To ask what your job is if you earn £50k plus

[CareerInspirationRequired]

Just that really!

I'm in a job that I fell into many years ago. Its OK but I'm bored. It's a professional job that many people would think earns about twice what it does. I'm on approx 30k (people are always shocked to learn this) and will be forever in this job (no real promotion open to me). Its a sector a LOT of people want to work in and in which some people will work for free. The result is we are actually paid very little - and people outside the sector are always shocked by this.

I'm considering a career change, but have no ideas what to. So if you're earning 50k plus sell me hour career. I have a degree, an MA and I'm sure lots of transferable skills.

£60k driving instructor

I read through all these responses at the time but was a bit overwhelmed- especially as my DC got covid the same week! I've just come back to them now and reread them and just wanted to say thank you to you all for sharing your experiences - there's a lot of food for thought here. I'm desperate to try something new (and I'm fed up of being broke!) but I can't afford to retrain so options may well be rather limited.

@Lovinglifeeveryday

I worked as a radiographer then moved into management and although earning good money It still didnt provide the type of life I wanted. I realised that I didnt want to slog away day after day until almost 70. I also knew that wealth doesnt give freedom as once money runs out you need to work. I joined a network marketing business and after 9 months I replaced my salary and left work. After 2 years ,I retired my husband and cleared mortgage and bought second home in Spain. i have now set up 11 passive income streams and earn roughly 60k a month. I have financial security and now get to enjoy life with my family. If you are hard working and have a vision you could easily do the same. Its hard graft at the start but you are working for your dream not trading your time for money. Good luck

Do you need money to set up a passive income stream? I have no savings/investments. I have to admit I'm not entirely sure what a passive income stream is - I mean I know what the words mean but apart from property I don't really know of any examples

@GlomOfNit

I earn nada and my last (only) professional role was an entry-level university lecturer, albeit in a RG university, which nearly 20 years ago now, started me off on about £22K ...

DH earns over 50K (not that much more though) and is also a university lecturer at professorial level (not a RG but a red brick, eg not new, university). It took him best part of three decades to get that far if you include undergraduate days. Academia is not well paid and nowhere near as attractive a gig as it used to be!

OP, I thought you MUST be in the museums/heritage sector from what you said! (about people now doing work in your sector for free and it being badly paid but oversubscribed.) How do you mean, that some people do work in your sector of HE 'for free'? I used to do some teaching as a post-grad whilst working on my PhD but got paid (a pittance) for it.

How do you mean, that some people do work in your sector of HE 'for free'?

I lecture in something that is (semi) vocational - there is an obvious career for (many) students to ho into when they graduate. Imagine I lecture in law and students become lawyers. Except it's not law and the profession earns less than a lecturer (unless you reach higher management levels). Lors of people who work in the profession will do lecturing for free both for CPD and because it's a way of getting experience in lecturing so they can move either into academia or into learning and development with their employer.

Most lecturers in my field don't have a PhD (as I dont) and research is rather limited compared with other disciplines