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Journalist or writer.
If the legal game goes * up, then I'll probably suck * for pocket change behind the bus shelter, TBH.
Having my own newspaper
Definitely have my own deli. The trick would be not to eat all the food and drink the wine.
Wow! page 2 an no-one has suggested 'blow'.
suck **** for pocket change behind the bus shelter,
You can't hide behind the ones I clean they are all glass
carpet taster! - but in reality a small bike shop with an attatched bakers and coffee/tea/juice/ milkshake bar, probably situated on Torcross with some custom cut singletrack winding its way along the coastline
having read "how to fly a harrier": Harrier Pilot.
i wonder if i can buy one second hand as a "weekend" vehicle.
When I have bad day at work... I quite fancy being a librarian.
On a good day, I wouldn't do anything else.
Wouldn't mind being Sandra Bullock's personal butler, though.
How about STW forum dispute arbitrator. Whatever I decided would be right.
I met a guy at wedding once who designed women's lingerie for a living. He seemed happier than most 😆
Junior School teacher.
I like the job I do, just cannot abide the woman who does the same job and considers herself 2senior" to me, despite working part time & term time only - work out for yourselves who does most of the work!
I'd like to carry on in the job I do now, but loose my work partner somewhere along the way.
Well I've been in the army , was mountain guide and ski guide been a climbing instructor , worked in a few Irish bars , then been an antenna rigger and now a firefighter and they've all been pretty cool jobs in their own way so can't complain 😉
I think some people are very lucky if they end up doing the job that they were meant to do...I mean a top violinist is obviously meant to play a violin for a living, and a top chef is meant to cook stuff.
I don't think I was meant to sit at a desk and send emails all day.
A friend of mine is a carpenter...he goes to work every day and makes stuff out of wood, then he goes home and makes more stuff out of wood in the evenings and at weekends. He loves his job.
I wish I knew what I was meant to do.
Motorbike courier done that !
Living in a commune in south of Spain done that!
Forest conservation project in Botswana done that!
Safari Camp Manager/Guide in the Okavango done that!
Countryside Ranger done that!
Mountain Bike trail building doing that at the moment!
All good but the grass is always greener!
Can't hink what to do next now though.
firestarter - so are you UIAGM mountain guide?
Freeridenick no I was employed on the back of my army training courses
I'd like to travel the UK for a year writing a book about cycling..oh wait..I'm doing that next year 😉
I would like to be the "Avalanche Technician" who sets off the charges in Chamonix to keep the risk down.
Flying around in Helicopters, blowing s**t up! Yeah!
McHamish +1
I envy people like musicians, writers, artists, sportspeople, coaches - something which is so 'them' that it's what they do to earn a living rather than a job that they do because they need money.
Something true to yourself and that you properly believe in, and work with other people who are equally in to what they do...
Film director probably.
Someone good like Gilliam or Matthew Vaughn rather than McG or Michael Bay though.
I think I've pretty much got it.
Working for a bike industry tech startup, in a technical role. So I get to play with cool new technology and cool new bikes & gear, travel around to loads of big bike events, do the occasional review or article and all with a view of the North Shore mountains from my office.
Plus beer in the fridge. Can't forget that.
I've been a bike guide, it was cool but not something I'd want to do longterm.
-There was someone on here a while back who used to build clunker bikes with asylum seekers in Bristol. If I could live financially comfortably (and not in Bristol!) and ride a lot I would love to do that.
-Or i would like to get paid a nice wage for singing in a big choir. Despite my rather ahem, 'colourful' studenthood, I managed to do this for a bit when I was at university and it was loooovley.
Run my own factory producing widgets ...
It appears people want to do their hobby as a job, or just want to spend more time doing their hobbies.
iDave will be along shortly to tell you to stop dreaming and do something about. I knew what I wanted to do in the final year of university, it took 5 years hard work to get qualified/experienced and a year doing a dogsbody job, but the job I'm in is better than I could have imagined it would be. Well worth the wait and effort. University lecturer btw.
Some kind of editing or motion graphics position with a good TV series/film production company.
this topic crops up alot and my theory is that jobs that sound crap are actually pretty good and vice versa. For me being a MTB guide would be terrible, going to the airport every week, fixing lazy sods' bikes, having to ride slowly for some fat git, etc etc. Riding with a bunch of guests is hardly like riding with your mates is it?
