How many?

[Dicky Ticker]

How many of people on here are actually employed in the trade or profession they trained for? I had to give mine up due to industrial dermatitis,a diesel fitter allergic to oil products has its problems. It just seems that todays youngsters spend a lot of time and effort getting degrees in subjects that they have no intention of continuing with or that will be of no benefit in their working life. Other people seem to have gained degrees but unable to find jobs in their chosen profession

[Paws]

not anymore, im a professional Nursery Nurse, spent 3 yrs at college studying and passing.

[Dicky Ticker]

Be handy when you become a mum:D

[the_runt69]

Left School with no qualifications and joined the railways. Still there in my 31st year now Duty Shift Operations Manager

[Dicky Ticker]

That will be all the "train------------ing";)

[fizzwheel]

Was a geek all the way through, school, went college and got BTEC in computer studies, got a job been in computing ever since.

Started off on a helpdesk. Now I'm the Technical Design Authority for our Intel Server Infrastructure and our Data Centres.

[maff]

i wanted to be a cameraman when i left school

until i found out that you needed a plethera of o levels including physics and maths! numbers should be outlawd!

now i deliver furniture.... oh joy!

[the_lone_wolf]

Graduated with BSc in Physics

Now working as a civil engineer / topographical surveyor and loving it

[Essex of Essex]

Qualified late 1988 still working for the same employer I joined 01 FEB 1989, and still as happy as a pig in poo:smt040

[keithd]

left school without a clue what to do, went to college for a year, left with even less of a clue. bumbled and stumbled my way thru various jobs til i settled on one i detested the most and have been there for the last 11 years.

you dnt need qualifications to get where i am today

[kwak zzr]

tool setter when i left school but now a postie for 18 years.

[ArtyLady]

Trained at college for two years and qualified as a Window Dresser (or Display Artist - if one is posh ;) ) worked in this for a year - pay was poo, so went off to work in a pcb drawing office for a few years - got fed up again and went back to college - Secretarial.

Dont do any of those now - I am a Pet Portrait Artist :D (and a Mum, a Granny and a general dogsbody :lol: )

[gooner]

Did a four year apprenticeship then two years day release in my own time for a BTEC in Electrical Engineering........now I'm a rozzer.

No I don't know why either :smile:

[Baph]

Sort of similar to fizzwheel, but with a twist.

When I was at college, I already landed Lead Software Engineer (I know, "engineer," shush!) in a cushy job. Then I left there, and still at college, got another job as code monkey come network tech.

Left college & work, went to uni. Why? All those around me were paid more, because they had qualifications. So I started a BSc Soft. Eng. course.

4 months later, I'd quit. I should of skipped a year. Spent a while working behind various different bars. Done all sorts of work in IT (from general dogs body to self-employed).

Now working as a code monkey again. Hmm. Big circle then.

[Alpinestarhero]

I hope to be. I have alot of freinds studying chemistry with me who are looking to go into accounting or some other non-chemistry related job. I often wonder "why didnt you just study that in the first place?".

If I can't get a job in the chemistry industry, then my chemistry training wouldnt be completly lost if I became a firefighter, which is something I wouldnt mind doing

Matt

[Alpinestarhero]

tool setter when i left school but now a postie for 18 years.

Fastest postie in the west, no doubt? :D

Matt

[K]

tool setter when i left school but now a postie for 18 years.

Fastest postie in the west, no doubt? :D

Matt

Not if it takes him 18 years to deliver one letter! ;)

didn't really train for anything at school, other than taking subjects like wood/metalwork, draughting (as it was back then) etc as I was always intending to join the Army. But when my REME career was cut very short by the second attack of the dodgy left knee I did go to college for my OND in Graphic Design.

Then spent 10 years attempting to get out of that industry and failing, until I went to work as a Librarian in a school.

I am attempting to get things together to be able to actually go to University to study Equine Management (so, sh*t shovelling ;) ) which will have a certain amount of bearing on my current workload of choice, as I hope to expand into bespoke & historic saddlery and Barding (horse armour)!

