Which career path to take? Not o/t - what do you do?

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x.Moomoo.x

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I have done a similar thread before but not sure where it's gone, and seeing as though i've forgot what you guys have said (and all you newbies) i thought i'd ask again! :rolleyes:

Basically i'd love some ideas on what you lot do as careers/jobs? And if they suit you and what you've liked and regretted? And if you are comfortable financial wise with paying for your horse(s)

This isn't an o/t post as i'd love one day to be able to afford a horse of my own, instead of loaning :)

I really have no idea on where to go and it gets me all in a tizz as i really want to know what i'm aiming for! If you have any suggestions i'd be very greatful.
Personality wise: I can be a leader or follower. Probably work better in a small team, but am okay working alone, love working with people and animals, quite like working on computers etc.
 
Currently? I'm unemployed :eek: I was a health care assistant but I quit last week, it's so stressful!

I'm hoping to go back to uni to study Psychology, I can't decide whether I want to do counselling or forensic psychology afterwards though!
 
what do you want to do???

work with animals.kids.business.catering.??

im at uni doing business management - am i 100% sure what i want to do??? no...

my definate answer is run my own business - but not sure what to do to get there jsut yet....
 
I don't know what i want to do :(

I did have my heart set on Veterinary nursing but EVERYWHERE states you have to be employed at a vets before you can enrol on any course at any college or uni. Which is ridiculous as everywhere i have rung around have 4 year waiting lists!

And i'm currently studing A level: Law, psychology, philosophy & ethics. I love Law, and wanted to go into that as i love crime and investigation stuff it tickles my pickle :rolleyes: but think it's too hard to get into, and not sure what else i could be apart from a lawyer, barrister, judge & solicitor lol :rolleyes:
 
well thats flipping good pay i fyou can get in!!!!!

why not keep horses/animals as a hobby??

thats what ive decided on doing

id quite happily go and do an equine degree but tbh i want to keep the 2 separate as i feeel i would appreciate my horse more that way :)
 
I'm a hospital pharmacist - pay is lower than community when you first start but once on the way up the career ladder it pays really well. Can also do community locums if I need extra cash. Even here 'oop north' it pays £25 an hour and on saturdays that mostly means sitting reading a book!

I'm keeping a house, horsebox, car, three horses, breeding sporthorses and training/competing on that.
 
I'm an architecture student. I'm just finished my 2nd of 7 years.

I'm doing the course because i like design, but prefer design with a function. Not great with people, but the course forces me to deal with that. Met my lad doing the course so it must be what i'm meant to be doing :p

I personally couldn't face going to uni and doing a normal course...and then having a degree for a degrees sake. I want to come out with a job and a function. When i finish i will be a registered qualified architect.

I also made the decision that i didnt want to work with animals, because i would rather have a good job and my own animals, than be caring for everyone elses and have no money for my own.
Working with horses appealled to me when i in 6th year but my mum pointed out that i've always wanted my own horse...and that if i tried to work with horses, then i;d spend a lot of time caring for other peoples, but struggle to get my own wish.
 
Yeah i want to keep horses as my hobby as i agree - i'll definately appreciate it more :)
and i always rely on people to make decisions for me when it comes to decisions in my life about 'what to do' so i'm just waiting for someone to tell me, which career to do :rolleyes:
 
Jenni Addams said:
I'm an architecture student. I'm just finished my 2nd of 7 years.

I'm doing the course because i like design, but prefer design with a function. Not great with people, but the course forces me to deal with that. Met my lad doing the course so it must be what i'm meant to be doing :p

I personally couldn't face going to uni and doing a normal course...and then having a degree for a degrees sake. I want to come out with a job and a function. When i finish i will be a registered qualified architect.

I also made the decision that i didnt want to work with animals, because i would rather have a good job and my own animals, than be caring for everyone elses and have no money for my own.
Working with horses appealled to me when i in 6th year but my mum pointed out that i've always wanted my own horse...and that if i tried to work with horses, then i;d spend a lot of time caring for other peoples, but struggle to get my own wish.
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7 years?!! :eek:


ouchies!!! i thought my 4 years (well will be 5 :p ) is bad enough!?

how do you do that? regular college??

issit as expensive as a degree??

pm if you prefer im just mega nosey and curios :p



frances - thats the uni i went to open days and applied too!! its brilliant... i know its along way away from you but you cant go wrong witha visit as im sure your daughter will fall in love with the place as i did!!!
 
I did a degree in Biology, and whilst I enjoyed it, I came out thinking "what on earth am I going to do now?" I then discovered I could do a pre-registration masters in physiotherapy, I'd always been interested in physio, so looked into it a bit more and decided to go for it! So am currently in my 2nd of 2 years training to be a physio. One day I'd love to do animal physiotherapy and specialise in horses, but to do that you have to work on people for 2 years first, then it's a 2 year part time course to do veterinary physio and it's rather expensive! So that might have to be something of the future.

I'm hoping that next year when I start working I can afford to buy a horse, I currently have enough funds saved up in the bank for the initial price of a horse, so am hoping I'll be able to save up enough of my wages each month to go towards the upkeep of one :D
 
horseygal90 said:
Currently? I'm unemployed :eek: I was a health care assistant but I quit last week, it's so stressful!

