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30 Apr 19
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Knowing what you know now....
When I left (grammar) school careers guidance was minimal. If you were 'clever' enough...university...other than that...get a job in a bank....
There didn't seem to be the range of jobs that exist now. There certainly weren't many 'interesting' jobs.
If I had my time again, I'd like to be involved in the sporting world - not good enough to participate directly
but in some peripheral area..marketing, agent, events management..I think I would be OK at PR...
or maybe involved in television in some way. I certainly think I'd be good as a researcher, maybe a producer...ideally
in a field I was interested in.
When I left (grammar) school careers guidance was minimal. If you were 'clever' enough...university...other than that...get a job in a bank....
There didn't seem to be the range of jobs that exist now. There certainly weren't many 'interesting' jobs.
If I had my time again, I'd like to be involved in the sporting world - not good enough to participate directly
but in some peripheral area..marketing, agent, events management..I think I would be OK at PR...
or maybe involved in television in some way. I certainly think I'd be good as a researcher, maybe a producer...ideally
in a field I was interested in.
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thinly veiled I qualified for a grammar school thread IMO.
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soz..I felt that in relation to the thread it was relevant...
..didn't realise that, to some, passing a school test 49 years ago might be considered bragging... |
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lol you werent meant to take it seriously
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Translator.
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If you were interested in a career where you simply suck value from the process, adding absolutely nothing, being able to play God on a daily basis, then it's the world of recruitment consultancy for you
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Saudi sword salesman.
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A Gigolo....
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In 1965 my sixth form master told me the future job to aim for was anything involving computers. Of course I didn't take any notice, regrettably.
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"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943 |
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just checking
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I spent five years as a translator back in the 1980s, lybertyne. Firstly as a patents translator (e.g. 500 pages of organic chemistry for a herbicide, or 600 pages to describe a cigarette-vending machine); then as a medical translator (e.g. 500 pages of blood pictures, or 600 pages investigating how much of a drug is required to kill 50% of rats).
That's the reality, I'm afraid. You can't make a living from translating books you like. And the pay was awful back then, even for the technical stuff. I gave it up in November 1990 to go punting on the racecourse full-time, and despite how it's all ended up online in front of a TV screen, I wouldn't have changed those glory years on the racecourse for anything. |
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I wish I became a train driver. All you have to do is sit there all day, doing nothing.
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That's a real quote portmanpark!
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think he was laughing at your Saudi Swords salesman joke
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I do it all again - Racecourse rep , lived the dream
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Dentist or a Vet - rich robbing B`s the lot of them.
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Vet I knew was on very surprisingly sh1t money. Also Dentist and Vets have higher suicide rates, vets having a suicide rate often quoted at 3-4 times the average.
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Probably the same as anything else - working in a successful surgery pays less than owning a successful surgery.
On the other hand, you don't have all the start-up costs, red tape and risks to contend with, I suppose. |
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could take out a franchise.
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Chief Punka Waller....
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Vorderman's surgeon.
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I'd be a Drug Dealer!
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Id have fancied being a Bricklayer but the weather over here put me off but if I had my time over again id learn Bricklaying and bugger off to Australia - I presume they need Brickies ?
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County linesman?
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chef or a physiotherapist
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I went to a grammar school as well, Dulwich College!
If I had my time again I would have bought a hotel in Brighton and have made it a bit 'boutique'. That ship though has most definitely sailed now as I'm a bit too old for a project like that and prices in Brighton now are just way beyond ridiculous. |
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With the power of hindsight, making a lot of money would be fairly easy. I reckon finding a job that you really enjoy and still pays pretty well is the trick.
I've enjoyed all my jobs bar working for Royal Mail in a sorting office. |
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what did you not enjoy about the Royal Mail , the early 5am starts?
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It was part-time and shifts, not particularly early but just fecking boring.
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MP; i'd have livened the House up
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house of lords for me , probably just be looking to start work there at my age
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My mother was given the choice of joining the WRAF or working in a Wolverhampton sorting office in August 1940.
She chose the sorting office for safety reasons, and regretted the decision to her dying day. |
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Thats the sorting office I was at, screaming!!!
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Doesn't look like the Wolverhampton sorting office offers a rewarding career experience, then.
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Maybe not rewarding, but fairly cushy given the literacy rate of Wolverhampton?
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I'd be a public sector puke.
Those guys have it well sorted  |
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"If there is reincarnation, I'd like to come back as Warren Beatty's fingertips."
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