Christopher
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Registered: 14th Oct 10
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How does everyone know what they want to do?!
Im 19 soon and still have no major aspirations in life! Obviously i dont want to be a bum 
Ive been in catering for 3 years now only got it part time whilst im at college but dont like that very much any more and dont think i want to persue what im studying in college!
How did you guys get all your jobs?
Did you want to do what your working as now?
Have any of you had late inclings later on as of what you want to do?
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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I fell in to teaching 12 years ago then left it 3 months ago.
Did find it fairly easy and enjoyable which is mostly what kept me there.
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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i am going to to my safety coarses soon and am going to work off shore. been wanting to do it for a couple years now and finally going to do it.
oh and i am 21
[Edited on 06-11-2011 by mike56gte]
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Christopher
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I fell in to teaching 12 years ago then left it 3 months ago.
Did find it fairly easy and enjoyable which is mostly what kept me there.
Really? What did you teach ian?
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Ian
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Web design in the early days then moved in to database stuff and a bit of project management, post 16 so anyone no longer in compulsory education, sixth form / A level type of thing although I was on vocational quals.
[Edited on 06-11-2011 by Ian]
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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I always knew what I wanted to do, met an old friend from primary school who said they weren't surprised to hear what I do for a living as I was "always drawing cars".
I guess I'm lucky in that respect, never really seriously considered anything else as a career.
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mike56gte
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
I always knew what I wanted to do, met an old friend from primary school who said they weren't surprised to hear what I do for a living as I was "always drawing cars".
I guess I'm lucky in that respect, never really seriously considered anything else as a career. [/quote
what exactly do you do? obviuosly some sort of design work i know. just intrested
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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I'm head of one of the departments that designs and models new exterior lighting concepts for Audi. Also did some exterior work for Lambo over the past couple of years.
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
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I knew from the age of about 14 what I wanted to do. It just never happened unfortunatly.
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mike56gte
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
I'm head of one of the departments that designs and models new exterior lighting concepts for Audi. Also did some exterior work for Lambo over the past couple of years.
thats what i always wanted to do from the hole time i was in secondary school. and tbh thats what everyone thought i would do. all i ever drew was car and without sounding big head was actually pretty good. lol did advanced highers in technical drawing and art. then left school and was a joiner 
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CorsAsh
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Originally posted by TheNobleOne
I knew from the age of about 14 what I wanted to do. It just never happened unfortunatly.
What was that then?
I had people telling me all the time that car design was too competitive and I should lower my sights. Nothing else fits to me so well though, so I persevered and got where I wanted.
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N3CRO
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
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Originally posted by TheNobleOne
I knew from the age of about 14 what I wanted to do. It just never happened unfortunatly.
What was that then?
I had people telling me all the time that car design was too competitive and I should lower my sights. Nothing else fits to me so well though, so I persevered and got where I wanted.
Wanted to be a PC engineer. Went to college, gots some qualifications and that. Life just didn't work out how I planned and it never happened.
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CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by mike56gte
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
I'm head of one of the departments that designs and models new exterior lighting concepts for Audi. Also did some exterior work for Lambo over the past couple of years.
thats what i always wanted to do from the hole time i was in secondary school. and tbh thats what everyone thought i would do. all i ever drew was car and without sounding big head was actually pretty good. lol did advanced highers in technical drawing and art. then left school and was a joiner
I thought I was good til I went to study at Coventry I work in 3D now, my sketchwork is nowhere near the level of our design guys. But in the time it took them to sketch a wheel design for example, I'd made a full 3D computer model
I kinda knew I'd never be happy til I was where I am now. I had other jobs but never enjoyed working like I do now.
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
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Originally posted by mike56gte
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
I'm head of one of the departments that designs and models new exterior lighting concepts for Audi. Also did some exterior work for Lambo over the past couple of years.
thats what i always wanted to do from the hole time i was in secondary school. and tbh thats what everyone thought i would do. all i ever drew was car and without sounding big head was actually pretty good. lol did advanced highers in technical drawing and art. then left school and was a joiner
I thought I was good til I went to study at Coventry I work in 3D now, my sketchwork is nowhere near the level of our design guys. But in the time it took them to sketch a wheel design for example, I'd made a full 3D computer model
I kinda knew I'd never be happy til I was where I am now. I had other jobs but never enjoyed working like I do now.
oh i know i was by no means the best but definetly had a talent and was really a passion of mine. i used to spend hours/days designing new cars. and pretty much told my self that designing cars was what i wanted to do. then just sort of stopped left school became a joiner and really havent drawn anything in years (since school really) crazy how things change so quick. 
really do wish i had stuck at it.
[Edited on 06-11-2011 by mike56gte]
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Still don't know what I want to do at 25
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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Same as Gary at 27.
Work for NHS and Ivan moving up the chain, still not sure what I'd like to do though. Anything where I earn good money and have a job that I enjoy.
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Aaron
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I fell into ICT support when I was 17. I had no idea what I wanted to do, and I had no real interest in computers when in was that age. However, 11 years later, I've risen upna few ranks, and I'm in quite a well paid job....however, I work with wankers, and I don't like it. Our company are laying people off next week, and it might include me. If it does, I want to try my hand at something totally different.
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
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Same as Russ and Gary but at 21, currently fitting ventilation systems but can't see me doing this for the rest of my life.
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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I decided at about 12 I wanted to be a train driver and that's how I ended up on the railway at 18, 4 years on I'm not quite at the dream job yet
Kind of wished I'd gone to uni and studied forensic computing but at the time I didn't know what I would have studied. I did start doing an open uni ict course but I didn't enjoy that.
[Edited on 06-11-2011 by AlunJ]
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
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Originally posted by Russ
Same as Gary at 27.
+1
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by Conway563
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Originally posted by Russ
Same as Gary at 27.
+1
Same. Is like something that would enable me to emigrate to warmer climates.
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Eddx14xe
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Registered: 12th Jan 10
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Trained as an electrician and plumber. Got qualified to level 2 in both trades, now cant find an apprenticeship or anything to further my education/work experience. Dont really know what i want to do tbh, i've taken up scuba diving so im doing my PADI in december. I wouldnt mind being an instructor or something for that. It will take a few years to gain the experience and qualifcations to do that though. I'm 21 in december.
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: Derby
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I have been working since 15, and now i'm 28 I still don't know what I want to do.
I'm a postman at the moment, which has advantages, but it's a dead end job.
Only thing I really would want to do would involve animals, but the pay is awful with it, and I can't afford to drop 20% of my wage at this moment in time
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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How did you guys get all your jobs?
my dad works at ford and told me to apply for a job there.
Did you want to do what your working as now?
no, i always wanted to be an architect since a very young age but i didn't want to go to uni so that idea fell through.
Have any of you had late inclings later on as of what you want to do?
i would like to progress into something towards design of engine/cars in ford later on in life.
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
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Originally posted by Cavey
I'm a postman at the moment, which has advantages, but it's a dead end job.
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