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To ask you to suggest a career for me?

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Miajk · 23/04/2023 13:46

Looking for wisdom from mumsnetters!

Currently very unhappy in my job (marketing). Mid twenties. No degree, earn circa £50k per year. Suspect I might have ADHD but no diagnosis (very long wait times).

Things I enjoy or interest me:

  • problem solving
  • analysis and data/investigating and analysing
  • brainstorming
  • flexibility and autonomy
  • crime
  • nutrition (but due to previous ED history I don't think a career in this field would be a fit for me)

I am very driven and hard working (but sadly only when I'm motivated/want to). Got good grades in school. Happy to take a paycut to retrain. Good at picking up new tech quickly, but struggled with having the right mindset or patience for coding.

Things I hate:

  • corporate waffle
  • internal politics
  • greedy shareholders
  • "bullshit jobs"
  • being unfulfilled
  • rigid structure

I'd love a career that is somewhat recession proof, gives me good skills to be employed or self employed, has a good work life balance and pays okay (enough to live, and do a bit of travel).

Is there anything out there that fits the bill? 😀

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Miajk · 24/04/2023 18:32

Sandysandwich · 23/04/2023 14:46

Speech and language therapist?
Problem solving- finding out root causes of issues and finding different types of solutions.
Can be a nutrition element and SaLT have involvement with people who have things like swallowing problems and need thickened liquids or blended foods- so has nutrition elements without the diet culture/ED aspect.
Depeneds where ypu choose to work but there can be a lot of flexibility and there is no corporate nonsense.

I've never considered this but wow it actually sounds like an amazing choice.

I was into psychology but found it a bit too waffly whereas this sounds a bit more tangible. Sounds fascinating just a shame I don't think I could afford to retrain in terms of a full on degree maybe :(

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Miajk · 24/04/2023 18:34

Oncetheystartschool · 23/04/2023 14:32

Learn Alteryx, Tableau and Power BI and freelance as a business analyst/data visualisation consultant. If you don't like internal politics or shareholder greed you won't be suited to corporate or civil service but they could be your clients as a freelancer. Also with Adhd you may find working for yourself better as you can choose your own hours, turn down work that doesn't interest you.

So far this or speech and language therapy are my top picks I think.

Just have bad imposter syndrome, aka will I be too stupid to understand the more complex technical stuff. I'm not bad but also not someone who's naturally a whiz at it

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Disgustedandfreakedout · 24/04/2023 18:36

@Easterfunbun a good and decent middle leader gives their teachers autonomy for their lessons as long as they follow the scheme of work, a shit/ incompetent one doesn't. But your right on other areas like rigid structure.
Politics and corporate crap are everywhere.

Mycathatesmecuddling · 24/04/2023 21:23

Miajk · 24/04/2023 18:26

I'm decent with spreadsheets (regEx, lookups, pivots, formatting, automated trackers)

Decent with numbers and data vis, have experience with Looker.

Never used SQL or tableau/power Bi but think I could pick it up quickly. In the last 5 years reporting and analysis made up around 40% of my workload, including building out dashboards in looker by blending data sources.

Do you think i would have to start from scratch as a data analyst as most jobs ask for SQL and power Bi or tableau experience specifically?

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No if you can use looker the skills are transferable. We look for people with powerbi but if they have looker or tableau we know they can learn powerbi

SQL is fairly easy, go to ww3 schools and do their sql course and it will give you the basics

CoQ10 · 24/04/2023 21:53

How about something like this

www.ey.com/en_uk/forensic-integrity-services

MotherOfRatios · 24/04/2023 21:56

I work in public affairs consider public affairs/policy but on crime.

But you'll be starting at the bottom which can be £25k or less

thisshizisbananas · 24/04/2023 22:10

Costs Lawyer

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