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That is sound advice, Bob, and I would say the same to somebody else too. However, I did that earlier. I was accepted to 2 good English universities and a drama school to study performance arts but decided instead to go to another university specifically dedicated to courses that would lead to good jobs in the city - City University, London. There I studied and worked hard for a Bachelor of Science with Joint Honours in Business Computing Systems. It was effectively 2 degrees in 1: Business Management and Computer Science and normally takes 4 years but I managed to complete it in 3. I graduated in 1992 with an Upper Second (recognised in England as the 'professional' standard) but I was already over 30 and not one single employer would take me on because thay all stated that I was 'too old to be a graduate entry level' and because I did not have 6 years prior experience in a blue chip company so was 'not qualified for fast track'. I spent the next 4 years or so working full time at trying to find a job using my qualifications, with no success at all. So, I went back to university and took a full time one year course in education that would normally lead to a job as a teacher in further and higher education. I did find some work after that but only occasional and part time - I lectured at 6 universities (3 in London and later 3 in Austria) over the last 12 years or so, as a visiting lecturer, on a number of business areas including marketing, finance, human resource management and business computing but I could never find anything permanent or full time because I was not an academic as such and did not have a PhD. I also studied for a Master's degree in Arts Management and graduated in 2002 but that has never produced any work whatsoever. Furthermore, I already have professionally recognised qualifications in: Hypnotherapy, NLP, Psychotherapy and English language teaching among others. Sad to say, these have never produced enough work either.

So, as you can see, I already have more than enough business qualifications but the jobs just aren't there. That is why I am now looking at finally studying something that would be useful to me first but could also possibly lead to employment somehow and I figure that, as there are no really good sound engineers in Austria (they really do NOT know how to mix, either live or in the studio), that I could finally be in demand and they would be skills that would help me personally too. Therefore, the two courses I am considering are: 'Music Producer' online at Audiocation and 'Digital Journalism' at SAE

I hope that clarifies it a bit