What do you work as? Do you like it?

endacl · 03-05-2016 02:07PM

livedadream wrote: »

4 year degree, one year masters then the mary I bit 1 year, isnt that 6 years?

Only the last year counts as a teaching qualification these days. Or you might as well include the years in secondary school that qualified you for the degree.

livedadream · 03-05-2016 02:48PM

endacl wrote: »

Only the last year counts as a teaching qualification these days. Or you might as well include the years in secondary school that qualified you for the degree.

fair enough, you stated it took you less years than the six the poster said it took him,

in that case the BA doesnt count at all.

potato-potatoe situation.

_Brian · 03-05-2016 02:48PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Sounds remarkably like my job.

Jawgap · 03-05-2016 02:58PM

Risk and crisis management - love it 'in principle' - whether I actually love it on any given day depends on the client in question!

But I do work with a great bunch and an employer with a strong social conscience who encourages and allows us to spend a proportion of our time on approved 'pet' community projects.

Never in a million years did I think I'd end up in a job like this!

Walter H Price · 03-05-2016 03:47PM

Social Media analyst for a semi state , interesting role but hate the company wont stay in the semi state or public sector long too slow moving and technologically retarded ... Dream Job would be digital Marketing for Dublin Zoo

endacl · 03-05-2016 04:45PM

livedadream wrote: »

fair enough, you stated it took you less years than the six the poster said it took him,

in that case the BA doesnt count at all.

potato-potatoe situation.

Not really. I began in a VEC, where, historically, the qualification was a degree.

wally1990 · 07-05-2016 03:46PM

Jawgap wrote: »

Risk and crisis management - love it 'in principle' - whether I actually love it on any given day depends on the client in question!

But I do work with a great bunch and an employer with a strong social conscience who encourages and allows us to spend a proportion of our time on approved 'pet' community projects.

Never in a million years did I think I'd end up in a job like this!

So what exactly do you do? the title sounds interesting

DoozerT6 · 08-05-2016 03:40PM

Boring, general admin. I hate it and it's far from where I saw myself at this stage of my life back when I left school, but now I have a mortgage etc.

aido79 · 10-05-2016 03:32AM

I work as an electrician on a goldmine in Australia. Money is very good($100k+) and I work 8 days on and then have 6 off. I love the 6 days off however I dread the 8 days I have to work as I despise the job and am away from home when working. It just shows that money isn't everything and doesn't motivate me.
I have a diploma in electronics and another in industrial automation so plan on making a change very soon to something where I actually have to engage my brain.

frankyboy1986 · 10-05-2016 09:19AM

Was working as a bus driver up until recently which I quite enjoyed,am currently training to become a train driver and should be working by late summer

ambro25 · 10-05-2016 09:34AM

SeamusG97 wrote: »

This got me thinking . Going to start a new thread - how did you arrive at your present job? I did all the wrong things - left school early, etc.... and got on ok in the end. I'm sure many more did the same.

Patent & trademark attorney.

It's a job which, historically and still, most incumbents fall into by accident (I've never yet met anyone who went through education wanting to work in IP, patent attorneys tend to be career-blocked scientists) and, in relation to the above quote, I must have been the most accident-prone, because I have the unlikeliest of backgrounds for it (international trade/marketing, when 99+% of patent attorneys have a STEM background, at MSc/PhD level nowadays).

16 years at it this year, loving it.

timmy880 · 10-05-2016 09:37AM

Work in marketing in an IT services company. I'm not stressed at work and my manager is great but the job is not stimulating at all and most of the times I'm on autopilot. I have alot more to offer if I managed to motivate myself but the job is just too dull at the moment to really make it enjoyable.

hytrogen · 10-05-2016 09:41AM

Aye Bosun wrote:

I work with boats, I used to work at sea in my younger years but swallowed the anchor a few years back and now have a shore side role but still with boats..I love my job. I made a decision in my early 20's that I wanted to do something I loved rather than fight the rat race. Money and career progression do not motivate me..my happiness and well being are more important.

Me too, I'm nav officer on big cruise ships. Great craic, hard long hours of work but mad craic!
I signed up to it to see the world & meet like-minded people and I'm very glad to say I definitely have :d
I've been everywhere, every continent, held at gun point and shot at (separately), saw the most beautiful sights, most star filled nights & Beautiful sunrises noone else has, faced all perils the sea can throw at you & luckily escaped. It's been an absolute blast so far.
Only tiny downside to it is when I come home it's always hard to reconnect with friends & find things to do with other people.. so now I'm taking a break from it, found a shoreside job in town & going to use that to reconnect with friends & family the next while. And then resume the adventure!

