u/PlayErOnE27

Here are my two cents on my journey in the UK, spoilers, it's not all bad, but I needed a lot of trial and error to get it right. Currently working as a Marketing Executive in a good company in the UK.

I came to the UK in 2023 sept to study an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Greenwich. I was 26 at the time. I had a gf (24F) at that time. I did not take any education loan, and everything was paid from my pocket. This will come in handy later.

So, I came to the UK with hopes to only retrieve my money invested, aiming to stay for 3 years (1 year student visa + 2 years Graduate visa)

I then started looking for jobs and trying to find friends, I had quit, smoking, drinking, late night outs and partying and looked at masters in UK as a second chance in life, each day was costing me roughly £25-£35 just accommodation, travel and food excluding tuition fees, so I was really cautious on not wasting time in UK and do my studies and get a job.

Initially, many of my friends got jobs in restaurants and pubs. I had a cleaning job, but I quit after 2-4 weeks since I had to get up really early at 4 am and go to the job, which didn't even pay well.

I quit that job and tried finding different jobs. I kept going to university job fairs even when some of my roommates said that ‘the jobs there are useless.’ (THANK GOD!)

I found a teaching assistant job in the UK, and I had to assist students under year 6 with their studies, which was pretty simple but taxing on the mind. I did not mind that since it was really good pay and only had to work from 8 am - 3:30 pm, and I was home and ready to chat with my family and GF (who is also my wife now) and plan my future actions.

My gf was a really great support, and I had someone to bounce my ideas off, make sure my mental health is good and give me advice on lots of things. 

During my university studies, I knew that an MA in creative writing was not going to bring any jobs, so I studied marketing courses from YouTube and Udemy. I also had 3 years of writing and marketing experience before I came to London. I found Senator, we run ads and his video on “How he would start marketing all over”. It's a great piece of advice, and he suggests going in on one marketing field like (SEO, PPC, SSM) and giving it your all and going in depth.

He also suggested creating marketing portfolios, yes, case studies of companies that are hiring. There’s a third piece of advice I will give you that will get you a job in the UK later.

So I did, I studied marketing, read business books, entered a business competition at my university, and came in the top ten in that business competition. 

After my graduation, I tried a lot to get a job, optimised CVs, made case studies and applied to almost 300+ jobs. I got around 5-6 interviews, and I did not get a job. I had lost all hope in July 2025, and since the vacation started in August, which meant I did not have a job for almost 5-6 weeks, which was fine, since I had savings. 

After I got super bored one evening, I just decided to go along my high street and start asking if they required marketing help, and I can do that as a freelancer. That decision alone changed my life.

I went out, and I saw an ad for a ventilation company requiring marketing assistance, and I went in and gave my C.V I was called for an interview, and I went in with my case study. The interviewers, my current managers, asked me questions for 3 hours + which was great because no one in the past year had bothered to even look at my case studies.

After three hours, I went home, and in two weeks, I started working there. I have eight months until my visa expires, and I have to make the decision to go back home. But I have achieved what I came here for, and I don’t have any regrets. 

To tie everything together, my GF at home and not taking a loan was amongst the best things I could have had before arriving in the UK, which allowed me to only focus on being hirable for a job and getting one.

So, that’s what I had to say, making it in the UK is all about focus, learning new things, being humble enough to understand that other people can provide value, saving as much money as possible so you can use your free time to find jobs, ensuring you don’t think about doing as many shifts as humanly possible and just do jobs during your student life. The amount of resources and extracurricular activities you can do here is immense, and they help you a lot.

So I would end this super long post by saying this, “Work hard, study well, and eat and sleep plenty” — Master Roshni (The Turtle Hermit Way)

Here are my two cents on my journey in the UK, spoilers, it's not all bad, but I needed a lot of trial and error to get it right. Currently working as a Marketing Executive in a good company in the UK.

I came to the UK in 2023 sept to study an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Greenwich. I was 26 at the time. I had a gf (24F) at that time. I did not take any education loan, and everything was paid from my pocket. This will come in handy later.

So, I came to the UK with hopes to only retrieve my money invested, aiming to stay for 3 years (1 year student visa + 2 years Graduate visa)

I then started looking for jobs and trying to find friends, I had quit, smoking, drinking, late night outs and partying and looked at masters in UK as a second chance in life, each day was costing me roughly £25-£35 just accommodation, travel and food excluding tuition fees, so I was really cautious on not wasting time in UK and do my studies and get a job.

Initially, many of my friends got jobs in restaurants and pubs. I had a cleaning job, but I quit after 2-4 weeks since I had to get up really early at 4 am and go to the job, which didn't even pay well.

I quit that job and tried finding different jobs. I kept going to university job fairs even when some of my roommates said that ‘the jobs there are useless.’ (THANK GOD!)

