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If you were starting a new career in Ireland in your mid 30s, what would it be?

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  • #32
    hannible the cannible
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 163 ✭✭hannible the cannible


    eeguy wrote: »
    Sure in 5 years HGV drivers will be out on their ear.
    Every driving job will be automated soon enough.

    Well I suppose it's coming down the road sometime in the next 30 years , but I always said I'd like to give it a go anyway , I've been building all my working life and I'm fed up of it


  • #33
    jimmy blevins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 475 ✭✭jimmy blevins


    hmmm wrote: »
    We seem to have lots of Social Justice Warriors, but no Social Justice Cavalry or Cannons? Just saying they are careers to consider. If Starcraft and Command and Conquer have thought me anything, an army should have a proper mix of specialities.

    Tesla coil technician would be a fairly cool profession, now that you mentioned c&c.


  • #34
    Four Phucs Ache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭Four Phucs Ache


    Go for a really long walk and create a blog and then tell the people how to go for long walks , then tell them what to eat.

    If your quick you can get a book out before Xmas.

    Sorted.


  • #35
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    I'm 37 and have been doing the same thing for 17 years, got a call from an old boss a few weeks ago offering me a job, not sure what I'll be doing (so glad to get out if the current job I didn't ask) but I do get an office which is nice.


  • #36
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


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  • #37
    boardsuser1
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    eeguy wrote: »
    Sure in 5 years HGV drivers will be out on their ear.
    Every driving job will be automated soon enough.

    5 years? I'm out on my ear the last 5 weeks.


  • #38
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    hannible the cannible wrote: »
    37 here and trying to get into hgv driving , I've all the licenses and everything up to date but I can't get a job without experience and I can't get experience without a job , I've tried a good few places but they all want 2 years minimum experience ,I can't stay at the **** I'm at or I'll fcukin top myself before long
    For the love of Christ avoid that industry.


  • #39
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    A state quango waffler
    posturingpat wrote: »
    Drug dealer.
    Armchair Andy wrote: »
    A waffle design consultant.
    Step up from a waffler with more perks.
    not yet wrote: »
    Porn, You are at your sexual peak so the porn industry it is.
    boobar wrote: »
    Technology Evangelist.
    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    Kitten Ambulance.
    Four Phucs Ache wrote: »
    Go for a really long walk and create a blog and then tell the people how to go for long walks , then tell them what to eat.

    If your quick you can get a book out before Xmas.

    Sorted.



    I think I picked the wrong sub-forum for this thread :p


  • #40
    hannible the cannible
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 163 ✭✭hannible the cannible


    KC161 wrote: »
    For the love of Christ avoid that industry.

    For what reasons , I always think everyone thinks there own job is the worst , I've been building for a long time and wouldn't wish it on anyone , I see guys in there 60s and think to myself how are you still at this ****e , I suppose it's perspective , I'd like to give it a go and if I don't like it move onto something else


  • #41
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,344 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Man there are so many things. I really only saw one path for myself going towards college. But I have learned and explored and done so many things since then that I now realise that if I could go back in time there would be so many options for me.

    All my DIY madness has shown me I could have done wonders in building and/or internal design.

    While a lot of the hobbies I have had - coupled with the people I have helped and met in many ways - have told me that if I lived it all over again I might end up heavily drawn towards something in Human Psychology or Psychiatry or both. Likely straggling the boundaries between a few disciplines in those areas and bringing them together in ways not many - if any - people are currently doing.

    I do not see it as realistic alas. I have a growing family and am not loaded rich. And I am happy enough in my career and life to not be _that_ motivated to change much now. So really it is just a side level of day dreaming at most.


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  • #42
    boardsuser1
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    hannible the cannible wrote: »
    For what reasons , I always think everyone thinks there own job is the worst , I've been building for a long time and wouldn't wish it on anyone , I see guys in there 60s and think to myself how are you still at this ****e , I suppose it's perspective , I'd like to give it a go and if I don't like it move onto something else
    Long hours rubbish money.
    My most recent job was the worst of all.
    Signed up to drive what I was told was an artic, turned out it was a rigid.

    Was given a contract for between 7&10 hours a day.

    Every single day I was there the truck was loaded so much I couldn't get the stuff done in the shift.

    The company wanted me to work on (for free) until it was done regardless of finishing time, I declined as they were 15 hour days.

    Now who in the name of god wants to work those hours with those lies for €88.75 a day BEFORE TAX.

    The subsistence/expenses are €13 a day.

    I have 4 young kids including a 3 month old. Missing out on my kids growing up for the sake of peanuts is never worth it.

    If I could name the company I would but I would strongly believe I'll be carded for it.


  • #43
    Permabear
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  • #44
    boardsuser1
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    Permabear wrote: »
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    I think you'll find a substantial increase in applications from Bus Èireann drivers soon enough for a Luas job.


  • #45
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


    Permabear wrote: »
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    Not really my thing.

    The late night Luas is apparently going automatic and driverless. It's only a matter of time before technology gets better and can deal with the daytime shifts too.

    Driverless everything is coming. If you're in an industry that mainly requires you to drive I would suggest re-training yourself to something new.


