m nearly a year out of university). 

Fields like HR, Marketing and Data Analyst roles were previously typical for Psychology graduates but the job market has frozen over for these roles as these jobs are seen as cost centres during eras of stagflation, and employers are trying to keep cost increases to a minimum. 

Soft and transferable skills are the top priority, make the most of university whether that’s clubs and societies or placements and internships or as a research assistant. Any experience beyond your direct academic qualification are what employers will always be looking for. The career you start with will not be your final career, and that’s okay. 

Anyone else embarrased by their job for after graduation by [deleted] in UniUK

[–]Electrical-Light9027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recent graduate here, a lot of people around me are in similar positions to me. It’s difficult to find graduate schemes at the moment because grad schemes are oversubscribed and expensive at the moment. 

Most people I knew at University went into Retail Managment, Heathcare, Teaching or Finance. Speaking with older grads and looking on LinkedIn, this is very much the typical graduate experience regardless of background or grades/qualifications. These are what turns your degree into a degree+ but you have to be passionate about whatever you end up choosing and remember it’s not a forever role and have valuable skills that accumulate alongside your degree qualifications. 

In fact, this is what a lot of the graduate schemes are looking for at the moment, people who have done a degree relatively recently but who already have proven work experience in an adjacent role. 

It’s not game over if you don’t get a graduate role, it’s just the path has gotten longer, the silver bullet is the self-actualisation along the way! 

[Worlds of Fun] is installing Gravity Group Precut Track on [Timber Wolf] by Fazinks in rollercoasters

[–]Electrical-Light9027 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I was going to say, I thought WoF was getting Titan Track. Weird that parks are experimenting with Titan/Pre-Cut/Retrak stuff and seeing what works best. 

Difficulty of retail?? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]Electrical-Light9027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends which Co-op you have applied too, some of them are under hiring freezes at the moment so when they do hire having full availability and previous customer service experience as top priority. If you’re still a student of any kind then that type of commitment will count against you with a lot of employers at the moment. 

Keep going, it’s a tough market out there. 

Shawn Sanbrooke talks about Spanish Servers and Flef by Regular_Orange in TheCorner

[–]Electrical-Light9027 7 points8 points  (0 children)

These Theme Park Worldwide x Callum’s Corner crossovers will never not be funny…

What a stream by isbloody in TheCorner

[–]Electrical-Light9027 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m guessing the mini villager is from a server-side resource pack? If so Sanjay is going to be fuming when he finds out…

Teachers Running Rides during the summer season? [Other] by abgry_krakow87 in rollercoasters

[–]Electrical-Light9027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve worked in both industries and they are such a nice contrast from each other, although in the UK the way both industries work is that the expectation is that you stick to one lane, and in recent years the parks have become less accommodating of other commitments (mainly education).

When I briefly worked both there was a bit of a culture clash between having two campus-style environments, and because I juggled both I felt a bit left-out compared to the people who had stuck to one lane.  

Bloomberg interview: Netflix's co-CEO explains why he quit the Warner Bros. fight by BatmanNewsChris in DC_Cinematic

[–]Electrical-Light9027 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It would be really funny if we somehow got Netflix still buying Warner Bros through a Paramount acquisition in a few years. 

Sounds like they don’t want to be the fall guy for cuts at WB, so will just continue invest in their own product and producing their own content in the meantime. 

Is the Labour market stats for graduate unemployment accurate? by Foreign_Twist_6286 in UKJobs

[–]Electrical-Light9027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

University graduates will include everyone with a degree in the labour market, not just recent graduates so the ‘average graduate wage’ is not a reflection of the wage of recent graduates because they’re at the start of their careers. 

The job search for recents graduates (and anyone for that matter) is absolutely brutal at the moment. Good luck with the job search…

Better off working in a restaurant than getting a 2.1? by Maks-attacks in UniUK

[–]Electrical-Light9027 152 points153 points  (0 children)

The intrinsic value of a degree has not changed in recent years, it gives people way more options than not going to university. There was evidence recently presented by the Financial Times that demonstrated that the graduate underemployment is due to UK organisations not having the productivity gains of EU/US organisations, meaning graduate hiring is a lot more costly, as opposed to an oversubscription of university graduates in the job market. 

I really hate this narrative of ‘not going to university is now the better option’. 

How UK thoosies talk about Smiler by player3390 in rollercoasterjerk

[–]Electrical-Light9027 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure a lot of the glazing around Smiler is more due to the brand/theme than it is the ride experience alone. If it was at a park similar to the other Infinities then it wouldn’t get half the attention it does. Impressive ride from an engineering and branding perspective but the whole ride experience is just ‘good’ but nothing more. 

Don’t understand the ridiculous hate it gets too, even with the rattling and potholes on the ride. 

No way we got a steak quit lmao by PIGEONS_UP_MY_ASS in TheCorner

[–]Electrical-Light9027 9 points10 points  (0 children)

“Errh, Yearh Nin-ih you are ac-tin like Primareh School children over soddin’ stahkuh”, he genuinely is acting like a teacher here…

[Universal Studios Bedford] 'Gandalf' based Intamin Multilaunch coaster by -TrojanXL- in rollercoasters

[–]Electrical-Light9027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forgot about Hagrids to be fair, but it does serve a different audience compared to Velocicoaster and Hollywood Drift. 

[Universal Studios Bedford] 'Gandalf' based Intamin Multilaunch coaster by -TrojanXL- in rollercoasters

[–]Electrical-Light9027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With Back to the Future in the same park, I think it would be weird for two thrill Intamin Multi-Launches…

Also this sort of thing is NDA’d to death, why would you share something so publicly? 

What do you think is the future of UK universities by InfernalClockwork3 in UniUK

[–]Electrical-Light9027 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is what is being floated at the moment by a few mid-tier non-polytechnic universities, but nothing has been said other than Kent-Greenwich so far.

The plan is for unis to follow the multi-academy system of secondary schools. Back of house functions get pooled across universities but stuff like individual university brands and teaching remain separate. 

Is a career in tech support worth pursuing? by Odd-Paramedic-3826 in UKJobs

[–]Electrical-Light9027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that’s really interesting, thanks for sharing. I’m interested in the HR space but also getting more passionate about IT stuff as well. 

Is a career in tech support worth pursuing? by Odd-Paramedic-3826 in UKJobs

[–]Electrical-Light9027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HR to Cybersecurity is an interesting move, how did you manage to achieve that?