I used to have one of those jobs that folks said “oooh that must be interesting”

Now i just go to this little white painted building

its very interesting waaaaay more than the “”oooh that must be interesting”other job

I dont actually get paid any money my missus supports me

I’m a lorry driver..
It’s sh1t..Pays ok (but work a lot of hours), I miss my wife and family when working away. Not always good health food accessible either. See some awful and selfish driving, and most lorry drivers are filthy swines!

Wish I’d stuck in more at school it got a trade or joined the armed forces as per the regrets In life thread.

Other than that im a bundle of joy and riding along on the crest of a wave!

Technical manager for a company who make silicone coated release liners. Pay is great, job is good too, varied and challenging.

I lead a team of technicians that prototype and rework all sorts of mechanical and electronic things. I enjoy it, get paid reasonably and get good benefits. High job security too, which is nice.

Airline Captain.

Very lucky that I get paid to do something I love, but shifts are very un-family friendly and summer is very tiring, fatigue a serious issue.

Enough money now I’ve paid off my training loans.

The name’s Bond.

Love how people make their mundane middle management jobs sound amazing.

Just because you don’t aspire to a real wood veneer desk, a blackberry, dull grey plastic windows laptop and midrange diesel golf doesn’t mean it’s wrong. 🙄

Ex GF mum worked at Scottish at prestwick. I’d already signed off and passed selection for the polis. They were dragging their heals so she suggested I apply online for NATS. Brilliant job. After arborfield I was posted to 4bn which was still at bordon. Did the skiing season then signed off. I was an 8 year lance jack being treated like a tech spanker straight out the factory. Worst posting I’ve ever seen.

Airline Captain.

now thats baller

silicone coated release liners

That’s the best euphemism for penis beaker I’ve ever heard.

I am a lead stress engineer (structural analyst) for a big aerospace company.

I enjoy it mostly, interesting, but find I spend more time fire fighting because the industry is always in too much of a rush to take stock and do things correctly.

Pay is OK I suppose, but not necessarily in the context of a professional position where 7 years is the minimum post-degree training required for the level of responsibility held.

Have I spoke to you tomkerton?

Senior Operating Department Practitioner within liver transplantation (and pancreas and kidney transplants). Also a member of the organ retrieval team.

Enjoy work? It’s certainly different, not your everyday operating theatre job. We have to travel a lot, often by air to donor hospitals, on a private plane. Sometimes we even get a private jet (depending on aircraft availability) which is very nice (and comfy). Occasionally we have to flown by helicopter (Army/Navy) if there are no planes around.
Can be extremely sad, especially when attending paediatric donors. Thankfully I haven’t attended that many.
I have learned to live life without worrying about tomorrow.

Pay? I work a lot of oncalls (1:3 at best, 1:2 at worst) on top of my basic hours. Can be at work for a very long time if called in. Money is ok but you certainly put the hours in.

Motor trade

Sell specialist Mercedes Benz vehicles.

Work from home covering a geographical area , so run my own day / week etc. Still enjoy it.

Can’t complain .

tart about on a MAC all day
50/50
Brazilnuts

Lemonysam, nothing that exciting i’m afraid…

Airline Captain.

Rolex air-king?
IWC Portuguese?
German Flieger
Casio?

Secondary Science Teacher

When it’s good it’s great, unfortunately I’ll be working for free tomorrow (strike) because too often it’s not and things are getting worse. The number of vacancies in science is scary with huge numbers of newly qualified teachers dropping out of the profession within weeks of starting their new posts. And this after spending £9k training. My school is struggling to appoint for a vacancy and we’re 7 weeks into the school term.

A lot less than I used to before I started teaching.

Matt_outandabout – do you have a website? I’m looking to get more outdoor learning at my school (specifically in science) and would be interested to learn about your work. I’m based in the south of England but would love to hear more about what you do north of the border?

Mr Smith – Turkish fake Brietling, £50

Cobraki – I’m BHX based and go South or East so Im guessing we don’t chat if you’re TC at Scottish

At the moment I look at individual grains of sediment ranging from 250µm-63µm, then with a very fine paintbrush pick out ostracods and foraminifera.

