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!

Maxfac dental nurse love my job

CEO in education charity having worked way up. Mainly loved my sector for past 20+ years, but now wondering what next 20 years of work prior to retiring may hold? Seems enough time for a whole new career almost - but god knows in what. Feeling bit lost/stuck tbh. Wish there was a careers service for almost 50 year olds having a mid life crisis!

I’m a chiropractor, I mainly treat humans but I also treat horses and dogs (occasionally all manner of other creatures). It is the best job ever, I totally love it!
I went to uni in my 30s as a single parent. Before that I worked with horses.

@ant try the national careers service or your local careers organisation. They often have adult services.

I'm a counsellor, I work specifically with loss and bereavement in one role. Sexual violence in another, and more generically within the nhs iapt service.

blueangel1 that's good to hear, thank you. I was surprised to find that there was stuff out there for me when I emerged, blinking, out from under the umbrella of 'public sector'.
And often better paid with fewer responsibilities!

A nurse in an A and Email department.
Before that I was a sexual health nurse.

My nursing degree was sort of an out of the blue idea actually it never came to my mind that I wanted to do it until one random day.
Maybe it's because of my health anxiety who knows

Paramedic which I love. Didn’t start until I was in my mid 40’s but very glad I made the change from a job totally unmedical.

I'm a sex message/sexter worker. No phone sex or webcams at the moment, probably never more like. I pick my own hours everyday and the pay is good but typing has to be fast and have excellent spelling.

Priest.

Home based area manager for a national charity consortium. Also running a little side hustle with DH, a supper club, which is picking up nicely.

Interpreter. I love it.

@NamedyChangedy

TBH when I first started in sex work I had no idea what the market was like. I had this vague idea in my head it was going to be all Gordon Gecko types :D

Thankfully it turns out that your average punter is just your average person :)

@Suebnm how did you get into it? I didn’t know that kind of work existed. I think it might suit me and I’m looking for a change.

Aibu to cut in this thread to also ask how people got into their line of work? Especially if you are parents

I’m a SAHP and mobile nail tech but really wanting to find higher income work and it seems impossible with no family support and DC needing picked up from school etc. I have good grades but not familiar with the “working world” (no idea how else to put it)

Housewife.
Had ten years as a merchant Navy Officer.
Now I supply handicrafts to shops that cater for tourists

Public sector risk management/chartered insurer. Love it, even though it sounds dull it isn't.

I teach for two of my member institutes in my spare time, nice to give something back to the sector after 30 years.

I used to be a very successful childminder, before that I was in b2b sales. I was raped more than once and now can't work due to complex PTSD and anxiety.

Police detective. Have a very specialised role but it may be too outing to say what!
Can be interesting but the novelty wears off very quickly. I work very long hours often at very short notice. Can be very stressful as someone's life can literally be in my hands. Also the pressure of high workload and not dropping the ball on big cases.

Hotel manager. But hopefully changing career soon into business administration.
I enjoy my job but the hours are hard with two little ones. The industry is also changing for the worse so I would rather get out now.

International business development manager at a university- Good pay good perks- Lots of overseas travel but not a plan Korea choice kinda just fell into this role and ran with it

I do research for non fiction books and factual TV programmes. The money is OK and it's very flexible. I would tell my teenaged self to join the army and work with dogs though, then afterwards the police and work with dogs and not bother with a degree.

Anaesthetist - medical degree, house surgeon year, 2 years senior house surgeon training, 5 years registrar training, consultant (and have been one for the last 10 years).

I still enjoy it, but the drive to do more and more with fewer resources is draining. My son this morning said the best part about family holidays was that I didn't get called in to work all the time. I also have to work 24h on call shifts where I'm the only anaesthetist in the hospital, which becomes interesting when I'm needed in ED for a trauma, theatres for a sick patient requiring surgery and obstetrics for an epidural or caesar, all at the same time.

I don't think I'd recommend medicine or nursing as a career to anyone these days.

I'm 35, one DD (5) and second due Feb. I'm a marketing executive in the south east.

25! Not 35!