Most difficult career path?

BumperD · 05-06-2019 07:45PM

Jumps Jockey. You are constantly wasting/dieting. Besides, what other job requires an ambulance to follow you around as you you go about your work.

skooterblue2 · 05-06-2019 07:53PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I didn't want to say it originally but I always thought you could judge the stress of a job by the amount of alcoholics in it. Chef certainly ranks high on the list.

If you want to judge it that way the Priesthood. Its like all weddings and funerals, a pint and a whiskey in front of you, you could get quite fond of it. and then you are dealing with people in distress. My friend is AA long term and there is surprisingly loads of priests there.

Dwarf.Shortage · 05-06-2019 07:54PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

If you want to judge it that way the Priesthood. Its like all weddings Funerals and then you are dealing with people in distress. My friend is AA long term and there is surprisingly loads of priests there.

And no riding which is a dreadful thing to do to someone.

pc7 · 05-06-2019 07:57PM

Your Face wrote: »

Suicide bomber - there's not much of a future in it.

At least you go out with a bang.....

I’ll get my coat

skooterblue2 · 05-06-2019 07:58PM

Dwarf.Shortage wrote: »

And no riding which is a dreadful thing to do to someone.

Loads of complications other than that. One brother gets the farm and the other get sent off to the seminary. That is what we did with my Uncle. If you did a study into Higher Functioning Autism you would be surprised what you would find.

Dammo · 05-06-2019 08:02PM

BumperD wrote: »

Jumps Jockey. You are constantly wasting/dieting. Besides, what other job requires an ambulance to follow you around as you you go about your work.

Solicitor

Sorry, wrong way round

Samuel T. Cogley · 05-06-2019 08:06PM

Barrister. Basically see what was written about pilots and remove the medicals. Basically paying to do the job until you get established and many never do.

zuutroy · 05-06-2019 08:10PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well I'm not there yet but hats off to you. It's extremely hard to get to that level. Do you mind me asking how did you make income online?

Affiliate marketing. That ship has sailed unfortunately. All the easy money is gone!

Brendog · 05-06-2019 08:13PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Unbelievable stress from what friends say. It's a very tough working environment.

I work as a chef and can confirm this. No social life at all unless you make friends within the job.

skooterblue2 · 05-06-2019 08:22PM

Higher Functioning Autists:
You have few interests
You have intense interests no body understands
You have few friends if any
Constantly depressed
Prone to suicide
Difficulty getting employment (3%)
Cant get a ride
Sensitivities to Light sound crowds textures smells ...etc

Snow Garden · 05-06-2019 08:26PM

Actuary. Long years of tough exams and work.

Samuel T. Cogley · 05-06-2019 08:27PM

Basically OP I think you're finding out you're not that special I'm afraid! :pac:

skooterblue2 · 05-06-2019 08:34PM

Brendog wrote: »

I work as a chef and can confirm this. No social life at all unless you make friends within the job.

I both studied and worked as a chef and they arent the best quality friends. They are fickle and shallow. Most are gone at 30.

Blaizes · 05-06-2019 08:35PM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Barrister. Basically see what was written about pilots and remove the medicals. Basically paying to do the job until you get established and many never do.

Knew a few barristers who quit, they couldn’t get the break they needed so had to find other jobs.

skooterblue2 · 05-06-2019 08:35PM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Barrister. Basically see what was written about pilots and remove the medicals. Basically paying to do the job until you get established and many never do.

1 in 40 who qualify make it? Those are tough statistics

Samuel T. Cogley · 05-06-2019 08:40PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

1 in 40 who qualify make it? Those are tough statistics

Not sure it's quite that bad. In fairness the BL degree is good in other fields.

Murtinho_ · 05-06-2019 08:43PM

Barrister/Solicitor. Nightmare.

skooterblue2 · 05-06-2019 08:45PM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Not sure it's quite that bad. In fairness the BL degree is good in other fields.

I know you can use a degree in law for other things like the guards, HR, Planning etc etc But any guy I knew who had a degree in law and wasnt using his qualifications was always a pot stirrer and deep in the Union causing problems where there were none and picking through contracts. There are some seriously maladjusted (insert appropriate term) out there with with law degrees.

Samuel T. Cogley · 05-06-2019 08:46PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

I know you can use a degree in law for other things like the guards, HR, Planning etc etc But any guy I knew who had a degree in law and wasnt using his qualifications was always a pot stirrer and deep in the Union causing problems where there were none and picking through contracts. There are some seriously maladjusted (insert appropriate term) out there with with law degrees.

