Stephen Sunday

I didn’t come to the UK to survive. I came here to thrive, develop, and grow, and my MSc paved the way for that. The job advert I applied for specifically required an MSc in project management or equivalent, not a driver’s license. A driver’s license wouldn’t have secured me a project manager role in one of the largest GP practices in the UK. The only thing I did with my driver’s license in 2023 was a care job while I was still in school. Yes, a lot of people came here just to survive, but I had bigger goals and additional motivation. It is incredibly disrespectful to compare an MSc with a driver’s license. What is wrong with you people?

People in my circle are not surviving by chasing auto or manual licenses to stay back in the country. I guess this has a massive effect on how ambitious you are as an individual. I got my license on 7 July 2023 while I was in school and I did domiciliary care with it until the end of 2023. I had the option of getting a COS from my employer at the time but I turned it down. I paid £15,000 for my tuition and I was willing to work really hard to experience breakthrough. At the time, I was living with my brother and I saw firsthand how he would be awake at 3am honing his skills and enrolling in additional courses just to gain employment. I would listen while he attended interviews in his room and all I wanted was to smash interviews like him. Today, he is a cybersecurity expert with the NHS. One of my friends in school got a project management job before we even graduated, and he was sponsored right away. I have a friend who is a top graphic designer and earns really well. So you see, I cannot afford to not succeed. I cannot afford to not get a job that aligns with what I studied in school. The greatness of those around me has just rubbed off on me. So my mode of survival might simply be different from that of others. For me, there is no basis for comparison when talking about a driver’s license and an MSc.