How did you know what to do for a living?

Well, i didnt always know(well i did but didnt realise it at the time), however ever since a very young age i'd always had a facination with the armed forces, but when i reached the joining age i'd always put it off, I tryed college, then on to many different jobs, but none provided any sort of satisfaction, i always found my mind wandering and thinking how life would be in the armed forces.
one day i just decided enough was enough, went to the AFCO on my lunch break and the rest just fell into place.
first time i've been in a job that has just felt right for me, i'm happy and never find myself thinking of leaving or wanting to try something else, well not yet anyway.
 
I'm still not 100% I wanna stay in the Ambulance Service the rest of my life, my idea was that I join the service to get into the Police eventually but they're not gonna be recruiting it would seem this millennium.

I do like the idea of eventually doing my Paramedic course and going out on the road (I work in control and as a Community Responder atm) and working on a Rapid Reponse Car as a solo :)
 
Pretty much always known what I've wanted to do really. Even when I was about 6 I was forever taking things apart to find out how they work, what the parts to etc etc. Now I'm studying chemistry with the aim to working in research hopefully.

I guess it's just a case of finding something you enjoy doing that you can turn into a career, or something that pays enough that you don't mind doing it as a career ;).
 
Never had a clue what I want to do my entire life, no real goals other than being happy. Worked since I was 16, finished high school, decided university wasn't for me, despite having perfect grades for it.

At the grand old age of 25, I have a job where I work 4 shifts a week, 3 day and 1 night. Giving me long weekends, have a mortgage on my first house (by myself) and have plenty of money to buy myself lavish gifts every week and have a high standard of living (all the toys a geek could need) and a nice car.

Might find out what I want to do soon or once I require more cash, but for now I'm happy :)
 
Haircut said:
I got a job doing programming, which I did (and still do) as a hobby, and I love it.
Sure, there have been times when I've lost enthusiasm for it and hated having to go to work, but that's been down to circumstances in specific roles rather than the job itself.
Other than getting up early, which to be honest I choose to do because the commute is easier, I can't think of many things I'd rather be doing for a job.
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It was programming I was thinking of when I typed that :p
 
DAnDan said:
Pretty much always known what I've wanted to do really. Even when I was about 6 I was forever taking things apart to find out how they work, what the parts to etc etc. Now I'm studying chemistry with the aim to working in research hopefully.
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:confused:
What has chemistry got to do with taking things apart?
Surely you would want to be some kind of fitter/repairman/engineer.
 
dmpoole said:
:confused:
What has chemistry got to do with taking things apart?
Surely you would want to be some kind of fitter/repairman/engineer.
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As in finding out how things work, but moving on from basic stuff, to stuff far more complex things and the general universe (where chemistry comes in).
 
dmpoole said:
:confused:
What has chemistry got to do with taking things apart?
Surely you would want to be some kind of fitter/repairman/engineer.
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Chemistry can deal with the building blocks of pretty much everything. If you were really in to taking stuff apart, Chemistry (and maybe Physics) would be ideal.
 
I've known what I wanted to do from the age of 13/14 and as such have worked reasonably hard to get to the point I am, picked what area I wanted to move after getting a grad position and I would say I'm pretty successful at what I do.

KaHn
 
IME it's a case of trial and error, you will never know what something is like to live with on a day to day basis until you actually do it.

Sure it's a harder path than those people who know what they want to do and they may well end up getting to wherever they want quicker than your or whatever but hey, that's life, it's all about learning about yourself.
 
Castiel said:
Chemistry can deal with the building blocks of pretty much everything. If you were really in to taking stuff apart, Chemistry (and maybe Physics) would be ideal.
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How does removing a video head form a video recorder relate to chemistry?
How does taking the back off a TV to see how it works relate to chemistry?
I still don't get it.
If he took things apart (I'm assuming gadgets) then I can't see where chemistry comes in.
I did the same thing when I was little (and still do) and that's why I wanted to be a Michelin Apprentice and I didn't need chemistry.
What I needed was an engineering, electrics and electronic knowledge.
 
dmpoole said:
How does removing a video head form a video recorder relate to chemistry?
How does taking the back off a TV to see how it works relate to chemistry?
I still don't get it.
If he took things apart (I'm assuming gadgets) then I can't see where chemistry comes in.
I did the same thing when I was little (and still do) and that's why I wanted to be a Michelin Apprentice.
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:confused:

It's the process of finding out how things work.... how everything in the universe works things don't just work by magic.
 
dmpoole said:
How does removing a video head form a video recorder relate to chemistry?
How does taking the back off a TV to see how it works relate to chemistry?
I still don't get it.
If he took things apart (I'm assuming gadgets) then I can't see where chemistry comes in.
I did the same thing when I was little (and still do) and that's why I wanted to be a Michelin Apprentice and I didn't need chemistry.
What I needed was an engineering, electrics and electronic knowledge.
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Chemistry doesn't relate to those things, that was what I did when I was a lot younger, as I was always trying to find out how things worked.

Now that I'm older, I like to find out how things work from a chemical perspective. I'm not trying to apply chemistry to a video player, it's just an example to show you that I was thinking that way from a young age.

Basically, I enjoy finding out about the way things work, that applies to pretty much everything, but the area I enjoy most is chemistry. Make any sense yet? :)
 
Only had an inkling what I wanted to do, so I did a degree that was vaguely relevant (didn't imagine I'd get my 'dream' job eventually, wasn't my aim at the time) and then was fortunate enough to be offered a few days' work experience in my desired field - and then a job.

Try things that you are interested in. You'll find a groove eventually.
 
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