  • #46
    team_actimel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 785 ✭✭✭team_actimel


    If you're in any way into fitness would you become a personal trainer? Seems to be the thing these days. It only takes between a month to 6 months to qualify, depending which course you choose. Social media is a great help in promoting your services too!


  • #47
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


    team_actimel wrote: »
    If you're in any way into fitness would you become a personal trainer? Seems to be the thing these days. It only takes between a month to 6 months to qualify, depending which course you choose. Social media is a great help in promoting your services too!


    Thanks, but probably one of the most crowded areas at the moment and not an industry Id be good at.


  • #48
    daheff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭daheff


    Yourself isit wrote: »
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    Probably not....but there are 12month courses in NCIRL in IFSC
    Permabear wrote: »
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    And automated out of a job pretty soon too...but never mind, i'm sure the union will ensure the drivers get kept on sitting around drinking tea on full pay.


  • #49
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 25,000 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    I think some of the local authorities are hiring again?

    Though realistically, almost anything offering decent pay and reasonable hours requires a degree or a trade. A 6 month cert in digital morkeshing will be about as useful in your job search as a roll of Andrex.

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  • #50
    Permabear
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  • #51
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


    Sleepy wrote: »
    A 6 month cert in digital morkeshing will be about as useful in your job search as a roll of Andrex.


    Maybe 6 months was a bit short in hindsight.

    Aren't there some reputable colleges in Dublin doing Diplomas in this field over the course of a year though?

    To clarify re: Social Media. Ive a knack for it and have grown some pages to strong numbers so it's something I enjoy and feel I could do 9-5.


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  • #52
    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭eeguy


    hannible the cannible wrote: »
    Well I suppose it's coming down the road sometime in the next 30 years , but I always said I'd like to give it a go anyway , I've been building all my working life and I'm fed up of it

    I saw this, and thought of you.
    http://qz.com/854117/truckers-think-automation-wont-take-their-jobs-for-40-years-silicon-valley-strongly-disagrees/


  • #53
    Arcade_Tryer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Arcade_Tryer


    eeguy wrote: »
    Sure in 5 years HGV drivers will be out on their ear.
    Every driving job will be automated soon enough.
    The almost religious devotion to and certainty concerning automated vehicles is hilarious. It really is. 5 years? There won't be an automated HGV on Irish roads for fifty years, if even then.


  • #54
    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭eeguy


    Arcade_Tryer wrote: »
    The almost religious devotion to and certainty concerning automated vehicles is hilarious. It really is. 5 years? There won't be an automated HGV on Irish roads for fifty years, if even then.

    They're on European and American roads already.
    Technology is not linear. It's exponential. Just because either took 10 years to get from A to B doesn't mean it'll take 10 years to get from B to C.


  • #55
    Shergar6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭Shergar6


    hairyslug wrote: »
    I'm 37 and have been doing the same thing for 17 years, got a call from an old boss a few weeks ago offering me a job, not sure what I'll be doing (so glad to get out if the current job I didn't ask) but I do get an office which is nice.

    How do you accept a job and not know what you'll be at :confused:


  • #56
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,309 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Train Dragon wrote: »
    I was thinking of doing a diploma in Digital Marketing, but maybe half the country is thinking the same, this area will be saturated soon and I should look at something else?

    If you were to choose a new career in Ireland with strong job prospects, what would it be?

    Hey op. Just a tip: stay away from digital marketing. So many Tom, dick and harrys have studied it. Most "jobs" in Ireland going for digital marketing are intern positions. It's a joke.

    I learned it 3 years ago. It's one of those skills that people blow out and anyone can do. Really suits a bull****ter.


  • #57
    robwen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭robwen


    Start your own cremation business service in very short supply around the country and its a market where demand is only going to grow


  • #58
    4068ac1elhodqr
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    hannible the cannible wrote: »
    Well I suppose it's coming down the road sometime in the next 30 years...

    In less than 15yrs, it's estimated 50% of all of today's current roles will become redundant cent due to automation, AI, technology & robotics.

    Logistics & Transportation will be one of the hardest and fastest hit.

    The emerging trend for 2017 will be VR entertainment, so OP could get on the bandwagon early, in one of the fastest growing areas I.e. that of an 'adult nature'. So e.g. staring in-front of twin 4k cameras with Interpupillary distances of 65mm, along with additional 360 environmental recording.

    (Assuming they don't code Unreal/Unity already, for the 'more general' growth sub-sectors of VR).


  • #59
    hannible the cannible
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 163 ✭✭hannible the cannible


    So what happens all the people who become displaced and unemployed because of technology , will working people have to supply the new unemployed with a living wage


  • #60
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    daheff wrote:
    Data analysis...booming jobs right now..big thing at the minute

    Have signed up for a FREE post grad in it, courtesy of the government. Not 6 months tho.


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  • #61
    Grayson
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    hannible the cannible wrote: »
    So what happens all the people who become displaced and unemployed because of technology , will working people have to supply the new unemployed with a living wage

    That's why we have so many unemployed blacksmiths knocking around.


    Eventually we will be able to automate nearly everything. However bit's not going to happen in our lifetimes. We should still be thinking about what that means though. Eventually things like careers will be a thing of the past. That's assuming we don't destroy the planet before then.


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