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If you could have any career...?

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Tom I think more experience you have means less time consumed editing photos but of course depends what kind of photos are you taking, fashion and studio come with lots of time spent on editing others may not be that time consuming. Myself I'm found of (not good at :lol:) nature and wildlife where editing is or should be minimal.

Cheers,
Mike
 
I know that Tom, anyway if you like/liked photography you should stick on that and develop your skills and try to experiment otherwise you'll get bored doing the same thing over and over again.
Don't be afraid to rise your financial demands in time, you should be able to do that in anything that you do as freelance otherwise you'll turn working like an employee not employer like me :lol:

Cheers,
 
try to experiment otherwise you'll get bored doing the same thing over and over again.
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People don't pay you to experiment unfortunately! (saying that, people don't pay me for anything!!) I wouldn't mind getting hired for anything at all at the moment though to be honest! Turning my hobby into a job has twice put me off my hobby completely, both fish and photography. The fish/aquascaping side of things is slowly recovering though. Very slowly.

Trouble is, now if I ever actually get a shoot I can and do charge £400 per day of shooting (including processing - really not that expensive, as it can take days), it's not much incentive to get a part time minimum wage supplement (even if the photography isn't coming in, I can't make myself do it!!)
 
I always liked computers, since the spectrum days, in the mid 80's, but my family was very poor and education was not a priority, so I left school at 16 and joined the army at 17.

Done one tour in Angola and one in Serbia, left the army after 5 years and came to London looking for a job.

Done all sorts, from washing cars, working at Pizza Hut, and doing warehouse work.

A colleague at Pizza Hut gave me the best advice ever, which I will pass on to you.

Study, get some sort of qualification on what you like to do, a degree even, and things will work out. Obviously this was before the school fees issue. 🙂

I got into the OU and done a degree in Computer Science, and have now been working for a online gaming company for the past 8 years.

I build and design Datacentres, and I am also a Security Manager, lots of travel, more computers that I can throw a stick at, and love coming to work every day.

If you like photography and aquariums, then concentrate on that, figure out what you need to do to get better at that.

There are for sure degrees in photography and apprenticeships, also there has to be some related aquarium courses you can take in the mean time.

Look at Mr. Amano, aquariums and photography. 🙂 Need more?
 
I've considered pursuing a career in the aquatic industry and photography industry full-time many times, as these are my passions, like a few guys on here...

However, I have two main reservations.

1) By relying on your passion to earn you a living you may lose the enjoyment aspect. It becomes too serious, and once what was a release from everyday stresses becomes the source of stress. I have spoken with many photographers who have found this, and some folk in the aquatic industry also.

2) For me, my present career in the Armed Forces is secure and rewarding with lots of perks. I have a young family to support and to potential jeapordise long-term financial security for a less secure career in aquatics/photography is too risky (gambling isn't my bag!)

So I have taken a middle-path and earn a little from some freelance writing/photography, but my main career will likely remain in the Armed Forces for the long-term.

All this said, I've always faniced being a paramedic helicopter pilot.
 
I would love to be 3 things:
1- Marine Biologist
2- Zooligist
3- Work in an aquarium

I have chose my subject options around these, as I really want to have a career involving aquatic life ect.
 
Well I'd like to be a vet (which is surprisingly very competitive due to only 3 universities having a vet course in the UK, or so I've heard) or a marine biologist as I'm pretty keen in Biology but just in case I've chosen maths and economics because I wouldn't mind a nice chunky salary. 🙂

I hope you find a job which you really enjoy.
regards,
greg.
 
I would never want to have a job that gives me "money for nothin' and fish for free". As George rightly said mixing hobby with profession has its pitfalls, particularly if you dont have either a readymade setup available at hand, or theres loads of free cash to help you establish. Planted tanks for e.g. ARE costly hobbies, and need large investments (time/money/efforts) for long time before they start making even. If one is successful, theres nothing like it. But for most of us its upwards struggle.

Since childhood I was/am passionate about Astronomy, and got into the profession. But then a bright light spoke in my head, and I left it all... So I recoved my love back. Thanks to my kid, I got into fish and upped it to planted tanks. I guess its best to separate hobbies/spare-time-activities and daily job. The later is meant to sustain a livelihood and security for future (job could be junk, but hey who cares so long as it gives you enough free money, time & mind to pursue your stuff). Having said that I am now a mathematician for a small company and am loving it.

