What Did You Start Off As?

[Leesparkykent]

Haha you sound just like all the bored stereotypical 20 something mums that used to plague the place. If your really 'cool' soya milks the new in. Apparently.......

Did you manage to conquer a few of them Will?

 

[not clever]

14-16 worked part time for fencing contractor weekends & school holidays
16-17 full time with fencing contractor
17-23 big green fighting machine (not so big now)
23-30 Auto electrician/mobile data comms
30-now Senior comms tech & sparking

 

[sam400]

When I left school at 16 I worked for an employment agency that had loads of work, they used to send me to Marshal Tufflex factory to pack drain pipes, trunking etc for 12hrs at a time! Didn't need to do that for very long before I realised I needed to do something a bit better with my life.
I did an electrical/ mechanical apprenticeship with Ibstock bricks.
Then many years later by chance I ended up back at Marshal Tufflex as a subbie and spent a few months repairing and maintaining all the extruding plant so went full circle!

 

[Rpa07]

The most exotic I go for @LankyWill is a flat white. My wife likes a Starb@cks but is off the milk due to what it does to her skin (bit of advice there boys for the wives!) so now I have to order a Venti iced Americano with 4 pumps mocha, 4 pumps peppermint and 'no ice'. I take it home 1/2 it, add ice and make it last two days - well we all know 'Sparks' don't pay! Shame I can't put it down as sustainance to the HMRC.

 

[LankyWill]

Did you manage to conquer a few of them Will?

Ha i wish mate, i was a shy 17 year old at the time. If only i had the years of mental torture and stupid on site antics i have now.

 

[Dan]

My first job was at British Steel. Shifting fillings from under a man made river underneath the runners.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Left school mid 60s with a few O levels
Joined Post Office telecoms as telephone apprentice (aka Youth in Training). Loved it. Was always playing around with batteries and bulbs and buzzers as a kid.
Got bored with slow pace in what (later) became BT.
Joined part of ITT in London installing telegraph multiplex gear mostly UK-US leased circuits.
Moved more into technical sales selling automated telex systems. Then another 20+ years in various IT companies.
Got to being 50, remarried, TTC junior expected and Dotcom bubble burst ( 2000ish).
Wanted to work for myself, knew what a screwdriver was for. Did 3 years at night school (236 course) while learning the trade, mostly on my own.
Ran own electrician business until recently, now mostly retired, except for the odd little job.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

The most exotic I go for @LankyWill is a flat white. My wife likes a Starb@cks but is off the milk due to what it does to her skin (bit of advice there boys for the wives!) so now I have to order a Venti iced Americano with 4 pumps mocha, 4 pumps peppermint and 'no ice'. I take it home 1/2 it, add ice and make it last two days - well we all know 'Sparks' don't pay! Shame I can't put it down as sustainance to the HMRC.

What's all this skinni latee stuff I keeps hearing about?

And mocachoka with sprinkles?

It all sounds a bit arty farty to me..

If I wants coffee then I just wants coffee

That's what it is...

 

[Rpa07]

You and me both @GLENNSPARK - a regular cup'o Joe is what does it for me - it's got to be filtered though!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Age 18.. barman and betterware catalogue man
Age 19.. university and meat packer in abattoir
Age 20.. university and barman
Age 21.. camped in friends field
Age 22.. university and barman
Age 23.. telesales
Age 24.. factory work packing lettuce
Age 25.. travel and scuba diver instructor
Age 26.. university and barman
Age 27.. university and worked at holiday home serving burgers
Age 28.. Health care assistant
Age 29.. Health care assistant
Age 30.. Student Nurse.
Age 31.. Student Nurse.
Age 32.. Nurse
Age 40.. Nurse and Domestic Installer.