Career


Wazer said:
1 Years training for airline pilot, thats new to me considering I was going to do this, did you get sponsored the money for training, or did you pay the rediculous amount they want? (anywhere from 45-72k)
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It's taken me longer than that just to get my hours in for my PPL(private pilots licence) call me sceptical but doesn't sound right to me! PPL I can see full civvie licensed commercial pilot! Hmmm??

Sorry didnt know how to qoute two posts so just copied jimbos.
I started training in march 2008 and graduated with my multi engine cpl/ir on june 24th 2009 so thats 14 months I then done my mcc and finished on july 17th 2009. Then did the job interview with my company in october 2009 and had to wait until March of this year to start my type rating which took 8 weeks and then started line training and am now a line driver since. If you take the gaps out of the middle thats a total of about 18 months for all my studies and training. And to respond to the first post i quoted lets just say I have some very big loans to my name but trust me I dont regret it its well worth it. If you want a pic ill throw one up for you..
 
Alex_8 said:
Am gonna become a Pro Lotto player! lol
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Become a Pro Blackjack player or Roulette :))

I did ok in school picked the wrong crap at college, messed about, got AVCE in Business, took a year out and finally went Uni (biggest waste of time for me, spent only 1 year and quit), now working for in an office for a delivery company full time (40 hours) and going part time electrical installation, it's not easy but not much of a choice at aged 25.

If I could turn back time, I would have gone on to an apprenticeship after school or would have loved to be a fireman
 
i left school in 4th year, went and done an apprenticeship in mechanics, and got my level 2. was working in a performance tuning garage. then i got paid off and i went back to school in 6th year....left again and got a job with volvo construction as a storeman. got paid off...again haha, then i was unemployed for like a year and a half :(, and 6 month ago i got a job as an installation engineer for virgin media installing tv broadband and phone. good money, but the hours are crazy, 14 hour shifts etc
 
Colin89 said:
It's taken me longer than that just to get my hours in for my PPL(private pilots licence) call me sceptical but doesn't sound right to me! PPL I can see full civvie licensed commercial pilot! Hmmm??

Sorry didnt know how to qoute two posts so just copied jimbos.
I started training in march 2008 and graduated with my multi engine cpl/ir on june 24th 2009 so thats 14 months I then done my mcc and finished on july 17th 2009. Then did the job interview with my company in october 2009 and had to wait until March of this year to start my type rating which took 8 weeks and then started line training and am now a line driver since. If you take the gaps out of the middle thats a total of about 18 months for all my studies and training. And to respond to the first post i quoted lets just say I have some very big loans to my name but trust me I dont regret it its well worth it. If you want a pic ill throw one up for you..
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Colin what airline you with if you dont mind me asking?

Im in the 3rd year of a 4yr mechanic apprenticeship with Toyota , love working with cars but can be PITA sometimes , under time restraints doing a job annoys me as Im a stubborn perfectionist , but hopefully Il have a garage to call my own someday :)
 
Been doing all sorts since l left school, apprentiships with Land Rover and Thames Water. Worked for Barclays bank, Halfords, pubs etc... Was when l was at a low point working for a recruitment agency that l was asked to be a match day catering manager at a premier league football club. I spent a year doing that, then got employed by the club doing the same job but working for them for a year. Now i'm a full time hospitality manager and get to look after the players on match days and play footy at the training ground. I'm gonna sort a college course to be a groundsman early next year and the club are gonna arrange days into my rota that l can work with the existing groundsmen to get experience and then be assesed for a position when i've finished the course.

I'm 26, spent 7 years after l left school wondering what l wanted to do with my life, then just when l thought l was gonna spend it scraping about for a job i'd love, one came along and hit me in the face lol Hopefully next year for me will be amazing!

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Alex_8 said:
Just want to know what yous got planned or doing for a career.

am currently working for carphonewarehouse.

i have not idea what i want to do as in my career.

i have two roads to go down..

continue at cpw an work up to a manager of a massive store...

or

go back to college/uni do a course that i might not enjoy/finish lol... plus not 100% job at the end of it. or finish it an become stinkin rich lol

i have no idea! lol

Like i said....

would be interested what yous got plan for yourselfs...
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what area you in mate i also work for carphone in area 109 i probs going for the first idea of heading down management route the pay gets sick when you progress high
 
Left school with 5A's at higher and 2A's at advanced higher so it made sense to go to uni. Done 3 years at St Andrews uni and graduated with a Bsc honours in medical science at the summer and now im intercalated at Edinburgh uni studying medicine(3rd year). Got 2 and a half years to go till i graduate (im 21 just now so will be 24 when i graduate). I do work doing odd jobs when i can in holidays and weekends but finding the time to work is becoming very difficult just now.

