I've worked in the field I studied for quite a few of the years that have passed since then, and in general have not found my university work to be very useful.

AOL to that, brother!

I rather wish I had taken a completely unrelated subject to further my personal education, as I'm sure this would not have negatively impacted on my career.

I'm not sure I'd go that far, though. Bits of my degree were quite entertaining -- just not very useful. Although I still have a small twinge of regret for not reading Philosophy, even though it would have been shed-loads more work.

Peter