It's an easy degree to get in fairness.

skooterblue2 · 05-06-2019 08:51PM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

It's an easy degree to get in fairness.

???? I had a look at reading law and it was near impossible to decipher. How ever I did read a solicitors letter sent to a hungarian lady and she couldnt understand because it was written too prosaically for her to read but I understood it to say "piss off, I will deal with you when I feel like it !".

TuringBot47 · 05-06-2019 09:00PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

If you want to judge it that way the Priesthood. Its like all weddings and funerals, a pint and a whiskey in front of you, you could get quite fond of it. and then you are dealing with people in distress. My friend is AA long term and there is surprisingly loads of priests there.

We got married with an old priest and a young priest performing the ceremony.
A couple of months later the old priest open the 2nd storey window of the parish house and let himself fall out backwards.

No future, no life, no money... I'm sure it's a very difficult calling as numbers entering the priesthood fall.
I've no love of any organised religion but can imagine a lot of psychological damage from the abstinence of a real life.

The catholic church in particular needs to modernise to survive.

TuringBot47 · 05-06-2019 09:03PM

Murtinho_ wrote: »

Barrister/Solicitor. Nightmare.

?
God know... €3k to sign a few papers to sell a house.
They're probably delighted to get a divorce and charge €50 to hand one letter over to another solicitor...

One of the most overpaid professions milking the system with long running inquiries.

paleoperson · 05-06-2019 09:04PM

I tend to agree with OP, the average worker in STEM is the modern day peasant except with worse hours, much worse stress, but slightly better outside conditions (which is due only to technology.

"work hard in school, it'll all pay off in the end"... some joke!

TuringBot47 · 05-06-2019 09:07PM

paleoperson wrote: »

I tend to agree with OP, the average worker in STEM is the modern day peasant except with worse hours, much worse stress, but slightly better outside conditions (which is due only to technology.

Well that's probably just pure research. Science for the sake of learning/discovery.

If you go the commercial route, working on R&D with patent-able research with commercial potential I imagine it's a different matter.

skooterblue2 · 05-06-2019 09:07PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

We got married with an old priest and a young priest performing the ceremony.
A couple of months later the old priest open the 2nd storey window of the parish house and let himself fall out backwards.

No future, no life, no money... I'm sure it's a very difficult calling as numbers entering the priesthood fall.
I've no love of any organised religion but can imagine a lot of psychological damage from the abstinence of a real life.

The catholic church in particular needs to modernise to survive.

You missed out on my Higher Functioning Autism post. Many in religious life are HFA's. Its a lot more complex than abstinence and the things that go with it.

Its not the Catholic Church that needs to modernise. Western civilisation is coming to an end. Once religion goes the whole moral compass is gone and society collapses. The same way as it did in Rome Greece and the Tsars. Civil servants are like cockroaches they survive everything.

Atoms for Peace · 05-06-2019 09:09PM

The path to work on Tuesday after a hard weekend can be quite dangerous if your not careful.

skooterblue2 · 05-06-2019 09:09PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

?
God know... €3k to sign a few papers to sell a house.
They're probably delighted to get a divorce and charge €50 to hand one letter over to another solicitor...

One of the most overpaid professions milking the system with long running inquiries.

..... and if you are morally compromised there is the free legal aid route. And if you need social welfare there is always a tribunal in the offing

steddyeddy · 05-06-2019 09:11PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

Well that's probably just pure research. Science for the sake of learning/discovery.

If you go the commercial route, working on R&D with patent-able research with commercial potential I imagine it's a different matter.

R and D can really pay off but you'll need one or two postdocs under your belt.

paleoperson · 05-06-2019 09:16PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

Well that's probably just pure research. Science for the sake of learning/discovery.

If you go the commercial route, working on R&D with patent-able research with commercial potential I imagine it's a different matter.

You're right but you might still be too optimistic there also. You generally only hear the success stories, not the guys/girls who failed after throwing years of their life into something.

This a pretty well known phenomenon - in case OP sounds left of field for some people used to the official lobbied line that there's a major lack of STEM trained people - that's all just to push more people into it so companies/institutes get a better choice and cull the rest of people to eternal cycles of incredibly low positions.

https://theconversation.com/stem-postdoc-researchers-are-highly-trained-but-for-what-35059

DEFTLEFTHAND · 05-06-2019 09:18PM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Barrister. Basically see what was written about pilots and remove the medicals. Basically paying to do the job until you get established and many never do.

Very true. They make a grand total of zero euro for their year of deviling.

Then very little until they can establish themselves.

Whereas a Solicitor can begin earning well from out the doors of Blackhall Place.

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