Although all my friend got jobs after leaving school and started earning money I have no regrets about going to uni and i have enjoyed every bit of it so far. Just cant wait till i graduate and start earning some proper money. First year salary is £22-38k depending on where you are so will be looking forward to that after 6 years of student life at uni.
 
I've been doing electrical installations since I left school at 16, I'm now going on 25.. Fully qualified, went to collage for 4 years via an apprenticeship and have worked for my family run maintainence company ever since... I've worked my way up to a pretty good pay but not 1O0% I wana do this for ever... I wouldn't mind eventually buying/renovating/letting and selling properties... A hell of alot of money if you do it right.

We'll see..
 
EK9dan said:
I've been doing electrical installations since I left school at 16, I'm now going on 25.. Fully qualified, went to collage for 4 years via an apprenticeship and have worked for my family run maintainence company ever since... I've worked my way up to a pretty good pay but not 1O0% I wana do this for ever... I wouldn't mind eventually buying/renovating/letting and selling properties... A hell of alot of money if you do it right.

We'll see..
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Do it while you're young then Dan, I've got a cousin who's flipping properties. He works in Morrison's as a manager and says that the bank is more than happy to give him mortages on properties, he's done three at the moment. He buys the ex-junky etc houses which have been reposessed and auctioned, does them up and rents them out to pay the mortage. If it all collapses all he loses is a motorbike and a few thousand, which is why I say do it while you're young and have nothing much to lose. He split one house into two apratments and the house was re-valued at almost £80,000 more!
 
Quite a diverse range of backgrounds on here!

As for me I left school with good standard grades/highers and went to Uni studying accounts and economics. I really enjoyed it and have since started a graduate scheme with a 'big 4' accounts firm so am 16/36 months through my chartership with them. I'm happy with the pay and prospects but way into the future I'll probably try and do something on my own using the business knowledge/chartership gained just now!

There's plenty of options depending on your taste mate, as said I really like what I did at uni and without it I wouldn't be where I am now but that's not to say you would like the same path - for instance a couple of people have said they did economics (granted without the accounts based on what was posted) but they didn't find it enjoyable while that was my favourite part :D

These days university is becoming a default option, too many people go for the sake of it. I enjoyed getting hammered continually with my mates etc. but at the end of the day I stuck in when it came down to it and got the grades needed to achieve a decent degree and the corresponding job - the main point of university in my opinion. If it won't further you down a career path it will be a waste, especially if you have to pay big money to go.

Given my time again I would still do the same personally. However I've got so much time for people who work hard at apprenticeships etc. to get strong practical skills. Too many people pop out of uni with one hell of an attitude thinking the world owes them something, it's not easy to walk into a job with or without a degree - you still need to work hard to prove your worth to the employer.

Good luck mate!
 
There are so many professions that Honda's finds a home with...lol.

I'm now a college trained artist, oil paintings mostly, but this is a hobby. I make my living working for a large fortune 50 company grocery chain in the USA, as a print manager/buyer.

If you have the means to get a degree, DO IT!
Even if you get a degree in something like I did, "art"; bottom line is that a degree helps get you a job. These days, a masters degree is preferred over a bachelor's degree for entry level as well as upper management positions.

If you do not have a path to a degree, I would recommend getting a position on an oil rig!
 
The way I see it, these days one income isn't enough (unless you're on a really good wage and IMO that's over £40k). It's best to have a business or something else on the side
 
General said:
The way I see it, these days one income isn't enough (unless you're on a really good wage and IMO that's over £40k). It's best to have a business or something else on the side
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Even saying that mate you still need to be good at managing your money :lol:
 
ek9cub said:
Left school at 16 went to do a car course at college, did that for 3 months then got an apprentiship with Scottish Power on the underground cables. Left there and serviced compressors for a year, then a fitter in a factory for a year and a half. Now work for British Gas as a technical engineer been there for 10years now very good job and pay, got the 9 and bought my own house what else do you need :)
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british gas, you a sparky for them? you know a lad from wrexham called timmy jones?
 
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