I use equipment provided, I do have some transverse probes of my own as well as my own v1 and kidney block for calibrating but mainly I use the equipment provided.
The 5 year plan to £50k
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I use equipment provided, I do have some transverse probes of my own as well as my own v1 and kidney block for calibrating but mainly I use the equipment provided.
Are we supposed to automatically know what that is? Never heard of those acronyms.
Sorry that was vague but as above, non-destructive testing and ultrasonic testing.
I use equipment provided, I do have some transverse probes of my own as well as my own v1 and kidney block for calibrating but mainly I use the equipment provided.
I still have no idea what this is.Sorry that was vague but as above, non-destructive testing and ultrasonic testing.
Basically, what I do is scan material for internal defects, whether that is cracks or bursts.
When a woman has a c-scan using a probe and couplant, I do that on aerospace parts and military equipment.
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Pretty routine stuff in the power industry. Not surprising office workers wouldn’t know about it 
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I'm happy for it to remain open. I don't mind either way.Pretty routine stuff in the power industry. Not surprising office workers wouldn’t know about it
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I probably deserve a bit of a ribbing/kick up the arse for making the thread and then giving up soon after
I can take it tho. I have plenty of Kleenex here to dry my tears.
A lot of people in this thread could learn from this mindset. I am 50 and my focus is on how quickly can I retire or at least take my foot off the gas and do something that demands far less effort and more importantly, time. I hit 6 figure wages in my late 20's and have earned significantly more on and off since then. Right now my focus is on getting to a place where 0K a year is enough to live on comfortably and anything over that is bonus I can spend on stuff I want to spend it on.
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To be fair, I feel like this and I'm 32 lol I, like you, hit good 6 figures in my mid 20s but wasn't very good with it, and now I'm trying to get myself in a place where I can be set for a nice retirement. I won't be retiring any time soon, or would want to, but thinking about how myself and my family can set ourselves up for the future is definitely on my mind now more than it ever has before.
If you can do it sooner my advice is do it. We have the advantage (in this context) that we do not have kids, so our future planning involves my wife and I and what we want and some care for close relatives if or when the time requires that. There is nothing either of us needs really, we just buy stuff because we can and enjoy holidays in luxury because we can, but you can only spend so much on stuff you don't need before you start to realise that trinkets are short term craving fixes, similar to expensive hotels and first class air fairs.
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Agreed. 2018 is very much about planning for the future for us. We're setting up a few side things investment wise and plan to try and do what we can there. We have 3 kids, so everything is more expensive, but like you guys you get accustomed to things, and you like nice stuff, but the need is very much not there.
Sorry, that was indeed in jest. A measly £450 per day contractor rate will gross you 6 figures outside IR35. A 6 figure salary (excluding bonus) is harder to come by, but certainly possible.
I often find that the 'thrill of the chase' (lots of research, ordering, initial receipt and setup etc of goods) is exciting but very soon after I feel a slight sense of comedown in that sometimes things have cost a lot of money but haven't really changed our lives to much of an extent. It's kind of like a 'tick in the box' to get something that should make me happy, and then on to the next thing. Mobile phones are a good one, get a brand new one and spend an hour or two setting it up and then back to normality because it is basically the same as the one it replaces aside from some minor enhancements.
I Google for a livingAka IT (admin, not support). Nothing impressive, I just click around in SCCM all day, whilst the other guys do the real work
When I was young I wanted to be in software development, but I only ever succeeded in writing bugs
These days I just add /qn switches to msiexec strings and not a lot else. I'd love to do more but I really don't have any in-demand skills. So I just keep adding those /qn's
May I suggest studying COMPTIA courses?
You’ll be able to move to more technical roles and you’ll see your wage get a nice bump too.
Work hard, get skilled up and be willing to put yourself out there. If you want more money.
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What do you do? Where do you live? What's your background? How flexible are you? (e.g. do you have ties to one place etc.)
Currently working for the local council doing some administration work. I live in the West Midlands and extremely flexible.
I am applying left, right and centre for jobs over £25k regardless if im qualified or not. My goal has been to earn more than £20k the last 7 years.
The only downside is I have bipolar disorder which can cause me to go bonkers when under stress.
Why not pick an area you're interested in and focus on getting yourself qualified/getting the required knowledge skill level for that area? A scatter gun approach might let you get lucky but if you've had that goal for 7 years then perhaps another approach is needed and more targeted applications for jobs you're suitable for and do have the right qualifications. Get that right and finding a new job can take a matter of a couple of weeks rather than 7 years.
At 28 you still have potentially around 40 years of working life left so there is plenty of time to make some changes and get involved in something you find enjoyable and which gets you the sort of salary you want.
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