I'm hoping to go back to uni to study Psychology, I can't decide whether I want to do counselling or forensic psychology afterwards though!
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is a physcologist diferent to a counceller?
dont you have to become a docter before a psycologist ?
 
I wanted to be a bereavement counsellor for ages cos i loved helping people/giving advice, especially about something i've been through myself. But everyone says it's hard and can be very deep on yourself as it'd be a very 'full on' kind of job, as in, not the happiest of jobs to do, although personally i'd find it very rewarding and satisfying.
 
Jenni Addams said:
I'm an architecture student. I'm just finished my 2nd of 7 years.

I'm doing the course because i like design, but prefer design with a function. Not great with people, but the course forces me to deal with that. Met my lad doing the course so it must be what i'm meant to be doing :p

I personally couldn't face going to uni and doing a normal course...and then having a degree for a degrees sake. I want to come out with a job and a function. When i finish i will be a registered qualified architect.
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my sister is almost an architect ;) she's sitting her part 3 next year. it's not a good line of work to be in at the mo to be honest and many architecture degree courses are being suspended because their students cannot get work placements (compulsory as part of the degree). My sis dropped lucky and landed a job at a firm who were just establishing an office. Many of her fellow students aren't employed. Hopefully things should pick up though, especially for those of you just starting. Her job pays her about £25k a year, not bad but not really a reflection on the excrutiating amount of work she put in during her 6 years at uni.

i've been a drilling fluids technician. Dead boring, repetitive job. Crappy pay and nil job satisfaction. I spent some time as a uni lecturer and that was soul destroying, teaching undergrads who are literally being forced to do your course because they have to for their degree doesn't make them a willing audience! I'm now just qualified as a secondary school teacher and i love it :) good hours and holidays, ok pay. high stress but you forget all that when you have a good lesson and good classes. I always said if i had my time at uni again i'd do dentistry. there's a chronic shortage in my area so jobs are guarenteed.
 
x.Moomoo.x said:
Basically i'd love some ideas on what you lot do as careers/jobs? And if they suit you and what you've liked and regretted? And if you are comfortable financial wise with paying for your horse(s)

Personality wise: I can be a leader or follower. Probably work better in a small team, but am okay working alone, love working with people and animals, quite like working on computers etc.
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I'm a doctor, and I think it suits me - because I'm a bit geeky (okay, fairly geeky) and mega nosey..! I knew I had to have a job that meant I was working with all sorts of people, I really wanted to work with animals but I just wasn't sure at age 17 if I could handle being a vet.

The uni experience (I went to Newcastle) was awesome - although I had to give up horses for the duration! I have no real regrets, I mean there are times when I seriously hate my job, perhaps for about an hour/week when I'm exhausted and have another 13 hour shift..and think that I ticked the wrong box and I should have applied for 'media studies' instead of 'medicine'...But in the most part I love my job!:D

I'm in the process of trying to buy a new horse, I have a rented house, money saved up for a horse, a newish car and extravagant loan repayments! Medicine doesn't pay well but its enough for me to live off and do things I enjoy.

I think law would be an awesome degree - because it opens up the law route, but it's also one of those 'good' degrees that demonstrates your abilities..IMO. Plus its worth remembering that just because you choose something to do now, doesn't mean you have to stick with it for the rest of your life.

Good luck with the decisions!:D:D
 
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beki x-x said:
is a physcologist diferent to a counceller?
dont you have to become a docter before a psycologist ?
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Counsellors don't have to have degrees, although many do. Psychology is a separate degree, and you can become a clinical Psychotherapist, often they can overlap in practice.

To be a psychiatrist you need to be a doctor, but all three work together with the same patients to achieve the same things, just slightly different jobs.:D
 
I wanted to do veterinary medicine but didn't get the grades (well I did but they predicted me grades lower than I needed so I didn't even get an interview!).

I am now a Biomedical Scientist working in a hospital laboratory. I have just taken a job of Blood Bank Manager and LOVE IT! The pay is not bad - bout £25k to start but once you have specialised and if you work shifts you can earn £45k+.

A tip is move to Scotland - the cost of living is less, the house prices are cheaper and you have beaches you can ride on if you live near the coast! I have just bought a farmhouse with 2 massive outbuildings, a hay barn and 4 and a half acres. All for the bargain price of £147k! I couldn't have got that in Cheshire...
 
heffalump said:
Counsellors don't have to have degrees, although many do. Psychology is a separate degree, and you can become a clinical Psychotherapist, often they can overlap in practice.

To be a psychiatrist you need to be a doctor, but all three work together with the same patients to achieve the same things, just slightly different jobs.:D
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is the pay a lot different though? because if you have to be really clever to be a docter and get into uni and you dont need anything to be a counceller surely the counceller will get paid a lot less?
do dentists get paid a lot?
 
beki x-x said:
is the pay a lot different though? because if you have to be really clever to be a docter and get into uni and you dont need anything to be a counceller surely the counceller will get paid a lot less?
do dentists get paid a lot?
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dentists earn a fortune!

The pay is different, currently I'm a junior doc and my mum (who is an addiction counsellor/psychotherapist) and my friend from school (who is a clinical psychologist) earn more than I do!

It'll take me a good 5/6 years more before I earn what my mum can earn..

Be a dentist tho - its where the money is!:D
 
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