Did your parents’ occupations have any impact on your own?

[CharliesAngles]

As in, if they were in the medical profession, did that give you the impetus to study and have a career in the same or similar field?

I know families who come from a long line of teachers, and another who seem to specialise in finance related jobs.

It wasn’t the case in my own family, who all seem to have a retail background but I work in tech.

There's a ton of research that evidences that parental occupation is the single biggest factor in how well someone does in life. Doh.

No, my parents are immigrants and worked as labourers. They would have been appalled if i had done the same. I became a research scientist.

You don't need to follow the stats now do you. When there's a will there's a way.

I’m from a family of low paid factory workers and cleaners.

I was the first ever to gain any form of professional qualification or to study.

My parents were on benefits for my entire childhood. They couldn’t even be bothered to get dressed for the school run some days. It was bleak, dreary and we were in poverty

it made me work hard to leave that life behind and earn a living. I had aspirations to be like my Grandparents and successful Uncle. (Who lived in another country. We weren’t close to them. But I was in awe of them)

My Grandparents and Uncle were scientists and I do feel a little connection with their field. I’m proud of what they achieved.

My career circumnavigates all of their Scientific specialisms. And I love it. In fact my Grandad taught some of my colleagues at University!

They would all be amazed to see what I achieved given my bleak start in life ☺️.

I'm a teacher and the one thing my children know they definitely don't want to go into is teaching.

Parents both civil service. I knew I'd always work private sector.

That's amazing, @MissionaryMumtoOne. Just think of all the lives that have been positively affected by your mum and dad's choices.

Lack of work ethic certainly made me want and have a very strong one!

Yes, my Mums did.
A bit.
Well, now one thinks about it, HM helped one quite a lot.

My mum was a marriage guidance counsellor and then a social worker where a large part of her job involved listening to people's problems. I've always had that at the back of my mind and am now currently trying to get accreditation in a, broadly speaking. listening therapy related role.

My mum was a housewife and mum and I wanted to be the same, which I did. When my children started school I started my career, luckily everything has worked out well.

Farmers. Yes definitely impacted me, my siblings and their kids.

DS has never met his biological father but seems to have gone into exactly the same field. Nothing remotely connected with farms like he was bought up with.

I never wanted a job which was susceptible to the whims of the economy
After seeing what dad went through (architect). So entered the nhs where I'll hopefully never be unemployed.

No. My single parent mother of 4 lived on benefits.

I’m a Dr in STEM.

Really sorry you went through that @Underworld2 Some parents are the pits.

No Mum was a teacher and very adamant I shouldn't become one. Dad left school early and had a very different role to me but think his ideal role would have been doing what I went into as he talked about it all the time.

Yes, my parents were nurses.

Dad always told me never to be a nurse as you're under appreciated and underpaid 😆

Nope. My father was a teacher until he got booted out, then a middle manager in various companies. My mother trained as a nurse, then married and raised three children, then worked in the state public service once divorced. I have done many jobs, mostly customer service related, and have never had the slightest ambition or drive toward any kind of career.

No. DH was a university lecturer and DM was a typist in the civil service.
I worked for the NHS in a patient facing role( not nurse).

Should read DF was a lecturer,not DH

So good to hear this! My husband and I are also foster carers and I worked as a social work assistant before giving it up to care full time. My mother was a nursery school teacher so also worked with children. My ND son wants to be a scientist so I guess the tradition may not carry lol.

No, I do something completely different. Same for my siblings!

Not at all. My dad was a lorry driver and my mum didn't work. I'm in a procurement director. What I did inherit was their natural ability for some things (languages from dad and maths from mum). Very thankful for all they did to ensure I had more opportunities than them

No. My mum worked in retail when I was young but went into the NHS when I was 11, I don't fancy working in the public sector at all. My dad was a barber when I was a kid but he's had long periods of unemployment due to being in and out of prison. NC with him so I don't know what he does now.

I work in the energy sector, I'm a lot more ambitious than either of my parents although being a lone parent and the challenges of that has meant I haven't achieved my full potential yet so I'm still carving out a career.