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i_agree_with_nick
29 Sep 14 13:30
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For me, the legal profession.

Or, possibly something in IT/computers. Plenty of jobs, relatively well paid but maybe quite boring.

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By:
toffee87
When: 29 Sep 14 13:33
Football referee

Piece of p!$$ - you can just make it up as you go along (see Mark Clattenburg)

Unfortunately every one who is interested in footy plays it so you end up with ref's who couldn't kick a ball to save their lives
By:
Ken Masters
When: 29 Sep 14 13:40
Boring? Au contraire, this is all glamour. I'm literally beating the chicks off with a shiitty stick. And these are actual chicks, and this is actually a shiitty stick.

For me, if I could choose, I'd probably inherit a fortune.
By:
kenny mann
When: 29 Sep 14 13:48
cat stroker
By:
ebulGery
When: 29 Sep 14 14:05
a vet

although probably as much use as Mr Chinnery from the League of Gentleman
By:
pixie
When: 29 Sep 14 14:22
Property developer for me and retire at 35.
By:
call me a taxi
When: 29 Sep 14 14:28
Spy.
By:
ebulGery
When: 29 Sep 14 14:32
James Bond

or

George Smiley?

I would prefer the latter
By:
call me a taxi
When: 29 Sep 14 14:37
Either.
By:
i_agree_with_nick
When: 29 Sep 14 14:38
A mate of mine is training to be a locksmith. He's hoping to get a house under the government's key worker scheme
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mememe
When: 29 Sep 14 16:54
I trained and qualified as an accountant many years ago and then went on to be an international management consultant (honest).  Loved it but discovered Betfair a few years ago and love it a million times more.
Love the camaraderie (with myself)
Love having nobody else to please or irritate me
Love making money without having to go outside and talk to people
Love it that if I get it wrong there's nobody else to blame

Only other job I'd probably enjoy is an undertaker - but only dealing with people I wouldn't have liked.
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i_agree_with_nick
When: 29 Sep 14 17:03
I was an accountant some time ago. Never became fully qualified. I'd passed about 75% of the exams reasonably well but became ill about six weeks before the next lot. Never got back in to the studying.

Why did you leave management consultancy if you liked it (and it's well paid)
By:
Do wah Diddy
When: 29 Sep 14 17:11
LEARN TO PLAY A GUITAR AND GO ON X FACTOR
By:
i_agree_with_nick
When: 29 Sep 14 17:12
Not too late Do Wah
By:
Do wah Diddy
When: 29 Sep 14 17:14
WORK IN THE CITY WAVING MY ARMS AT EVERYONE AND SHOUTING AT THEM,BUY BUY BUY SELL SELL SELL
By:
mememe
When: 29 Sep 14 17:14
I agree with nick
Got to an age where I just got fed up with being nice to people and doing all that lovey change managemnt stuff.  Just wanted to tell people to stop moaning and do it.  But modern mgt thinking is about inclusion etc etc.
And then I discovered Betfair and became a free man.  Pi$$ed off a few people and never looked back.
Difference between earning money and making money.
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i_agree_with_nick
When: 29 Sep 14 17:21
A lot of what you say strikes a chord.

It's quite stressful being nice all day to people you don't see eye-to-eye with.

Unfortunately, the amount of money I make on Betfair isn't enough to feed a hamster but it's not my living.

I do something I enjoy now and mostly from home
By:
Do wah Diddy
When: 29 Sep 14 17:23
IT IS FOR ME NICK,SIMON COWELL WONT GIVE ME A  YES,NOMATTER WHAT AS I UPSET HIM WHEN HE ASKED ME TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE X FACTOR QUE
AND I TOLD HIM IM NOT GOING TO THE BACK OF THE QUE EVEN IF
SIMPLE SIMON SAYS GO TO THE BACK OF THE QUE
By:
brendanuk1
When: 29 Sep 14 17:28
Idle rich
By:
mememe
When: 29 Sep 14 17:37
i agree with nick.
look at this web-site (I'm not spamming, honest)
You might like it
www.layhorses2win.co.uk
By:
Schalke 04
When: 29 Sep 14 18:15
i would be an assassin for the government, that would be an awesome job ... get rid of people and it's legal !!
By:
Manoleeds
When: 29 Sep 14 18:44
With hindsight building a property portfolio but you had to time it right -some did go bust
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i_agree_with_nick
When: 29 Sep 14 19:03
mememe
29 Sep 14 17:37
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i agree with nick.
look at this web-site (I'm not spamming, honest)
You might like it
www.layhorses2win.co.uk


