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Any jobs/careers you know you could never do?

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Hesleepswiththefishes · 13/08/2022 21:33

putting in chat for just general chitchat
name changed and uk based

have done various jobs but most important part of my career portfolio was being a nurse in the armed forces. It was very important to me to be able to treat casualties of conflict on both sides and remain neutral whilst understanding that military hospitals are a huge target for enemies. When I left I no longer wanted to be a nurse, nhs or private

..ds is at a juncture waiting for Alevel results, having a year out to earn some money before heading off to uni if his results allow

talking about future careers as I have with all my kids and they all have a wide range of ideas from the fantastical to the rare…fungi expert/botanist, cupcake shop owner, meteorologist, when I say rare I mean obscure…anything to do with physics and so on…I just don’t get it
dh and I have jobs that would not make anyone have a visceral reaction and I have only met one before that may….may (a nuclear weapons engineer) cause an inward turmoil

do you have a job that creates a negative reaction response? How did you get into that career path and how did you get into that field?

how do you respond when meeting people who have a job that goes against your principles

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alwaysmovingforwards · 13/08/2022 21:56

I knew someone who worked as a finance manger for Philip Morris international - they are a tobacco company and own most of the major global brands.

She's a non-smoker and in her words "just did finance stuff, product could have been anything".

But I still couldn't do.

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