To ask what you do for a living?

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I'm almost 30, married with two DC.. and still have no idea what I want to be I am educated to degree level (law) and would consider going back into education if it were for a job I'd love, but I just have no idea what that is.

Currently a retail manager, and used to think I'd enjoy working in a school but done some voluntary work in DD's school last year and have now ruled that out.

So please tell me what you do, just throw ideas my way!

I was a journalist before having DD1. I also have a law degree OP and then went on to do an MA in journalism. I found my law degree very useful to a career in journalism (and I got an A in my media law module ). Money wasn't great but I loved the work and got a thrill seeing my byline over a story I'd worked hard on. Hoping to get back into it once DD2 is a little older.

I’m senior caseworker for an Ombudsman

I’m a chartered surveyor.

@slideaway82 another one here!

government cuts, too much work and too little pay? Or something else?
A combination of all those things yes but more the something else to be honest. This is a particularly horrible post. SLT is hugely variable from role to role.

Cover Supervisor in a middle school. Cover for absent teachers - they prepare and plan the lessons, get all the resources ready and I deliver the lessons. Also involved in lots of pastoral care and training other staff on mental health issues in young people. I love it.

If I could do it all again, though I love my job, I would train to be a vet.

Tourism. I manage two sites and several nice people. I like it, it's really flexible, I can work from home once a week and I never have to go in early.
I've had enough though, I'm 50 and going to retire in less than two years.

clean toilets in a shopping centre not exactly what you're looking for I expect

Criminal intelligence analyst with a police force. Fantastic job, very interesting, and fun doing association charts, mapping crime etc.
Full disclosure I'm working my notice after 14years to become a performance manager outside Police. The instability of working for a police force these days (3x redundancy processes in the last 6yrs!), lack of career progression (most posts upstream of mine have been culled) and uncompetitive pay have finally tipped the balance towards going for a less interesting but better paid job with prospects. But it's not terrible pay, and if you're looking for something interesting sort of related to law I'd still recommend.

I'm a prison detox nurse (RMN by trade). Bloody love it!!!

I'm nearly 50 and still wondering what i'm going to be when I grow up

Enjoying reading what everyone does.

I’m a solicitor. I have loved it at times and disliked it at times. The area I do is very high stress.

Early years teacher. Childcare Practitioner. Basically I get paid a shit wages to do lots of paperwork and teach children about whatever interests them.
I love it though. I am doing my BA. (Uk level 6 I believe) in Early Childhood Care and Education

I love these threads. I'm a civil servant in one of the big Departments of state. I've had about 12 different jobs in the Department which is one of the best things about it.

I'm technically policy but do a lot of finance (but am not an accountant). Love my job and couldn't imagine doing anything else.

Im a youth worker. Not great pay but when you make progress with a young person and change their poor attitude into a positive one, it makes the job worthwhile.

@anne your post has just perfectly illustrated a point a was about to make.....
Most people a have a number of careers in their lives. The concept of a job for life is well and truly dead. However, it's been replaced with a 'organisation for life' or at least a long time! Many people have different jobs but within the same organisation.

I’m a key account manager for a pharmaceutical company, love the good days hate the bad days, money is good plus bonuses.
Studied to be a pharmacist but decided to follow the money, don’t regret it. Is there something you could do that incorporates your specialty or calling.
I always wanted to be a market trader as a kid not the financial market but the barrow boy type so I eventually combined my academic side with my sales side.
Good luck whatever you choose.

One of the main benefits of freelancing is the flexibility - at the moment I'm also trying to write a book about infertility and pregnancy loss (or at least at this stage, a book proposal) so I'm currently working fewer days to devote some time to writing

I'm a sports physiotherapist. I've been doing it for over 20 years now - I'm 44 and can't imagine doing anything else. I'm freelance which gives me great freedom to take interesting jobs but can also be stressful because I'm reliant on earning as much money as I can during a short sports season. I work with rugby, cricket and sailing teams - both male and female and have various other private clients from other sports. The human body is so amazing and fascinating that I just love seeing how people can recover from terrible injuries and get back to their sport.

I think that if I wasn't a human physio I'd specialise in treating dogs - but it doesn't pay as well as my profession and I enjoy it too much to give it up.

I'm a journalist, freelancer and may be taking on an editor role soon.

Don't worry though, I specialise in travel and don't trawl Mumsnet for stories.

Lead scientist in the Pharma industry. Lead teams of scientists from different specialisms to deliver customer projects.

Teacher educator

@Longhairmightcare - I was in the public sector for a long time (NHS) and jobs above me got repeatedly culled. I knew I was unlikely to get much further up the career ladder, so I went self-employed as a community engagement specialist. Quantity of work is very variable, and I've had a few "squeaky" months with not much to do, but by and large I manage and it's great to have the freedom to do other stuff as well.

Solicitor turned primary school teacher over here! Love my current job... hated being a lawyer!!

I work as a lawyer in Data Privacy and Commercial and love my job. I work entirely from home and only have to go to the office very occasionally.