to ask what you do for a living?

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Currently in teaching, and HATE it!

Any inspirational ideas? Xx

Emergency medical dispatcher
Answer 999 ambulance calls, give instructions, speak to hospitals, nurses, doctors etc, arrange transport for people

Work in a 'city' type job (related to private equity if that means anything to you) in a small friendly company in London. I work 3 days a week and love it. Before I went on mat leave I was full time and finding it quite stressful but now I love the balance of being home some of the time and in a dynamic, interesting, and adult environment the rest of the time. Have to spend a fortune on childcare though because these kinds of jobs demand flexibility and kind of assume you can drop anything at a moment's notice for a client. On the other hand I get paid very well compared to many other jobs so it balances out.

Lawyer. I work in the area of international disputes. It can be interesting but is very demanding (mentally and in terms of hours) and requires quite a bit of short notice travel, which will make family life difficult. But I do enjoy it most of the time.

Nothing. And I work very hard at keeping it that way.

Unemployed vet ( part time work thin on the ground and employers not keen when you have kids), do a bit of writing, run around after kids.
I'm not sure I really enjoy the vetting any more, but am enjoying the writing!

Mathematician. At its best, at its very very best, it's a rocket shooting up your spine and exploding in your brain.

What do mathematicians do in a days work? Serious question.

Eeyore - how did you find a child friendly financial company job in the city? I have only managed to find completely unfriendly to man, woman and child! And I actually know what PE is - had up excitedly (worked in similar). Never been asked though...

I do websites now, but I have been:
A short order chef
A saleswoman
A restaurant manager
A cocktail bar tender
A pimps assistant(don't ask)
a film production assistant
A post production co-coordinator at a TV channel
A costume stylist.

If I could start again I think I would be a shoe designer or a doctor. Or both!

I work as a deputy manager for adults with learning and physical disabilities and behaviours that challenge service provision.

I love the clients but hate the sense of responsibility whch means i rarely get a day off, or my holidays because I find it difficult to accept " Im not there so I dont care" attitudes.

Pay is shite though, for managing 50+ staff and 2500 support hours per week its rubbish rubbish pay.

Would love to get into SEN teaching but cant see it happening.

I'm a private tutor. Pays well, fits in with school holidays, and I love love love it. Nothing better than seeing a child who hates reading and writing skip away from a session and write you a poem for fun as a surprise for the next session. I'd do it for no pay if I won a million.

Painter - art rather than walls but i do sideline in murals and stage sets...

I run my own business doing children's cooking parties & workshops. Also do a bit of pet sitting on the side. Doesn't turn over much at the moment but it's quite new. Used to have a stressful professional, boring, uncreative job and I much prefer my life now.

Qualitative market researcher, and I work freelance (spent 12 years working for an agency). Love love love working for myself.

SAHM and VERY occasional primary supply teacher. Just 5 days work since September! I like teaching, but only want to do it part-time, so chances are it is time for me to think of something else too...

Missionary and also sahm

Crime scene investigator. Good job if you're nosy and have a strong stomach!

Ooh Lovely

I'm a librarian and really love my job. I work in a small research team and get to spend all day finding out the answers to really obscure questions. It's good if you like detective-work!

I'm an artist. I've been practising for ten years since I graduated but have gone back to do an MA. I love it but it doesn't bring in much money as the type of work I do isn't very commercial, luckily DH's salary means that isn't a problem.

I'm unemployed and sponging of my wife. Fortunately she has a good job AND her own business so there's plenty to sponge!

I'm a business analyst in the financial services industry.

OP - I'm a qualified librarian, and I've worked in libraries.

Now I'm a secretary. There are no library jobs :(

I've almost finished my training to be an Operating Department Practitioner, which means you work in theatre, assisting anaesthetist, being a scrub nurse, recovering patients after they leave theatre etc. I do like it but not sure whether I'll do it in the long term, and considering whether to do more training to do more advanced stuff in the same area or even do graduate entry medicine (which is what I'd really like to do but not sure if I can put the family though it)

Occupational Therapist though currently working as a support worker for vulnerable adults. I love love love it! After years of working in Financial Services this is the perfect job for me. Every day is different - I work with people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and substance misuse problems too. I feel I am making a difference and never resent being at work. I retrained in my 30's and would highly recommend both retraining and studying OT.