If you were to change careers now, what would you do?

[rustyuk]

anonymous said:

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I'm pretty sure he doesn't get 1 week off every 5 weeks. There is no chance starting off on a full-time round either.

[67Dino]

Always fancied being one of those TED speakers who once had a top job at a really cool tech firm, and now goes around doing highly paid talks about it. Looks like the life of Riley to me.

Unfortunately not really possible at the moment due to (a) Covid and (b) the need to have once had a top job at a really cool tech firm.

[crofty1984]

Starting from 18 again and applying for uni - possibly architecture. Or a realistic change right now, probably engineer or patent attorney.

[Imad]

Fatball said:

Spent time as a teenager working school holidays on a family farm or one of the neighbouring farms. No other job I’ve had had ever made me as happy as working on those farms and I’ve had a few different jobs over the years and earned anything between 20k and 80k a year.

So if I had my time again I’d have tried to get into farming and all that comes with it. I had no idea you could go to farming college back then and no one encouraged it. In my early 40’s I guess it’s too late and the cost of property/land is prohibitive.

Or possibly you just had a great time being a teenager?...

[Imad]

crofty1984 said:

Starting from 18 again and applying for uni - possibly architecture. Or a realistic change right now, probably engineer or patent attorney.

Architecture..... don’t do it! A long time of studying for not much financial reward (though there are exceptions)

[Daveb257]

At 52 & after 26 years in motor trade I’m now in the Public Health Sector, although it’s probably not the easiest time to have done it but glad I have. I enjoy learning and wasn't anything else I wanted to do with cars, this is great, huge learning curve naturally but dealing with people properly is a constant in all industries & walks of life.

[Johnnytheboy]

rustyuk said:

DWDarkWheels said:

anonymous said:

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I've considered this for years, an idea planted by Chris Donald of VIZ complaining about the stress of the growth of VIZ. I've applied aplenty in the past year, but their automated recruitment thing is a pain. I'm doing something more comfortable for me right now, but Postie still appeals.

A good mate of mine is a Postie. Finishes around 12pm most days, starts about 7am. Lots are classed as part-time, took him a few years before he was offered a full time contract.

He absolutely loves it. Not sure what is pays but from what I understand it's mid 20's

Round where I live I see lots of Royal Mail's 7.5 tonne lorries driving round like they have been stolen. Looks like a nice little job.

I can drive a 7.5 tonner (though I'd need the CPC now), and I bet they earn as much as I do for managing six jobsworths.

On that note in answer to the original question: ANYTHING that didn't involve line management.

[Uhtred]

Probably some sort of driving / delivery job would work for me, primary because I’d be by myself most of the time!

[deckster]

Interesting the number of responses that focus on a job being perceived as easy, and maximising the amount of time spent not working.

Personally it seems to me that the ideal job is one that doesn't feel like a job and one that allows you to do things that you enjoy all the time. On that note, I'd be an estate manager for some old-money rich bugger somewhere up north. Spending my days wandering round 1000s of acres of moorland, fixing fences, sorting out the drainage in the lower field, all that kind of stuff. Coming home knackered and satisfied with a good day's work. I'd never need to go on holiday.