I found a teaching assistant job in the UK, and I had to assist students under year 6 with their studies, which was pretty simple but taxing on the mind. I did not mind that since it was really good pay and only had to work from 8 am - 3:30 pm, and I was home and ready to chat with my family and GF (who is also my wife now) and plan my future actions.

My gf was a really great support, and I had someone to bounce my ideas off, make sure my mental health is good and give me advice on lots of things. 

During my university studies, I knew that an MA in creative writing was not going to bring any jobs, so I studied marketing courses from YouTube and Udemy. I also had 3 years of writing and marketing experience before I came to London. I found Senator, we run ads and his video on “How he would start marketing all over”. It's a great piece of advice, and he suggests going in on one marketing field like (SEO, PPC, SSM) and giving it your all and going in depth.

He also suggested creating marketing portfolios, yes, case studies of companies that are hiring. There’s a third piece of advice I will give you that will get you a job in the UK later.

So I did, I studied marketing, read business books, entered a business competition at my university, and came in the top ten in that business competition. 

After my graduation, I tried a lot to get a job, optimised CVs, made case studies and applied to almost 300+ jobs. I got around 5-6 interviews, and I did not get a job. I had lost all hope in July 2025, and since the vacation started in August, which meant I did not have a job for almost 5-6 weeks, which was fine, since I had savings. 

After I got super bored one evening, I just decided to go along my high street and start asking if they required marketing help, and I can do that as a freelancer. That decision alone changed my life.

I went out, and I saw an ad for a ventilation company requiring marketing assistance, and I went in and gave my C.V I was called for an interview, and I went in with my case study. The interviewers, my current managers, asked me questions for 3 hours + which was great because no one in the past year had bothered to even look at my case studies.

After three hours, I went home, and in two weeks, I started working there. I have eight months until my visa expires, and I have to make the decision to go back home. But I have achieved what I came here for, and I don’t have any regrets. 

To tie everything together, my GF at home and not taking a loan was amongst the best things I could have had before arriving in the UK, which allowed me to only focus on being hirable for a job and getting one.

So, that’s what I had to say, making it in the UK is all about focus, learning new things, being humble enough to understand that other people can provide value, saving as much money as possible so you can use your free time to find jobs, ensuring you don’t think about doing as many shifts as humanly possible and just do jobs during your student life. The amount of resources and extracurricular activities you can do here is immense, and they help you a lot.

So I would end this super long post by saying this, “Work hard, study well, and eat and sleep plenty” — Master Roshni (The Turtle Hermit Way)

Here are my two cents on my journey in the UK, spoilers, it's not all bad, but I needed a lot of trial and error to get it right. Currently working as a Marketing Executive in a good company in the UK.

I came to the UK in 2023 sept to study an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Greenwich. I was 26 at the time. I had a gf (24F) at that time. I did not take any education loan, and everything was paid from my pocket. This will come in handy later.

So, I came to the UK with hopes to only retrieve my money invested, aiming to stay for 3 years (1 year student visa + 2 years Graduate visa) 

I then started looking for jobs and trying to find friends, I had quit, smoking, drinking, late night outs and partying and looked at masters in UK as a second chance in life, each day was costing me roughly £25-£35 just accommodation, travel and food excluding tuition fees, so I was really cautious on not wasting time in UK and do my studies and get a job.

Initially, many of my friends got jobs in restaurants and pubs. I had a cleaning job, but I quit after 2-4 weeks since I had to get up really early at 4 am and go to the job, which didn't even pay well.

I quit that job and tried finding different jobs. I kept going to university job fairs even when some of my roommates said that ‘the jobs there are useless.’ (THANK GOD!)

I found a teaching assistant job in the UK, and I had to assist students under year 6 with their studies, which was pretty simple but taxing on the mind. I did not mind that since it was really good pay and only had to work from 8 am - 3:30 pm, and I was home and ready to chat with my family and GF (who is also my wife now) and plan my future actions.

My gf was a really great support, and I had someone to bounce my ideas off, make sure my mental health is good and give me advice on lots of things. 

During my university studies, I knew that an MA in creative writing was not going to bring any jobs, so I studied marketing courses from YouTube and Udemy. I also had 3 years of writing and marketing experience before I came to London. I found Senator, we run ads and his video on “How he would start marketing all over”. It's a great piece of advice, and he suggests going in on one marketing field like (SEO, PPC, SSM) and giving it your all and going in depth.

He also suggested creating marketing portfolios, yes, case studies of companies that are hiring. There’s a third piece of advice I will give you that will get you a job in the UK later. 

So I did, I studied marketing, read business books, entered a business competition at my university, and came in the top ten in that business competition. 

After my graduation, I tried a lot to get a job, optimised CVs, made case studies and applied to almost 300+ jobs. I got around 5-6 interviews, and I did not get a job. I had lost all hope in July 2025, and since the vacation started in August, which meant I did not have a job for almost 5-6 weeks, which was fine, since I had savings. 

