What career should you have chosen?
What career should you have chosen?
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13th

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3,169 posts

244 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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I'm in my 40's now and I now know what I should have been, life took me through banking, accounts and now the NHS.

But with hindsight I know I should have been an Accident Investigator, I'm constantly astounded at how people can crash so often, and often so badly.

So what should you have been?

(those of you young enough to be making your decisions, think hard!)

ata I can't spell amased, amazed......?
eta.............. Oh it has been a long day!



Edited by 13th on Sunday 29th January 21:21


Edited by 13th on Sunday 29th January 21:22

Jasandjules

72,681 posts

260 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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Pilot Officer.

If my eyes hadn't failed me, I would have been (at least I hope!).

p4cks

7,544 posts

230 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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Fashion designer. Did it at college, then dropped out of Uni 6 weeks into a 12 month degree course. I really should have stuck at it.

I now work for a nationalised bank.

cazzer

8,883 posts

279 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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Florist.

I have spent a lifetime in IT. Constantly relearning and refreshing skills.

Flowers+dirt+water.....same now as it was 30 years ago.

P-Jay

11,414 posts

222 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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I freely admit I put about 10% effort into school / further education and the so-so results have never bothered me or held me back in my chosen career.

But just recently Ive started to wish I'd worked hard to become a doctor / surgeon.

I'm not brave enough to say I would have breezed through a medical degree by just making the effort, but I wish I had tried.

miss10penceshort

4,423 posts

218 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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Always wanted to be a fighter pilot, my eyesight became a problem very early on though unfortunately.

Ended up a lawyer for my sins.

macp

4,823 posts

214 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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I have also thought this and I think I would have tried to be a motoring journalist.I didnt have a clue when I left school shame it only occurred to me not so long ago.Im in my mid forties now working for a small sales team but frankly I dont particularly like selling and im not very good with people in general confused

Cock Womble 7

29,908 posts

261 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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My Mum always wanted me to be a teacher, my Headmaster reckoned I'd make a good paramedic. A "Career Suitability Test" at school suggested such varied vocations as tree surgeon, cartographer and RAF navigator (the bloke who looks at the back of the fighter pilot's head).

Personally, I would have loved to have been a traffic policeman.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

198 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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Cock Womble 7 said:
My Mum always wanted me to be a teacher, my Headmaster reckoned I'd make a good paramedic. A "Career Suitability Test" at school suggested such varied vocations as tree surgeon, cartographer and RAF navigator (the bloke who looks at the back of the fighter pilot's head).

Personally, I would have loved to have been a traffic policeman.
You should be an English teacher wink

Papa Hotel

12,760 posts

213 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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Chef. Was pushed into sciencey stuff at school because I was good at it, jacked in Electronic Engineering at university because it bored me to death, discovered an aptitude for dealing with naughty people in the army and in my current role but enjoy cooking stuff immensely.

Too old and too many responsibilities now to retrain in what is a pretty low-paid job.

Doesn't really matter, I love my current job anyway.

poing

8,743 posts

231 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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Failed the RAF exam due to poor eyesight, but I should have then went to become a submariner where apparently the restrictions are lower. I'm only little and I like small spaces and the dark.

Toaster Pilot

14,867 posts

189 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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I hope I should be working in IT because I've just recently been offered a graduate job doing just that with a large company.

CaptainSlow

13,179 posts

243 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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I wish I hand joined the Royal Tank Regiment. It was something I always wanted to do from a very young age.


Anyhow back to my spreadsheets in the morning.

King Herald

23,501 posts

247 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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I don't have a career, just a job.

When I left school I assumed I would join the RAF, as my dad was in it all his life, but he told me not to, and for some reason related to my somewhat 'overbearing' childhood I just said 'okay' and went to work in a factory machine shop. frown


Cock Womble 7

29,908 posts

261 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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Willy Nilly said:
You should be an English teacher wink
Where's the full stop? And what's that stupid doodle at the end of your sentence?

7/10 Nilly, see me after class.

VinceFox

20,566 posts

203 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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I think im doing the job im supposed to be tbh.

I would have liked something a bit more outdoors, especially now im getting older and less tolerant.

The Hitman

2,592 posts

241 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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A

Thats what I should have chosen

Papa Hotel

12,760 posts

213 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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poing said:
Failed the RAF exam due to poor eyesight, but I should have then went to become a submariner where apparently the restrictions are lower. I'm only little and I like small spaces and the dark.
Do you like body odour too? Submarines fking stink.

GroundEffect

13,864 posts

187 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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I'm sure these will be generic answers given the website, but I always wanted to be a race driver. Ever since I was about 3.

My parents weren't willing to fund it so I wanted to become an Automotive Engineer (instead of race them, design them!).

Currently 24. Currently a Design Engineer for a big car maker. Job jobbed smile

Cock Womble 7

29,908 posts

261 months

Sunday 29th January 2012
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King Herald said:
and went to work in a factory machine shop.
Where they sell factory machines?