I always see these "you don't need a degree to work in esports!" posts, and while yes, it is true, imo it's not a message we should be spreading to impressionable kids.

My chem degree doesn't relate to my job in social media at all, but that doesn't mean I "wasted my time"

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While at uni I learned so many life skills, and despite hating my degree I'm so glad I kept at it and came out the other side with a qualification.

Aside from the life skills I learned, it also gave me a fallback option.

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If I realised I hated esports, G2 decided not to continue with me or I just never got the opportunity to work for G2 when I did, I had a degree in Chemistry that I could use to get a decent job.

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Sure, it's great to say "well I didn't need a degree / my degree doesn't relate to my job so who needs a degree", but for every one of you, there's a bunch of kids who threw all their chips into the esports basket and it didn't work out.

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If you want to work in esports, or any industry, stay in education for as long as you can. It doesn't matter if it's uni, an apprenticeship or whatever, just make sure you at least give yourself a fallback option by having qualifications, in case it doesn't work out.

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For people in the industry, I know you mean well, but you have to recognise that while you worked very hard to be where you are, this industry isn't cut out for everyone, and not everyone gets the lucky breaks a lot of us got to get where we are right now.

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