What's your degree and what is your job?

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PostRe: What's your degree and what is your job?
by Red » Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:37 pm

Gemini73 wrote:Was never the academic type. "Joseph has potential, but fails to apply himself" was the general train of thought from my teachers.

Left school with several GCSE results and never went onto further education. Did a stint on the awful YTS for a printing company, but ended up leaving after having learned nothing except how to pack finished prints into boxes. YTS was providing nothing more than cheap labour for businesses and once this was finally realised the scheme was scrapped.

Ended up working for Rank Xerox for 7 years before being made redundant. Moved from my home town to Cheltenham where I got a job at Games Workshop as a retail staff member, which eventually evolved into me becoming a full time miniature painter for White Dwarf magazine. Unfortunately I couldn't afford to work and live in Nottingham at the time so was only there for several months. I continued to occasionally contribute to White Dwarf from the GW store in Cheltenham for a time before taking up the position of assistant manager in a local video game indie. Up until 3 and a half years ago I worked in various retail management and senior staff positions.

I'm now a Porter for Cheltenham General Hospital and it's the best job I've ever had. Just a shame the NHS is, for the most part, run by buffoons.


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PostRe: What's your degree and what is your job?
by Gemini73 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:19 am

Red wrote:
Gemini73 wrote:Was never the academic type. "Joseph has potential, but fails to apply himself" was the general train of thought from my teachers.

Left school with several GCSE results and never went onto further education. Did a stint on the awful YTS for a printing company, but ended up leaving after having learned nothing except how to pack finished prints into boxes. YTS was providing nothing more than cheap labour for businesses and once this was finally realised the scheme was scrapped.

Ended up working for Rank Xerox for 7 years before being made redundant. Moved from my home town to Cheltenham where I got a job at Games Workshop as a retail staff member, which eventually evolved into me becoming a full time miniature painter for White Dwarf magazine. Unfortunately I couldn't afford to work and live in Nottingham at the time so was only there for several months. I continued to occasionally contribute to White Dwarf from the GW store in Cheltenham for a time before taking up the position of assistant manager in a local video game indie. Up until 3 and a half years ago I worked in various retail management and senior staff positions.

I'm now a Porter for Cheltenham General Hospital and it's the best job I've ever had. Just a shame the NHS is, for the most part, run by buffoons.


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PostRe: What's your degree and what is your job?
by Errkal » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:42 am

Gemini73 wrote:I'm now a Porter for Cheltenham General Hospital and it's the best job I've ever had. Just a shame the NHS is, for the most part, run by buffoons.


I know a few people who have done portering in hospitals and everyone loves it.

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PostRe: What's your degree and what is your job?
by Oblomov Boblomov » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:02 am

I scraped a 2:2 by the skin of my teeth (Music). I would say university was a complete waste of time, except it was the most fun three years of my life and I came out of it a different person. I developed soft skills that I would say allowed me to get to where I am today 99% more effectively than my actual degree (which has only ever been used to satisfy the 'educated to degree standard' requirement on application forms).

That was just under 8 years ago. For the last 6 years or so I have worked in various management roles within the professional services sector. My latest position actually has a genuine music connection, so I can finally justify my degree :shifty:.

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PostRe: What's your degree and what is your job?
by Gemini73 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:41 am

Errkal wrote:
Gemini73 wrote:I'm now a Porter for Cheltenham General Hospital and it's the best job I've ever had. Just a shame the NHS is, for the most part, run by buffoons.


I know a few people who have done portering in hospitals and everyone loves it.


Yeah it's a good job. Of course bad days and "I can't be strawberry floated with this" days happen, that's just life, but generally I'm very happy there. Wish it paid a tad more and that management weren't such colossal bell ends, but there it is.


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