To ask what you do for work?

Receptionist and accounts for the local paper. Genuinely love it. It's a proper old-school community-rooted job.

Software engineer. I love it and retrained to do it. Best decision I ever made. Complete autonomy, work remotely (if you want, can also go to an office but fuck that), very good salary, flexible hours and get paid to solve puzzles and build cool stuff with minimal interaction with other people. For me its perfect and it's allowing me to move abroad and get out of the UK due to the ability to be completely remote.

Same here. Stumbled into pretty much my perfect job. Get to use my brain every day, work with fascinating people, do very well salary wise, and mostly manage a normal 9-5. It's well worth considering for anyone with a STEM degree who wants to maximise their earning potential while doing something really interesting with excellent prospects once you get in the door.

Ah, that's kind. I'm very fortunate that I love my job as much as I do.

I would like it to be more money though. I see some salaries on here, and I wonder what it must be like to earn that much and never have to worry.

If I could go back in time, I don't think I would do anything different. I'm very lucky!

I'm a teacher for severely disabled children. I teach using all kinds of methods and using all sorts of equipment. Lots of personal care, moving and handling (although it's more the support staff that do that), updating EHCPs, liaising with therapists and nurses etc.

While I love the kids, I have had enough of everything else and am looking for a career change.

Machine operator in a kitchen manufacturer. Jobs a job 🤷‍♀️

Was a finance director in legal services for many years. Decided to make a risky change career in 2022 (I was 57) and now work in corporate governance. Pay is OK and it's not in London, which is a big plus.

@blueberry cake

Could you tell me a bit more about your role ?
Is it online? What age group? etc

Sounds like something I would like to do.

I’m a forensic psychologist and would advise you’d be better off doing clinical psychology which allows you to work in forensic and non forensic settings. It gives you much more choice and opportunity as you progress

Business Analyst in front office of an Investment Bank. I love my job. Always learning, work with clever people and have earned 6 figures for the last 25 years without having to do crazy hours.

Hotel management and translation-dont go there
Ended up in a clerical role-dont go there either

Work for a Church of England Diocese. Love it. (not a vicar!)

As my username suggests I'm a veterinary care assistant.

I mostly love my job and I do a bit of everything - setting up equipment, sterilising equipment, packing away equipment, cleaning, laundry, restraining animals, feeding animals, weighing animals, dealing with deceased animals, doing pawprints and fur clippings and organising cremations, reception duties - booking appointments, insurance stuff and taking payments, and scanning and uploading documents. Also, dispensing medication.

Expected to work occasional weekends.

Often go to other branches at short notice.

I'm postgraduate educated but get paid minimum wage.

Mental health nurse. Currently freewheeling to retirement and just doing 'bank' nurses when I fancy it....on average 2 days a week, mainly in a&e liaison.

A&E is OK, you don't have a caseload as you do in the community. We assess service users who present in the department (eg overdoses, self harm etc) then come up with a crisis plan eg admission, intensive support, crisis house etc.

I've recently started working for a town planning consultancy after most of my career in higher education. I studied a joint planning and surveying masters and much preferred the planning modules, so went for that instead. The pay at entry level is pretty low but you can progress quickly and the role is really varied, working on projects from retail to city centre regeneration as well as housing schemes. It can be pressured with deadlines but it's never dull like my old job was!

If I were to choose a career now it would be hairdressing. They earn a lot these days....my old hairdresser told me that she earned four times as much since she started renting her own chair. So I reckon that must be at lease 4k a month (not sure whether that's gross or net). Low stress and sociable...maybe too sociable if you're an introvert though. Which I am but I would still do it. It won't be taken over by AI either...

I’m a passenger assistant for autistic children, taking them to and from their sen school each day. I have built up a lovely relationship with the 4 boys I have and the boys have all become close despite them all being different ages. I love my job but the pay is awful.

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Learning designer in a training organisation. Fully remote and extremely flexible and enjoyable but AI will replace me soon.

Compliance Director for a large multinational PLC.

Pays extremely well but can be quite a dry subject to deal with.

WFH so the flexibility perks are huge as I have a young DS and can see him far more than if I had to travel into an office 5 days per week.

Salary will allow me to retire early as able to make 60k pension contributions every year so soon adds up.

And I myself work for a well known aggregates company supplying civil/infrastructure builds. Got bored of office work and decided to get my HGV licence as I've always fancied driving big trucks. That was going to be a stop gap while I decided what I wanted to do (was thinking maybe a trade) and also something to fall back on if ever needed but I found I really enjoy it.

I'm now on a plant management pathway learning to batch aggregates like concrete/asphalt etc and I've learned to drive a fair few heavy plant machines like tippers and loading shovels in the process which has been fun.

Last few months however I've been working a 5-6 hour evening shift from 7pm till about 12/1am and loving it. It's a four day week with Friday as a paid rest day in case we need to transition back onto day shift the following week, and we get paid close to £350 a shift so it's pretty sweet IMO. We often spend half the shift waiting for the piling team to drill the holes first so I sit in the truck watching Netflix on my phone a fair bit if I'm honest.

Did 5 hours last night and was then stood down today on full pay due to site having problems. Might be back in at 7pm again tomorrow but looks like it may also be cancelled again meaning my whole work week may only end up being 10 hours long if that happens!

It's not a job I'd ever have dreamed I'd be doing but I love it. Gotta admit I'm kinda glad not many women want to do this kind of job because I'm never short of work!

What about digital forensics? It's a very lucrative field and pretty stable given that nobody is going to stop using computers, phones, or social media anytime soon.

My son would love to do this... currently doing his a levels. Any tips for him?

Veterinary nurse. Love it but I’ll never be rich from it

Emergency Department consultant specialising in trauma / plastics 😊 not in the UK. Off to Gaza to help soon.

Good luck and I hope you go into forensics.