So, pretty mainstream and boring then. :p

[Demonz]

Left high school without a clue. All my mates went off to Uni. I bummed about for a little while before going travelling. Settled back in aus for a few years before studying tourism management. Been with it for a little over 7 years now.

[Kate]

Went to uni and got a Bsc(Hons) in Business Information Technology, nine years on and still in the computer industry :)

[neio79]

yep trained in telecommunications and still do that.

[neio79]

got HND in it and the next step is the BEng (hons) in Telecommunications my trade goes through, all paid for and get paid while doing it, good deal i thought?

[SV225]

I start my final A-level exams in about 4 weeks and still don't have a clue about what to do :(

[slark01]

I started in retail management then in child care now I'm a full time dad.
But I really wanted to be a copper:smt067

[the white rabbit]

I start my final A-level exams in about 4 weeks and still don't have a clue about what to do :(

Revise, hope like hell, revise, pray, hope like hell, revise...

In 5 weeks come back and ask again ;)

[Tara]

I trained as a chef when i left school i am now PA and Office Manager for a construction company

[keithd]

tool setter when i left school but now a postie for 18 years.

with the shiniest shoes?

[Well Oiled]

Trained as an Automotive Engineer, studied for qualifications in the subject, always worked in that field since graduating. Now work for an oil additive company, but the job mainly involves liaison with European/Asian automotive manufacturers so I never left my roots.

Still loving it - lots of interesting challenges and I work with great people.

Cheers Keith

[Supervox]

Didn't train for anything - started life as a Civil Servant - left to go travelling in the States - found work sailing rich men's boats for them - headhunted into working for a charter company - headhunted again into racing a rich man's boat - came back to the UK for a holiday - ended up working as Stage Manager for a production of The King & I - fell back into acting (I'd done am-dram in my teens) started telling people I was an actor (they believed me !!) did some auditions - offered a role in The Rocky Horror Show - spent the next few years in Musical Theatre, before ending up working as a singer on cruise ships - quit in 1999 - worked as freelance sound engineer for a couple of years - now working in Business Continuity within the defence industry.

So, to save you reading all the above - the answer to the original question is - NO !! :cool:

[TT Dee]

Trained as a Field Archaeologist, work in Administration & Accounts

[GraemeN]

I spent 3 years in an apprenticeship to become a mechanic and now after 10 years I'm still in the trade and with the same company. Went through a period a few years back where I considered leaving for a completely different trade, but glad I never now as I'm loving my work again. ;)

[Viney]

Started off on a helpdesk. Now I'm the Technical Design Authority for our Intel Server Infras....................

sorry fell asleep reading you title ;)

Training ...erm oh yeah. Er, im a qualified sparks 14th ed!! I have a C&G in technical drawing, erm, Pt1 of a C&G electronics servicing, and i work for Xerox as a Print room manager. However id rather be a mechanic.

[fizzwheel]

sorry fell asleep reading you title ;)

:smt022

[Jester666]

I realised that I had a problem with authority in the 5th year at school.

Left school to become an engineer, hated it and my boss, and got into the restaurant trade where I again hated my boss. Got bored after 4 years and did my bike test in May '95 and became a courier in June '95. Have done it since with a few years as a pub manager in between!

[plowsie]

How many of people on here are actually employed in the trade or profession they trained for? I had to give mine up due to industrial dermatitis,a diesel fitter allergic to oil products has its problems. It just seems that todays youngsters spend a lot of time and effort getting degrees in subjects that they have no intention of continuing with or that will be of no benefit in their working life. Other people seem to have gained degrees but unable to find jobs in their chosen profession

I'm a para planner, (i like the sound better than the job lol) which is close to a financial advisor. £18,000 a year 8.30 to 5 or 5.30 if i have 1.5 hour lunch break. Get this bit, this is the best, no training jus picked bits up. Left school with 7 c's n a B.

