If you decided to change career, what would you try next?
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I would without doubt choose to be a mechanic, I just love problem solving on a car. Instead, when I was younger I was encouraged to go into IT as there would be more scope for £££. This has proved to be the case, but I wish I followed my dream instead of being persuaded by others.
In the next year I aim to have my own lift in my garage, which I am very excited for.
In the next year I aim to have my own lift in my garage, which I am very excited for.
Pig benis said:
I would without doubt choose to be a mechanic, I just love problem solving on a car. Instead, when I was younger I was encouraged to go into IT as there would be more scope for £££. This has proved to be the case, but I wish I followed my dream instead of being persuaded by others.
In the next year I aim to have my own lift in my garage, which I am very excited for.
I'm in the opposite position to you. I followed my childhood dreams and got the job I always wanted, but it turns out i hate it due to stress and worries, and I would love to leave, but financially I need to stay (long story).In the next year I aim to have my own lift in my garage, which I am very excited for.
So i'd be happy just being a carpark attendant, sat in a little wooden hut all day, listening to audio books.
LeadFarmer said:
I'm in the opposite position to you. I followed my childhood dreams and got the job I always wanted, but it turns out i hate it due to stress and worries, and I would love to leave, but financially I need to stay (long story).
So i'd be happy just being a carpark attendant, sat in a little wooden hut all day, listening to audio books.
I'm guessing you're a farmer? So i'd be happy just being a carpark attendant, sat in a little wooden hut all day, listening to audio books.
That does sound like a pickle buddy. I hope you get it all sorted out. Might it be possible to leave and find a new job somewhere else? Or is it just the industry that you're sick of?
PB
Pig benis said:
I'm guessing you're a farmer?
That does sound like a pickle buddy. I hope you get it all sorted out. Might it be possible to leave and find a new job somewhere else? Or is it just the industry that you're sick of?
PB
No, not a farmer, but I'm in a job with a good pension that has an early retirement option, which kind of traps you if you are a financially sensible person like me.That does sound like a pickle buddy. I hope you get it all sorted out. Might it be possible to leave and find a new job somewhere else? Or is it just the industry that you're sick of?
PB
LeadFarmer said:
No, not a farmer, but I'm in a job with a good pension that has an early retirement option, which kind of traps you if you are a financially sensible person like me.
Sometimes it is good for the soul to throw caution to the wind, and just do / buy whatever you want. But that is easier said than done when you have kids/mortgage/wife etc. I currently make F1 cars, which sounds great, but in reality it’s just a glorified factory job and pretty boring.
I’d love to retrain and become a mental health nurse, but sadly being a student isn’t affordable!
More realistically I’m looking at becoming a project engineer so I can get off the tools and away from carcinogenic resins and chemicals!
I’d love to retrain and become a mental health nurse, but sadly being a student isn’t affordable!
More realistically I’m looking at becoming a project engineer so I can get off the tools and away from carcinogenic resins and chemicals!
I think this is quite a realistic and sensible question to be asking.
Fifty years ago, plenty of 'careers' must have been thirty or thirty five years long, but retirement age was lower. I'll be fifty having worked thirty years, quite likely in one career, as an engineer. That gives me scope to retrain and start again as it were, for another twenty five years I reckon.
I want to work for the forestry commission.
Fifty years ago, plenty of 'careers' must have been thirty or thirty five years long, but retirement age was lower. I'll be fifty having worked thirty years, quite likely in one career, as an engineer. That gives me scope to retrain and start again as it were, for another twenty five years I reckon.
I want to work for the forestry commission.
It would depend if I needed a good wage or not, as my favorite job I ever had was a groom at a private stables. It was hard work in the early in the morning as you had to muck out 12 horses and do a number of jobs in the yard, but by 11am most days you'd have the rest of the day to exercise the horses in either the outdoor or indoor manège. It didn't pay very well, and was often back breaking hard work but getting to ride on some very expensive horses most of the day made up for it.
If I needed a good wage but had time to retrain I'd switch to being a chef. When I was at school the only two things I was good at was cooking and IT. I picked IT as I didn't fancy the hours that the average chef works.
If I needed a good wage but had time to retrain I'd switch to being a chef. When I was at school the only two things I was good at was cooking and IT. I picked IT as I didn't fancy the hours that the average chef works.
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