What do you all do for a living? Do you enjoy it?

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I am a SAHM but will start nurse training soon (as a 30 something VERY mature student).

I am a nosey sod and want to know what you all do and if you are happy doing what you do?

private banker - love it most of the time.

I'm dong a 2nd funded PhD - this time in autism- love it (hated/loathed/detested the first one!)

I work in a very male dominated industry (telecoms engineering) and I absolutely love it!

I work in Civil Service is a pretty demanding role at the moment. Don't believe that all civil servants are paid to sit on their bums all day. I have ben underemployed in the civil service but mostly been very busy.

Part time library assistant - love it too.

This thread makes very interesting reading!

Oh forgot to say that at times I have hated it (last job) am quite enjoying it atm but feel overwhelmed and in the past I have had a great time and a shit time in equal measures.

3rd year student nurse - its ok

Head of Marketing & Business Development for a decent sized firm of Architects, Surveyors and Planners. I really like the job, but wish it was something that could be done part time.

Hey Tequila, so do I. Which bit do you engineer?

secondary school teacher - love it.

computer programmer/analyst i enjoy it most of the time, and means i can MN anytime im not busy

I fart about with/write about music all day.

Couldn't think of anything else i would rather do to be honest.

I am a gymnastic schools assistant.

I am the one that holds the men's quivering thighs steady prior to the rope exercise.

Pay is rubbish but it has it's benefits.

'School' and 'men' in the same sentence?

What kind of school is that?

Spent 14 years being dynamic in sales & marketing
12 years full time sahm
Now 2 years as Resident Involvement Officer for local council - get to meet/support loads of lovely people trying to make a difference to the area in which they live. So, yes, I enjoy it.

I'm a sahm and also work from home as an illustrator (mainly school books and other educational stuff),
a 3d modeller (computer models of houses from plans for print)
a children's portrait photographer.
Love it!

I used to be a Holiday Rep- Then a Travel Agent.

Now I'm in the second year of a nursing degree (mental health branch). I LOVE it- best thing I have ever done in my life.

( There are lots of mature students on my course also!)

i am a nurse (have been qualified 12 years) and i HATE it. not the work - the politics, the bitching, the arguing, the low morale, the lack of support. i could go on.

nailpolish you have totally put me off nursing - I know what you mean though.

A friend of mine ia an adult nurse and has been qualified for about 5 years now - she is always on the sick from work and hates her job (for all the reasons you have mentioned).

She was a care assistant in a nursing home for 14 years prior to nursing. She is thinking of doing something different.

I love my job as a childminder, I love looking after little ones and guiding them through their early years. I love 2 year olds who don't stop asking questions and I love babies because they're just so damn cute!

However, I hate the rules and regulations that come from OFSTED!

Nurse - love it and hate it.
It's so stressful , theres never enough time nor resources and quite often the general public treat you like shit. A number of my colleagues have been attacked and I always feel like I am only half doing my job as I always have about 6 things to do and the time to do 2 iykwim.
That said my department is a great team and we have lots of fun and there is always something to make you smile on every shift.

I am currently working for DH as his secretary (in a specialised industry).

Can't stand it.

I have spent 18 years building up a reputation in this industry, and have held some excellent positions.

Now, I work alone in a dark, freezing office, whilst DH's boss' wife tells me when her staff toilets/kitchen etc need cleaning and I do jobs no more challenging than your average office junior. I came by the job by default, as DH was offered his position and I was told that I could be his assistant (I also had to start work the day after moving up here, so the house still looks like we only just moved in - 14 months later). We live on-site, so I am frequently called upon to do work at any time - could be 8am Sunday morning, or 10pm Wednesday night. The consolation is that DH is doing fantastically well, and I am happy for him.

Legal Secretary in London. Currently on ML. Cant say i enjoy it as such, but it's all i've done for the past 20 odd years and it's good money.

I love the place i'm working at the mo because everyone is just soooooo friendly and totally unstuffy - something that you dont normally find in a law firm!

nappyaddict, how funny, I was torn about wanting to become either a Social Worker or Occupational Therapist, but have now decided that what I really want to do is OT.Whilst tehre are most certainly parts of Social Work that would really interest me, I felt that OT is more me