Sounds dull but this microscopic world rocks mine.

component engineer at automotive oem, agency.

i do enjoy it, as much as one can with a company that employs many thousands of people. (very) occasionally get to engineer something, some travel but not enough to piss me off.

can’t complain about the money at all.

weekend and evenings i go to the cave and do ‘proper’ engineering (make stuff), which sometimes i make a tiny amount of money on, other times not, but it is food for the soul.

this sums it up quite well for me

the ‘proper’ job helps pay for the ‘hobby’ job.

Unemployed planning officer. Full time dad.

No money, no pension, no prospects, very happy, great family life. Work part time a couple of days a week. Am always there for my kids. ould get back to work if I were to move back down South but no desire to. Am not remotely ambitious or hardworking anyway. Wife is the bread winner and suits us fine.

Don’t want to be rich, just a great dad, I’ll die poor, but I’ll have been with my kids far more than most dads ever got to be, and that’s what’s important to me.

Lardlover wins best job I reckon, apart from possibly yunki 😉

Agreed – Lardlover wins hands down

NHS Mental Health Services

14 hour days, used to work for me, now I’m knackered and don’t get to see the kids on work days, however couldn’t imagine going in 5 days a week

pay? its alright aint it? depends how you spend what you have,

monkeyp, Most of our work is for Aerospace.

I really enjoy it but it’s quite dead-end.

Quality Tech/Auditor for an engineering company supplying F1,Moto Gp, WRc etc with engine parts. Love the job, pays ok.

Intensive Care Medicine, and the gassing* when I’m not doing that.

Mostly enjoy it; can’t imagine doing anything else though.

Senior Operating Department Practitioner within liver transplantation (and pancreas and kidney transplants). Also a member of the organ retrieval team.

Does the name Gilbert Scott mean anything to you?

*Incidentally, if anyone else is interested, 16 Oct is World Anaesthesia Day

I sell teabags, coffee, biscuits and other such things door to door from a van. Enjoy it mostly, especially when the weather isn’t foul. Get to meet loads of nice folk (and tolerate some not-so-nice folk), out and about all the time, working for a company that’s well known and respected in the area.

Basic pay is a bit rubbish, achievable commission boosts it up to a decent amount, and no travel costs due to taking the van home saves a bit

ever get “invited in” durhambiker?

Charidee
Yes, love it
Peanuts, but Donuts on Donut Fridays.

bearnecessities – Member
The name’s Bond.

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I had you down as Johnny English tbh

There is the occasional unwanted display of affection. It’s never from the ones you’d want it from mind…

I’m engaged in Banking.
I absolutely love it.
I get paid loads.

😆

Woodburning stove installer most of the year, ‘artist’ for about 2 months each summer 🙂

I really enjoy it, working for myself so I can come and go as I please more or less.

The deluge of enquires/pricing stuff at this time of year gets a bit hectic and I always book in just a little more than I should so end up working loads of hours. Real satisfaction getting through loads of work in a week though and the winter passes quickly.

Make plenty of dough now compared to some of the crappy work I’ve done in the past.

Tomkerton, don’t deal with BB ins and outs, but I occasionally have to miss you. I’m London TC. Better be careful because work has its spies all over the place.

Head of Maths in a secondary school

Love it, it’s high pressure, days fly by and I work long hours. Then get a chunk of time off. It’s like working extreme shifts.. work 12-14 hour days and a lot at weekends for 6-8 weeks at a time, then I get 1 or 2 weeks off. Nice long summer break too.

£45k (ish)

Now a 8wheel tipper driver.
Get home to see my kids at a decent hour most days.
Occaisionally have to work Saturdays.
29-32k a year depending on how much I can be arsed.
Close to home so can ride to work( compared to a 30 mile each way commute and working nights for similar money).
Busy work environment so work hours fly by.

I’m happy

please delete (repeated post).

Dairy herdsman.
Money reasonable, but I have to do a lot of hours to earn it.
Having to work weekends is crap, but it is the norm in this line of work.
Love working outdoors, could never work in an office all day.