messiah

As title says...

had enough of putting up with unappreciative to55ers, been thinking about it for ages and a hospital visit yesterday confirmed it (seeing as I'm gonna have to give up the part of the job I enjoy) - I'm getting out of this Architectural cr@p!

Anyone else changed career and not looked back?

or anyone wished they hadn't?

Old_Fart

I moved to London as a security guard...now I'm a vice president in charge of currency derivatives trading with an American bank. Quite happy with the career change.
Hope that helps,
Chuck

alcazar

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Changed horses about three years ago to become an HGV driver.

Won't tell you what I did before, but it certainly WASN't the job I went into thanks to government meddling on a MASSIVE scale, and it's STILL going on:

Never looked back:

Alcazar

ProperCharlie

I used to be a tree surgeon and now I don't know what I am.

Harry_Boy

Gotta be either a diplomat or a spy....

Me - I used to be a commercial property lawyer. Now do IT and service industry PR. Much more fun.....

the moose

Used to be an accountant. Still in a related field, but I was always rubbish at the debits and credits, so don't ever ask me to understand a balance sheet!

I buy and sell companies now.

Mice_Elf

Thinking about it....

Can't stand the job I'm in at the moment but don't know what to do otherwise.

Scoobychick

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I'm currently in the process of starting my own business, ask me again in about a years time...

Ray_li

I design Architectural hardware cr@p. How boring is looking at door ***** day in day out

Spoon

Having retired at 25, I then bought and sold shares for something to enjoy doing from home whilst playing at cars and women.

Having fairly recently had a lot of money stolen, I set about eBay for something else to do from scratch.

I'm very busy but I still get much more play time than if I had to go to work, plus when I'm out and about all sales are directed to my mobile, so I can deal with it where ever I am.

Defo recommend getting busy on eBay.

messiah

thought about the ebay one a while ago - might have a look into it again.

RB5320

I am in the process of changing careers from a sales director to a garden designer. More a change of lifestyle than just a career change. Unfortunately I am not quite ready to chuck in the day job, due to approaching house move and wedding, but getting there.
I have done quite a few designs for friends and family, etc and these have created interest from other people, so the next stage is to register as self-employed with the IR and run the design business along side my current job for a while.
It's frustrating that I cant just quit my job now, but I guess the longer I take making preparations, the more chance of success.

Steve

beemerboy

yep, gone from "time-served" toolmaker at Ford Motor Company, to running my own IT business. (via various routes)
lot of pressure, but highly enjoyable. (plus i start around 10am and finish at 4pm most days

BB

messiah

i thought about going on my own last year - the amount of stuff I needed and other outgoings put the kai-bosh on it.

Stueyb

Im becoming a **** mogul as a new carear direction Ask me in a years time, ill either be rich or banged up

ProperCharlie

yeah - and that's just your lunch break.

MooseRacer

Also used to be a tree surgeon. I 'work' in IT now and have done for 18 years.

prelude

worked for toyota and now in fitness as a manager

Brit_in_Japan

I have two friends who made career changes and both said it was the best thing they have done. One was previously an aerospace engineer, the other was in sales. They both became teachers !

beemerboy

unless of course, some pain of a punter needs a networked colour laser printer in darkest Stevenage, of all places, then i might have to work a bit later!!!!

BB

Spoon

Messiah- Become a tree surgeon, everyone seems to be leaving the profession. The market will be yours, all yours!!

Wish

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I would love to become a teacher.....

Ray_li

My old manager at mu current place become a teacher after 12 years at the company.
Went from £30k+ and company Car to £20-25k. But he is well happy.
Totally miss him cuz heoffered me the job and they replaced him with some1 that sites there acting like a old style manager and does focker all

ALi-B

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I was originally in automotive electronics/alarms - loved it, but forced out by lack of business. Then industrial/commercial airconditioning - hated that. Then PC/IT/sage/tech work for small businesses via an accounting firm, not what I want to do, doesn't pay well, but pretty flexible and low stress so at least it keeps me sane.

Now working on setting up something in e-sales relating to selling certain products. I'm not divulging anything as there is an evident hole in the market and I don't want any copycat competition until I'm off the ground Not what I truely "want", but low stress, flexible and if sucessful, should be a nice little earner

messiah

quite fancied teaching THB.

weapon69

Depends what age i think. I remember what little ***** were in my classes when i was at school College lecturer seems easy (my ex bfs dad was one) and all he did was sit about drinking tea all day doing 2 lectures a day easy life

ALi-B

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Everyone kept telling me I should go into teaching. I wouldn't touch it for the above reasons. Far too many little shytes about. Probably could handle college/uni. But I wouldn't be one for dishing out homework - the more I give out - the more blurb I have to take home to read and mark!

Not my scene. Somebody asked me today that I should be teacher, as patient and nice as I am I will never want to do it.....You wait, now whilst I am saying this, knowing the way sods law rules my life - in 10years I'll probably be a teacher

lightning101

ProperCharlie

I thought it might be ok to be a teacher until I married one. Primary shcool might be ok, but secondary school is a real slog. Long hours, bringing work home, abusive kids, abusive parents, no-one thanks you for it - not for me. Money is suprisingly good, though (despite what teachers will tell you).

mart360

started as an undertaker!! did my apprenticeship..

finished that and went into grp laminating.

did that for a some years getting into bigger things, fnished up building

lifeboats..

got made redundant and went into cradit card manufacturing..

got made redundant again, and did some temping.. horticultural .. book cleaning!!!!.. assembly work..

then stated in a factory as an assembly operator.. got bored and moved into

quality.. where i found i liked it.. so much that i went back to college and

gained membership to the IQA..


now work as a quality engineer for a tier 1 automotive suplier..

Mart