[Kinvig]

Did a degree in early 90's in "Business Information Management". Or learning how to water the plants as all the other lecturers referred to it.

Now doing programming & dba stuff so slightly different.

[Amanda M]

Yep. Left school and did a BTEC in science, then got a job in a lab after a year at Uni which I hated. Been working in labs ever since and got a BSc in biological science (studied part time). Am now a research assistant at Manchester Uni.

[stewie]

Left school at 16 and joined the Air Force as an airframe mechanic, 15 weeks into a 16 week course I got booted off due to an obvious lack of engineering talent, became a driver and been doing it ever since. 30 feckin years this year. :confused:

[cuffy]

Trained as a chef, gave it up 3 weeks before my final exams to do plastering, now work in the rubber/automotive industry have done for the last 19 years :confused: not all bad as ive had steady promotion through out my career, can't grumble as they're sending me out to turkey tomorrow for a week, 5 star hotel all expenses paid, company credit card to abuse :D

[Rich]

Left school in 2005 with 12 GCSE's :D, got myself an apprenticeship in plumbing and heating engineering about a week after leaving school and in July this year i will be fully qualified! Not bad for two years work and one mahoosive pay rise wuhoooo!!! :drink:

[Carsick]

I'm about to start my second job as a Software Engineer and my degree was in Software Engineering.

[dirtydog]

No

left school with a handful of GCSEs worked in a chippy got upto manager then jacked it in and started driving a van then did LGV licence and then forklift truck licence then got sacked :smt093
and now a plumber/maintence person

[bignev]

Left school with no qualifications.

Started work with BT on a temporary contract which became permanent 19 years ago last Wednesday. :(

Jacking it all in in about 2 months time to move from sunny NI to sunny Tyne and Wear with my fiancee so on a transition from well paid job to no job.

Anyone in the northeast wanna gimme a job?

Please?

[Stig]

No.

Left school a thicko and a criminal. 25 years later not much has changed. :lol:

[scorpion]

Left school at 16 and did a 3 year apprenticeship in reprographics. Been in various parts of the trade ever since. Now in digital print. It's taken me around Europe and allowed me to live like a king in Australia for a few years. Now back in Blighty doing the same thing riddled with dept and waiting to win the F***ing lottery!:)

[Beaniebike]

Yes. Did B.Ed, to train as a teacher and still doing that. Now Doing my M.Ed - talking of which I really should get off this bloody forum and do some of my dissertation. The org sucks you in and doesn't let you out for hours. You plan to have a wee quick five minute look, and this is what happens.:rolleyes:

[Ed]

I think you all know what I do;)

Wifey did a BA in History at UCL, followed by a PhD at Exeter. She finished full time education at the age of 28:smt103 She taught Early Modern Britain to undergraduates for a while, then wrote three books, then was a full time mum, and now she's my Practice Manager. And she's very good at it too:D

[Well Oiled]

I trained and qualified as a gynecologist. I've changed career but I still like to keep my hand in. ;)

[Steelman]

I trained and qualified as a gynecologist. I've changed career but I still like to keep my hand in. ;)

:winner:

:smt040

[Steelman]

In a way, yes, I'm still involved in the profession that I subsequently trained in and still enjoy.

Started out by studying for a degree in Zoology Physiology and Psychology, then went travelling to Southern Africa where I enrolled in course in Laboratory Medicine at university when the country wasn't known as Zimbabwe.

Came back to the UK and worked as a Biomedical Scientist at teaching hospitals in Central London, picking up qualifications on the way, as well as a year seconded in Australia, before becoming involved in an NHS project that required us to move to Sheffield :rolleyes:

That programme has grown somewhat to become recognised in other countries that use or want to use our services, and needs people to go and speak at meetings in places like Miami and Sao Paulo; oh, if I have to... ;)

As Beaniebike mentioned, I'm also meant to be working on a dissertation and checking on postings in the Org Forum gets addictive and stops you working!