L'prof · 10-05-2016 09:54AM

IT Intern for the last year and a half. Don't really enjoy the area I'm working in and worried I'll get cornered into doing this or similar for the rest of my "career"!

deisedude · 10-05-2016 10:22AM

Work as a Marketing Manager. Lost 2 of my family in tragic circumstances in the past year and now really questioning what I do. Money is decent but I don't get any enjoyment from it. Think I want to change career and do something where I can help people but don't really know what it is I want to do

zSparc · 10-05-2016 10:38AM

I work with SPARC's and x86's, Unix, Linux, cloud services and a few more. I love it as much as the fact that for living I do what I love.

zSparc · 10-05-2016 10:39AM

I work with SPARC's and x86's, Unix, Linux, SAN, cloud services and a few more. I love it as much as the fact that for living I do what I love.

Hollister11 · 10-05-2016 11:07AM

frankyboy1986 wrote: »

Was working as a bus driver up until recently which I quite enjoyed,am currently training to become a train driver and should be working by late summer

How do you become a train driver.

enda1 · 10-05-2016 12:30PM

Automotive engineering development. Has its perks, the main one being location - Italy, and it's drawbacks such as not getting home till a quarter to twelve last night after driving back from a test in Milan.

nogoodnamesleft · 10-05-2016 12:39PM

Electrical Design Engineer specialising in High voltage protection with a utility company in the UK. Interesting work dealing with large capital investment projects (new substations) and large private developments like solar and wind generation sites. Is a niche area and opens doors to opportunities to in other areas of electrical engineering. Money is good with two pay increases a year (stark contrast to Ireland). May move in time depending on what other utilities or consultancies can offer in the way of remuneration and perks.

ali_d · 10-05-2016 12:50PM

Working in sales and customer service. It's okay. Don't love it, but definitely don't hate it. I used to work in purchasing/planning with payroll but I absolutely hated going to work every day (the workplace more so than the work itself) So i got out of there. More to life than worrying over work. Even if it did mean a pay drop. Bills still get paid... just meant cutting back on some luxury's.

mackey9387 · 10-05-2016 01:44PM

Car Park Supervisor - dropped out of college so kinda take what you can get for me.

Had worked block-laying that went belly up, worked over goods inwards for Harvey Norman was made redundant then started as a car park attendant 6 years ago, made supervisor last year. Easy job no stress at all money is OK pays the bills, jobs repetitive which makes it less enjoyable. Plus side I do my own roster.

One thing I have learned is no matter how cheap parking is people hate to pay.... and it's always my fault they have to pay :mad::mad: I work for the company I don't own it....

waraf · 10-05-2016 02:37PM

Caybar wrote: »

Luas driver

What's the pay like?

10-05-2016 03:10PM

Doyler92 wrote: »

I work as a poker dealer and floorperson. It's an amazing job and I absolutely love it. I'm glad I seen this thread just now as I'm on my way to the airport to work in Monte Carlo for the next 10 days.

People always seem so fascinated by it when I tell them as the consider it to be such a unique job.

There are so many perks to the job. I get free holidays to places such as Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Prague, Malta and many many others.

The money is also pretty good and you can pick and choose when you want to work.

The only real downside (for some people) is the long working hours. In the next 10 days I expect to work 150 hours. I personally love it because then I will take maybe three weeks off to chill out.

I'd advise anybody to try it out for maybe a year and see how they like it.

How do you get into that? I used to deal for small time tournaments in dublin years ago

fatherted1969 · 10-05-2016 03:17PM

Worked as a butcher for over 20 years. Had an accident where I'm restricted to less physical work so sucked it up and went back to school. Now work in residential services for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. Love it, raging I didn't go straight into it from school

gsp119 · 10-05-2016 03:54PM

Lift Engineer - Ups and Downs - pay fluctuates - I'll get my coat

ted1 · 10-05-2016 03:55PM

livedadream wrote: »

fair enough, you stated it took you less years than the six the poster said it took him,

in that case the BA doesnt count at all.

potato-potatoe situation.

A BA is three years,

wmpdd3 · 10-05-2016 04:35PM

I work as a freelance trainer, I love every minute of it. I delivery QQI programmes.

I was a fashion retail manager for 15 years, I loved it but couldn't keep working 60 hours per week and I had to take time off to care for my son.

Now I work 21 hrs max outside my home and do about 5 hrs at home.

I have met people who say they can't survive freelancing, but I run it like I ran my stores, I keep to budget and plan my break even point during the year.

wmpdd3 · 10-05-2016 04:49PM

deisedude wrote: »

Work as a Marketing Manager. Lost 2 of my family in tragic circumstances in the past year and now really questioning what I do. Money is decent but I don't get any enjoyment from it. Think I want to change career and do something where I can help people but don't really know what it is I want to do

Once that spark is lit, run with it.
Research it like you would a project in work, offer yourself as a volunteer even if its just 3 hrs at the weekend. For me that's the only way to find out what you really want to do.

Plenty part time courses in Dub or Cork that are possible with a full time job.

IvoryTower · 10-05-2016 04:55PM

I think about that a lot, the thoughts of going back and doing another degree i find hard to get around. Im thinking I might do it later in life when my family are less reliant on me. Life is probably too long for one career path anyway!

What do you work as? Do you like it?

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