How many?

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

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 (and a Mum, a Granny and a general dogsbody )

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

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.

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

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

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

Fastest postie in the west, no doubt?

Matt

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

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

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

Fastest postie in the west, no doubt?

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.

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.

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

yep trained in telecommunications and still do that.