Also, a lot of people on here are quite young - 17-21, we have all been there on shite wages, you cannot expect to leave school and land your dream money... but work hard and it will come to you. Very little is handed to you on a silver spoon, it has to be earnt.

Im 27, and an assistant engineer learning a new trade, but with my past employment and qualifications, Ill still pull 22k+ on an average 49-52 hour week. In two to three years, if I work hard and train, Ill be a qualified engineer and can add around £3.50 per hour to that wage. Im paid a lot higher than all the other assistants, as they are all 17-21yr olds, with no real ambition, who see their assistant job as footing the ladders all day and pulling in the beer tokens at the end of the week, with no ambition. On the other hand, in the 8 weeks i have been there, I work with my engineer, splitting the work 50/50 or even more like 70/30 towards me, in order to swallow up experience, knowldge and skill, and I would feel confident already, to go out on jobs alone if i was required to.

I think the emphasis of this, is that you only get out of something, what you put in. I am confident my effort will reap dividends.