Thanks for that. Suspect there must be a few on here who subscribe
By:
i_agree_with_nick
When: 03 Oct 14 13:51
Might have studied to be a doctor but I don't think I'd have had the patience
By:
Ken Masters
When: 03 Oct 14 13:56
I'm going to put a call out for scissors, he might be able to do something with that.
By:
Ivor
When: 03 Oct 14 13:56
Happy with what I did - but think Snooker Pro. in the days of Betfair could be quite pleasing also.
By:
Crisp77
When: 03 Oct 14 14:00
I would be a DJ and die before I reached 70. Plain
By:
i_agree_with_nick
When: 03 Oct 14 14:02
Btw, re my OP, I would have gone into law with a view to becoming a Premier League football agent
By:
Stevie Strikes
When: 03 Oct 14 15:02
17-40 Still a pro musician, but this time I'd move to London sooner and I'd network more.

40+ Betting, but I'd learn how to do it properly a lot sooner.
By:
Thin and Crispy
When: 03 Oct 14 15:26
An International Man of Mystery........rather than just local....or a Van Drivers Mate.
By:
i_agree_with_nick
When: 04 Oct 14 13:23
A mate of mine is a barber. Poor wages but good fringe benefits
By:
Al Dente
When: 04 Oct 14 13:50
Become a UK politician and get my head into the trough asap. The Euro gig would be even better of course.
By:
The Dragon
When: 04 Oct 14 13:54
rock star/cricket commentator, topless photographer
By:
kincsem
When: 04 Oct 14 14:14
Not much call for photographers who are topless.
By:
Ovalman.
When: 04 Oct 14 17:29
What would you do for a living if you had your time again?

Why give up?

I'm currently doing a Python programming course and am also subscribed to Android and C# courses. I've a few mobile apps to develope but I'm struggling to understand current programming methods to program them.

When I left school and started an apprenticeship I thought that was it but you can do anything at any age if you put your mind to it. I will get my apps made and maybe make a few £££'s from a few of them, I just wish I realised this 25 years ago.

Never give up on your dreams.
By:
FOYLESWAR
When: 04 Oct 14 18:24
roadsweeper !............well it would keep me off the streets !
By:
i_agree_with_nick
When: 04 Oct 14 18:36
Oval - fair play to you and good luck.

Some individuals may say they'd do exactly the same again and others may be happy with what they're doing now (like yourself, altough it sounds like you wish you'd have done it earlier.)

I think most of us would have done something different if we were 18 again but that's with the benefit of experience and that wonderful thing called hindsight.
By:
Aunty Post
When: 04 Oct 14 18:40
Kind of wished I had followed a career in architecture though, on reflection, I would rather be a "Gigolo"...
By:
Money Tree cost me thousands!!
When: 04 Oct 14 19:13
It's never too late to do whst you want.
By:
Aunty Post
When: 04 Oct 14 19:22
Property developer for me and retire at 35.

Ok saying that, but there is something that drives successful people to just keep going.

My niece's husband was a millionaire, through hard graft and shrewdness, at twenty seven years old.

He sold all of his interests eight years ago, for circa £7 million, and bought a twelve room chateau in the Loire Valley,
plus two rental gites, and other development buildings on the same site.

He could put his feet up, but now is a successful developer in France, principally for UK clients having bought property there.
Also a successful, and very knowledgeable dealer in antiques, with which his house is furnished.

Why do people just keep going at it, when they could have retired years ago! It's a completely different mind set.
It isn't for the money as they don't desperately need it.

A few examples such as Alan Sugar, Richard Branson, the entire cast of "Dragon's Den" and a whole host of iconic pop groups,
plus the likes of Bruce Forsyth (who will probably die on set, as did Tommy cooper).
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