Being an accountant say sounds boring but you earn loads (so you can afford to go skiing and riding and live in a house and own a decent bike or five etc), the job is transportable all over the world. So its all spreadsheets and email and conference calls and some of your colleagues are quite dull but not every courier / guide / musician etc is the life and soul.
I'm not an accountant BTW but I think the argument holds true.
I work with some accountants. Their lives and work seem very very dull..
I couldn't do a job I don't enjoy unless I knew it was only a stopgap for something else. Spend far too much time working to sit there looking at spreadsheets and other boring crap all day!
CaptJon - your dream job is to be my spokesman and I claim my £5 😉
perfect job in my mind, is not to have a job, but a scalable income and lots of little periods of 'retirement'
make outdoor movies = MTB and Climbing ( may be some Base Jumping on Thursdaysc)
I'd like to be Bear Grylls, being a hard man where-ever the producers take him.
Or Charlie Boorman, doing stuff on motorcycles for Unicef.
Either that or car designing. In California. 8)
I'd like to be a novelist. I've tried it though and it's really hard. My head's always been jam packed full of story ideas but as soon as I try and get them down on paper I just go blank. I'm fine with the high level concept stage, it's the detail that hits me.
I also like the romantic side of being a courier but the crap money, danger of death and general crap conditions put me off.
What I do now really, but more of it, and more money! 😀
I enjoy being creative. I like making stuff that other people enjoy. I'd like more people to enjoy what I do.
I'd like to be able to interact with more people on a daily basis though, I spose.
I'd like to be able to interact with more people on a daily basis though, I spose.
Meeting clients is the worst part about doing creative stuff, because they hardly ever seem to have a ****ing clue - I hate it 😆
Meeting clients is the worst part about doing creative stuff, because they hardly ever seem to have a **** clue - I hate it
No that's the bit I love! Gives you the chance to show off your superior artistic knowledge, and baffle them with arty talk...
No seriously, I really enjoy discussing ideas with others; only if you have your mind open to alternative ideas to your own, can you yourself truly learn.
[i]No seriously, I really enjoy discussing ideas with others; only if you have your mind open to alternative ideas to your own, can you yourself truly learn. [/i]
Nah. I create solutions and the worst thing you can do is discuss it with the client. They're all idiots.
the worst thing you can do is discuss it with the client. They're all idiots.
+1,000,000
😆
I come from the Brian Clough school of negotiation:
(When asked how he would deal with a player who may have the temerity to dare question his methods)
"We talk about it for twenty minutes and then we decide I was right."
😀
Works for me!
No that's the bit I love! Gives you the chance to show off your superior artistic knowledge, and baffle them with arty talk...
😀 True, true..
I just prefer to be "behind the scenes" and get on with the work rather than pretend I'm interested in talking to someone. Hence a job in post-production is ideal for me.
Whatever it is that "Awesome" people do.
Seriously, Park Ranger would do me. But obviously done in a way that would involve rescuing lots of stranded and attractive women and marching across mountains in a manly way looking rugged at sunsets and stuff. Probably.
Could be the perfect job for some-one?
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/design-engineer-chassis-or-powertrain-937552662?src=search
"TRIUMPH - One of the UK's most iconic Automotive Manufacturers is looking to expand its operations on the back of its continual growth.
- An interest in road or racing vehicles.
- Some hands on practical engineering/automotive experience.
- Ideally at least a year spent in industry (placement year included).
- Evidence of job stability"
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/production-engineer-assembly-937577694?src=search
"Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is a Leicestershire based Motorcycle manufacturer, designing and manufacturing over 40,000 motorcycles per year, along with a comprehensive range of clothing and accessories. Triumph employs over 1,400 people world wide with over 600 employees in the UK."
My job essentially involves deciding if people are suicidal, clumsy or a bit pathetic, and I consider it pretty ideal.
But I do sometimes think I would like small shop baking bread, selling great sandwiches and beer.
Making and selling a really good beer would be a good.
Author, dreamweaver, visionary. Plus actor