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

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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: )

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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:

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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.

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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

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Fastest postie in the west, no doubt? :D

Matt

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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

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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.

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

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yep trained in telecommunications and still do that.