I have enough time to do photography, sky watching (at nights), attending my tanks and fish (evenings), and pondering over biology, natural sciences, and all those things armchair hobbists do in many fields...

Personally I find professions like photography too saturated, not worth exploring even! But thats just me.
 
George Farmer said:
I've considered pursuing a career in the aquatic industry and photography industry full-time many times, as these are my passions, like a few guys on here...

However, I have two main reservations.

1) By relying on your passion to earn you a living you may lose the enjoyment aspect. It becomes too serious, and once what was a release from everyday stresses becomes the source of stress. I have spoken with many photographers who have found this, and some folk in the aquatic industry also.

2) For me, my present career in the Armed Forces is secure and rewarding with lots of perks. I have a young family to support and to potential jeapordise long-term financial security for a less secure career in aquatics/photography is too risky (gambling isn't my bag!)

So I have taken a middle-path and earn a little from some freelance writing/photography, but my main career will likely remain in the Armed Forces for the long-term.

All this said, I've always faniced being a paramedic helicopter pilot.
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I found this out and its very true,for a years i was quite a well respected match angler,when i took early retirement from royal mail i worked in my local angling centre,after 11 months i had become totally fed with fishing and i dont even go anymore,

john.
 
I'd like to be an engineer perhaps working in something like flow dynamics or anything that might get me a job with a team in formula one racing! Designing and building something with an almost unlimited budget.
 
I trained as a broadcast engineer and jobs in formula one were there for the taking (not many graduate broadcast engineers at the time, 1995). The hours were too long for me so I let that job pass 🙂
 
I...would be...a porn star......in 'brazzers'


Cmooon!!! Haha I know it's school boy talk but on the real...that's what I'd like
Other than that I'd like to be am ice cream man and eat all the ice cream.......
Lol sorry

I'd love to work on a beach in the sun teaching people how to surf(after learning myself)
 
:wave:
I always wanted to
1. be a vet or work with animals (big cats or horses), (got told by career adviser- not a chance "you live on a rough estate and you come from a single parent family, if your lucky you'll end up working in a factory..") 😡
2. work in a biscuit factory (one where i used to live and always smelt sooo good, and so i could eat as many as i wanted to. :lol: )
3. be a pathologist- think CSI/ Abby in NCIS.
4. work in a pub

What happened?
1. went to work for some of the best horse breeders in the world! (*sticking tounge out at advisor*)
2. worked for a big biscuit company, and yes i ate Loads of biscuits
3. Nothing on that front
4. worked in a family run pub,and a working mens club and loved every minute of them both and met my darling b/f in one and the rest is history.

bec
 
Since childhood, I always wanted to be a Locomotive engineer. Spent nearly fifteen years building the track the trains run on and cleaning up Derailments all across the U.S.
Not once was I ever able to do more than sit in a Locomotive 🙁
 
roadmaster said:
Since childhood, I always wanted to be a Locomotive engineer. Spent nearly fifteen years building the track the trains run on and cleaning up Derailments all across the U.S.
Not once was I ever able to do more than sit in a Locomotive 🙁
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I've spoke about this to someone, it seems London underground drivers have a cushy little job driving those trains for 40k with pensions and they get really looked after through there working years.

Amount if times we have been call in for works to make life easier for the drivers, anyway how would you get into something like driving trains,
 
nayr88 said:
roadmaster said:
Since childhood, I always wanted to be a Locomotive engineer. Spent nearly fifteen years building the track the trains run on and cleaning up Derailments all across the U.S.
Not once was I ever able to do more than sit in a Locomotive 🙁
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I've spoke about this to someone, it seems London underground drivers have a cushy little job driving those trains for 40k with pensions and they get really looked after through there working years.

Amount if times we have been call in for works to make life easier for the drivers, anyway how would you get into something like driving trains,
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Here in U.S., Most often you are required to work your way to Engineer after being hired by the railroad.
One often begins as trackmen,equipment operator,brakeman,and possibly engineer.
This can take a few years, perhaps less if you know someone, or have influential relative/friend employed with said railroad.
Have built track,repaired track, in places where ours were the only foot prints that had been left in decades.I would have loved to been able to ride the rails across some of the places I've seen while getting paid.
 
Be in the R.A.F , pilot/fighter pilot.
I have 20/20 vision and am not colour-blind.

I just don't have the Mathmatical/Technological brain for it, only got a C in my maths GCSE and I find Physics and Geography painstakingly boring in a Classroom, So I couldn't get my head around it.

Hopefully I'll find something worth while though 😛
 
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