What jobs/careers can you genuinely work from home with?

[Willeh85]

So there are a lot of scams or pie in the sky opportunities out there.

Are there any genuine jobs/careers where you can work from home for a decent living, where a good majority of the time is spent at home and not visiting clients or the main office.

I've been thinking about the whole work/life balance recently and I'm slowly getting a bit tired of going to work in an office all day, having to interact with a lot of colleagues and students who I'm not really interested in talking too, and getting frustrated with other lazy departments/colleagues.

I'd really like to work from home if I can, where I can start and finish at whatever time I feel like as long as the work is completed on time. I wouldn't mind for instance, starting at 11, taking as many breaks as I like and working through until 10 at night. I find my mind is most active and I'm at my peak during these hours

This is also in part due to an illness I had a year or so ago which I'm still recovering from, which at times leaves me extremely tired and makes it very hard to wake up and get off to work on time in the mornings.

I renovated my house this year. I did a lot of the smashing apart and then project managed putting it all back together. I really enjoyed doing it as for the most part I did things how I wanted and put the hours in as and when needed and then rested on the days where there were natural breaks between jobs/trades coming in.

So I think I've somewhat answered my own question and would really enjoy being a property developer, but I haven't got the proper experience/qualifications, or funding to make a career/job of it.

So does anyone have any Ideas/suggestions?

[Willeh85]

Thank you for the replies everyone. There are certainly a good mix of opinions.

I currently work in University administration / student adviser role, and whilst its a good job and one of the best places I've worked, It's quite low paid and I'm now starting to find it very repetitive and would perhaps suit me better later in life if I was winding down my working life.

I've got no formal qualifications other than A levels, and I've used my university funding. However, I'm happy to re-train either by doing professional courses or going back to uni but I would need to find a company to sponsor me/pay the fees.

If I was working from home I wouldn't get 'cabin fever' as I'm quite active outside of work with my hockey club either coaching or playing 3 times a week and I also play 5a side. With this in mind, I'd also need a job that doesn't encroach on the weekends so I could continue with those activities.

I did like the idea though of Tues, Weds, Thurs in the office, and the Monday and Friday working from home.

I'm still keen to work in the construction/property development industry. Perhaps this will give me the right balance of office type work, site visits, and varying projects that would keep me interested and keep the grey matter working properly?

[Willeh85]

Type R Tom said:

Can you not do a degree through the Uni you work at? I was under the impression you can get on courses easily if you work there (well that is what my friends who work at one says).

I can for the most part get on the courses fairly easily, especially as I'm friends with a number of people in the admissions department.

The problem lies with funding the course. I used up my 'allowance' from student finance England 10 years ago but never completed my degree. I get a 25% discount on any course fees and my department will only pay them in their entirety if there is a business need, which for the most part tends to be MBA's and doctorates for Academic members of staff.