Yeah, I did a questionnaire, I made up 80% of my results, lol. I don't have my dissertation here, but when I get home i'll just send you my analysis section. PM me your e-mail.
I've always loved computers and been into it. What made up my mind was when we had a shitty careers day in school. I saw a job for Systems Analyst for 60k a year, I was like "HOLY sh*t BATMAN".
If you're a programmer right now, there are quite a few jobs out there. I can only speak for myself, as I know people that had to look for time, but I had 2 job offers 1 month after finishing my final exam and 2 months before actually finding out my degree grade. Although I would say it was more based off my 13 months of placement experience.
Safe man! In both interviews, the 2 main things we talked about was my dissertation and outside hoobies/activites. So if you enjoyed it and done it well, they love to hear that sh*t.