Ever wonder if you took the wrong path in employment?

[vkurup]

Paul.. not wanting to hijack the thread. But this landed in my inbox ... It's for an Infrastructure engineer contract role.. they need the following skills..

Essential skills:

- Windows 2008/2012R2
- VMware
- Active Directory
- Windows Server 2008/Windows server 2012
- Exchange
- ITIL
- SCCM

... Not sure why they sent to me, as this is not my area.. can fwd to u..

 

[williamalex1]

My wife is an accountant, she dreams of being a lumberjack.

And i'm al right

 

[Paul77]

Paul.. not wanting to hijack the thread. But this landed in my inbox ... It's for an Infrastructure engineer contract role.. they need the following skills..

Essential skills:

- Windows 2008/2012R2
- VMware
- Active Directory
- Windows Server 2008/Windows server 2012
- Exchange
- ITIL
- SCCM

... Not sure why they sent to me, as this is not my area.. can fwd to u..

Thanks for that I don't have any VMware skills (yet) tends to be a big criteria in jobs these days.

 

[guest100718]

Thanks for that I don't have any VMware skills (yet) tends to be a big criteria in jobs these days.

Yes get your VCP.

 

[williamalex1]

I left school at 15 with no A or O levels i don't know if they existed back then.
But i was lucky and had the opportunity to try out 5 different trade apprenticeships. Plasterer, Welder, Tailor, Plumber , before becoming an Electrician.
But I did have the chance to go to Germany and turn full time pro musician in 1966 ish, but didn't have the balls to quit my job.

 

[Paul77]

I left school at 15 with no A or O levels i don't know if they existed back then.
But i was lucky and had the opportunity to try out 5 different trade apprenticeships. Plasterer, Welder, Tailor, Plumber , before becoming an Electrician.
But I did have the chance to go to Germany and turn full time pro musician in 1966 ish, but didn't have the balls to quit my job.

Gutter man.

My two cousins left their jobs and started a blues band, They kept trying and trying for years and years kept getting knockbacks and now while they tour in seperate bands, Alan with King King and the Stevie Nimmo band, whenever the Nimmo Brothers go on tour they just seem to get the numbers. Alan has gone full time with it all and is doing really well. I think Stephen is still teachign english in france but it's good to see the hard work paying off. It's making that jump though, and it's hard in music to do that.

 

[williamalex1]

Gutter man.

My two cousins left their jobs and started a blues band, They kept trying and trying for years and years kept getting knockbacks and now while they tour in seperate bands, Alan with King King and the Stevie Nimmo band, whenever the Nimmo Brothers go on tour they just seem to get the numbers. Alan has gone full time with it all and is doing really well. I think Stephen is still teachign english in france but it's good to see the hard work paying off. It's making that jump though, and it's hard in music to do that.

The band i was supposed to go with change the name to The Stardust show band , then to Danny Fontana and the Blarney stones.

They were quite successful for a couple of years playing in night clubs and American bases in Germany, same bill as Paul Gad aka Gary Glitter, some great tales were told when they came back home.

Sadly they're all dead now, most of them died skint. No savings no private pension, reduced state pension as they didn't pay into the system for donkeys years.
I played semi pro for 40 odd years , i think i made the right choice.

 

[Hacker Khan]

The band i was supposed to go with change the name to The Stardust show band , then to Danny Fontana and the Blarney stones.

They were quite successful for a couple of years playing in night clubs and American bases in Germany, same bill as Paul Gad aka Gary Glitter, some great tales were told when they came back home.

Sadly they're all dead now, most of them died skint. No savings no private pension, reduced state pension as they didn't pay into the system for donkeys years.
I played semi pro for 40 odd years , i think i made the right choice.

Mmmmm, not 100% sure I want to hear those tales if they involve Gary Glitter to be honest...

 

[williamalex1]

Mmmmm, not 100% sure I want to hear those tales if they involve Gary Glitter to be honest...

They didn't involve him , just happened to be on the same club circuit at the same time.
What happens on tour stays on tour .

 

[Marshy77]

Yes definitely. Left school not knowing what I wanted to do so went full time in sports shop, left that for a full time office job with the council and did the council thing of just sticking with what I've got because you get a decent pension and flexi time. Realised I was stuck in a rut so started an accountancy course at college 2 nights a week 3 years ago. Moved in to the finance team 2 years because of my college course and things are looking up. Got my report/assessment to do and a few re-sits and I'm AAT qualified and looking at doing CIMA or ACCA and then looking forward to see what the future brings. Best decision I made but going back to college with a family at 36 was hard work but well worth it.

 

[Khamelion]

I ended up doing IT, mainframe support, network support, DNS and Firewalls, network security and now I'm team leader of a small team across EMEA mainly doing admin work with little of no hands on and I hate it. I only went down the IT route as it's what I knew when at school and pressure from the parents to find a job.

Had I done what I wanted I would've studied Sports Physiotherapy and later on Sports Nutrition and had a completely different carrier path.

 

[Hobbit]

I ended up doing IT, mainframe support, network support, DNS and Firewalls, network security and now I'm team leader of a small team across EMEA mainly doing admin work with little of no hands on and I hate it. I only went down the IT route as it's what I knew when at school and pressure from the parents to find a job.

Had I done what I wanted I would've studied Sports Physiotherapy and later on Sports Nutrition and had a completely different carrier path.

Might be a bit slimmer too!!:ears:

 

[Khamelion]

Might be a bit slimmer too!!:ears:

 

[Fromtherough]

I graduated from Uni 15 years ago and started working in the Civil Service within a month of leaving. Whilst the pay and benefits aren't as attractive as those I'd get in the private sector (don't believe the nonsense the Tories and media spew out) the job security, structured career path and flexibility suited me, especially once my daughter came along. I never intended to still be here 15 years later. What I do doesn't excite me and I don't particularly enjoy my job. I planned to stay for 1 or 2 years to get some experience, beef up my CV and move on to what I actually wanted to do.

However, it's amazing what being comfortable (both in life and in your job) can do to professional ambition. I've turned down numerous opportunities to move into the private sector for greater financial rewards as it would mean a lot more investment of my time outside normal office hours and less stability. Similarly I've turned down chances to work abroad within the civil service as I don't want to be away from my young family.

So as far as my career aspirations go, I almost certainly have taken the wrong path. However, the path I took has provided a nice life for myself and my family. That surely is what we all go to work for? Although I can't deny being jealous when I hear of people in a job that doesn't feel like 'work'.

 

[rickg]

Passed my 11 plus and went to Grammar school, but opted out of University in favour of the RAF, training as an Aerospace Propulsion Engineer.
Worked on Vulcans, Phantoms, Harriers and Tornado,s....had a blast.
Left the RAF and became a CAA Licensed Engineer with the intention of working for BA or Virgin, but got a job with Honeywell instead working in their deep strip engine bay.
Worked my way up to supervisor then got head hunted by a rival company where I became a Manager and stayed with them for 9 years.

Went back to work for Honeywell in ISC (Integrated Supply Chain). They paid for me to get my MCIPS degree.

A couple of years later moved into Inventory and Planning Management, then in 2008 took over running our Aerospace European Distribution Centre.

Have been doing that ever since but recently started to get really bored and started looking around for something else, so a few weeks ago I applied for 2 jobs within Honeywell.......Senior Quality Manager for our R&O centres and Customer Support Program Manager with the Defense and Space division........
I was offered both jobs, the former coming a nice big pay rise and the latter on the same money as now.
I accepted the latter....

I start next Monday and will be mainly looking after the Airbus Military account, predominantly their Helicopters........excited, but nervous.