We all had our dreams and aspirations in our youth. So what did you want to do when you left school and what did you end up doing?
I wanted to be a good girl but was always very naughty:biggrin:...............................and still am
I wanted to fly, didn't really care what, but wanted to be in the RAF. Walked into school arranged careers evening and up to RAF guy, told him what I wanted to do and he just said "No chance son, you wear glasses, you can't fly with us" So pissed off that I didn't even consider the civil aviation route. Been a telephone engineer for the last 30 years!!!!
I wanted to be an architect. But I ended up in Sales and Marketing and have been a Sales & Marketing Director (or similar titles) for the past 20 years
I just wanted to be a millionaire play-boy....... Ended up joining the Royal Navy where I've been working on aircraft for 21+ years
Just wanted a job to start with, had a apprenticeship as a joiner and went to night classes for qualifications and passed enough to teach joinery at the time, when I finished my apprenticeship the money was so bad I went long distance lorry driving delivering frozen food and chocolate to the middle east over land, progressed into running 3 lorries of my own and eventual got fed up of the hours driving and maintaining them so went back into my trade as a joiner and that's what I am still doing, can't wait to retire though, wish I had my time again. Steve
Wanted to live a life free from the influence of knobheads ..... didn't happen But at least I believe in reincarnation .... so I get another go
From a young girl I wanted to be a motor mechanic my uncle worked hard to put me off showing me his battered hands. From around 14 I wanted to be a blacksmith taking up metal work and art for my options Before leaving school it was a beauty therapist but ended up falling in young love :-/ I joined the motortrade at 17 and stayed there for 10 years loving getting my hands filthy Now I'm in retail I do enjoy it But I have a passion for massage and beauty therapy again so may just look to sports therapy or retail management Ooo can't choose for now Secretly I wish I had used my technical drawing skills :-/
How strange. I wanted to fly in the RAF too but was told no way as I wear glasses. Next stop was telecomms or computing as it was called back then. BT turned me down, so I ended up in computing. After 20+ years in computing/IT and having got just about as senior as it's possible to get, I got bored and chucked it all in. Now I make wooden furniture frames for the upholstery trade. And I'm happy.
Wish I'd chosen differently now! Been the same rank/grade for 27 years with no chance of promotion/advancement. Used to be a good firm to work for but not now. Wages are poor (£23k p.a.) pension of half that and instead of retiring at 60 will probably be 63 due to company enforced changes in the pension plan.
Always wanted to be a professor, but wasn't good enough. Ended up running the JAG (Judge Advocate General).
I wanted to be a jockey but try as I might I could never get my weight down enough to go to jockey school :-( gave that idea up at 16 and went to work for an insurance company's accounts department to help them out for a couple of weeks, ended up staying for 2 years and moving office twice then handed my notice in as I had an op on my knee and my dad had bought a retail unit so asked if I fancied being a shopkeeper, did that for 13 years. Retired at 30 and went to help a friend of mine cooking and have been catering in one form or another ever since
The boyhood dream of being a soldier ,and was desperatly unhappy when told "sorry son youve got no chance" I have asthma . Now I work in the building trade doing alsorts of stuff in a dusty enviorment. JEEZ.
Had a vague idea as a child about running the sort of shop I liked spending my pocket money in, and then around age 12 I thought that as running your own business is a risky proposition, I ought to train as a lawyer (as a back up plan) - being paid to argue sounded like fun. Qualified as a barrister, worked as a legal adviser in the civil service for 12 years, got sick of the law and politicians so took voluntary redundancy. Found myself more by accident than design working as an administrator for a firm of financial advisers for less than half my old earnings, but a shorter commute (Monster not train), shorter hours, and less stress. Not sure financial services will by my career till I retire, but it'll do for now.
Soldier..... What other job lets you blow shit up ( it's a wee bit more techy than that ) I was shit at Maths In school but still ended up doing chemistry/physics..... Watching sodium in water sparked ( ahem) a love affair with chemical reactions , an explosion " a rapid expansion of gasses producing pressure and heat" .... Oh yeah I ended up an assault pioneer sgt wrecking stuff and making loud bangs ( shooting shit is boring and slow , detcord burns at 6-8000m per sec) now I teach peeps to stay safe on two wheels ..... I have a perfectly formed life ..... Did I mention emm? She's my new career
Wanted to join the military. Flying or household cavalry. Was told I wasn't English enough despite being born educated and bred here. Both parents weren't commonwealth nationals. Now.... I just wonder what happened to my hair and waste- line.