After I got super bored one evening, I just decided to go along my high street and start asking if they required marketing help, and I can do that as a freelancer. That decision alone changed my life.

I went out, and I saw an ad for a ventilation company requiring marketing assistance, and I went in and gave my C.V I was called for an interview, and I went in with my case study. The interviewers, my current managers, asked me questions for 3 hours + which was great because no one in the past year had bothered to even look at my case studies.

After three hours, I went home, and in two weeks, I started working there. I have eight months until my visa expires, and I have to make the decision to go back home. But I have achieved what I came here for, and I don’t have any regrets. 

To tie everything together, my GF at home and not taking a loan was amongst the best things I could have had before arriving in the UK, which allowed me to only focus on being hirable for a job and getting one.

So, that’s what I had to say, making it in the UK is all about focus, learning new things, being humble enough to understand that other people can provide value, saving as much money as possible so you can use your free time to find jobs, ensuring you don’t think about doing as many shifts as humanly possible and just do jobs during your student life. The amount of resources and extracurricular activities you can do here is immense, and they help you a lot.

So I would end this super long post by saying this, “Work hard, study well, and eat and sleep plenty” — Master Roshni (The Turtle Hermit Way)

Here are my two cents on my journey in the UK, spoilers, it's not all bad, but I needed a lot of trial and error to get it right. Currently working as a Marketing Executive in a good company in the UK.

I came to the UK in 2023 sept to study an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Greenwich. I was 26 at the time. I had a gf (24F) at that time. I did not take any education loan, and everything was paid from my pocket. This will come in handy later.

So, I came to the UK with hopes to only retrieve my money invested, aiming to stay for 3 years (1 year student visa + 2 years Graduate visa) 

I then started looking for jobs and trying to find friends, I had quit, smoking, drinking, late night outs and partying and looked at masters in UK as a second chance in life, each day was costing me roughly £25-£35 just accommodation, travel and food excluding tuition fees, so I was really cautious on not wasting time in UK and do my studies and get a job.

Initially, many of my friends got jobs in restaurants and pubs. I had a cleaning job, but I quit after 2-4 weeks since I had to get up really early at 4 am and go to the job, which didn't even pay well.

I quit that job and tried finding different jobs. I kept going to university job fairs even when some of my roommates said that ‘the jobs there are useless.’ (THANK GOD!)

I found a teaching assistant job in the UK, and I had to assist students under year 6 with their studies, which was pretty simple but taxing on the mind. I did not mind that since it was really good pay and only had to work from 8 am - 3:30 pm, and I was home and ready to chat with my family and GF (who is also my wife now) and plan my future actions.

My gf was a really great support, and I had someone to bounce my ideas off, make sure my mental health is good and give me advice on lots of things. 

During my university studies, I knew that an MA in creative writing was not going to bring any jobs, so I studied marketing courses from YouTube and Udemy. I also had 3 years of writing and marketing experience before I came to London. I found Senator, we run ads and his video on “How he would start marketing all over”. It's a great piece of advice, and he suggests going in on one marketing field like (SEO, PPC, SSM) and giving it your all and going in depth.

He also suggested creating marketing portfolios, yes, case studies of companies that are hiring. There’s a third piece of advice I will give you that will get you a job in the UK later. 

So I did, I studied marketing, read business books, entered a business competition at my university, and came in the top ten in that business competition. 

After my graduation, I tried a lot to get a job, optimised CVs, made case studies and applied to almost 300+ jobs. I got around 5-6 interviews, and I did not get a job. I had lost all hope in July 2025, and since the vacation started in August, which meant I did not have a job for almost 5-6 weeks, which was fine, since I had savings. 

After I got super bored one evening, I just decided to go along my high street and start asking if they required marketing help, and I can do that as a freelancer. That decision alone changed my life.

I went out, and I saw an ad for a ventilation company requiring marketing assistance, and I went in and gave my C.V I was called for an interview, and I went in with my case study. The interviewers, my current managers, asked me questions for 3 hours + which was great because no one in the past year had bothered to even look at my case studies.

After three hours, I went home, and in two weeks, I started working there. I have eight months until my visa expires, and I have to make the decision to go back home. But I have achieved what I came here for, and I don’t have any regrets. 

To tie everything together, my GF at home and not taking a loan was amongst the best things I could have had before arriving in the UK, which allowed me to only focus on being hirable for a job and getting one.

So, that’s what I had to say, making it in the UK is all about focus, learning new things, being humble enough to understand that other people can provide value, saving as much money as possible so you can use your free time to find jobs, ensuring you don’t think about doing as many shifts as humanly possible and just do jobs during your student life. The amount of resources and extracurricular activities you can do here is immense, and they help you a lot.

So I would end this super long post by saying this, “Work hard, study well, and eat and sleep plenty” — Master Roshni (The Turtle Hermit Way)