What does everyone do for a living?
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What does everyone do for a living?
Some pretty minted cars on here, so some of you must have some decent jobs. Lets hear them 
I am a Quantity Surveyor.
I am a Quantity Surveyor.
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Re: What does everyone do for a living?
Originally Posted by Muzz
Some pretty minted cars on here, so some of you must have some decent jobs. Lets hear them
I am a Quantity Surveyor.
I am a Quantity Surveyor.
Starting a part time university course studying for my BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying, whilst working 4 days a week with a construction management company.
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Re: What does everyone do for a living?
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Originally Posted by Muzz
Some pretty minted cars on here, so some of you must have some decent jobs. Lets hear them
I am a Quantity Surveyor.
I am a Quantity Surveyor.
Starting a part time university course studying for my BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying, whilst working 4 days a week with a construction management company.
.Will miss the money though
3 years time though, will be earning proper cash
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Should they not be referred to as chugchug trains now, being mostly diesel and all?
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Re: What does everyone do for a living?
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Originally Posted by Muzz
Some pretty minted cars on here, so some of you must have some decent jobs. Lets hear them
I am a Quantity Surveyor.
I am a Quantity Surveyor.
Starting a part time university course studying for my BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying, whilst working 4 days a week with a construction management company.
.Will miss the money though
Yeah, i decided i needed the money, and wanted the experience i'll gain over the next five years whilst working in the industry.
I'm 19 this November, so i'll have finished the degree course by the time i'm 24.
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I'm a Infomation Administrator in a college, but i really hate it.
Would like to re-train for HR Admin or PA to Director, ahhh maybe when i done my two college courses !
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Originally Posted by Graceland
I play with choochoo trains
Should they not be referred to as chugchug trains now, being mostly diesel and all?
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The thing that put me off doing the 5 year thing, is that its not exactly the most stress free job in the world, and I find myself working extra hours ALOT. You are expected to get in a certain amount of hours study after work, aswell as attend Uni once a week...That must leave you with almost no social life 
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What uni you going to?
.What uni you going to?
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Originally Posted by Muzz
The thing that put me off doing the 5 year thing, is that its not exactly the most stress free job in the world, and I find myself working extra hours ALOT. You are expected to get in a certain amount of hours study after work, aswell as attend Uni once a week...That must leave you with almost no social life .
What uni you going to?
.What uni you going to?
Fortunately due to the company i'm working for having agreed to pay for my Uni fee's, they also understand that i may need additional days off in order to get my studies done.
Although you're probably right, i can imagine my social life being a bit tight for a while... got to be done though!
I'll be studying at Salford University.
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My Company is paying for my course too . Just got go back and work for them for 2 years afterwards..well worth the Ł10k ish they are forking out for my living expenses aswell as course fee's!
. Just got go back and work for them for 2 years afterwards..well worth the Ł10k ish they are forking out for my living expenses aswell as course fee's!
i dunno,just stuff
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Originally Posted by Muzz
My Company is paying for my course too . Just got go back and work for them for 2 years afterwards..well worth the Ł10k ish they are forking out for my living expenses aswell as course fee's!
. Just got go back and work for them for 2 years afterwards..well worth the Ł10k ish they are forking out for my living expenses aswell as course fee's!Yeah thats not bad at all...
I'm getting paid what i consider to be a reasonable wage considering the amount of fee's they're paying out for me to study...
And after the 5 year term, when i walk out of uni with a degree, and 5 years experience.. i am free to take that qualification and experience and work wherever i feel like.
I've had a nice easy day today, hence spending a fair amount of time on here
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You have got a good deal too by the sound of it
Walking out of a Ł24k a year job at 19 to live in what you know is going to be a shithole is quite hard though. Kind of envious that you are doing the 5 year thing, I just think it would be too much for me and i would lose interest, living and breathing QS'ing
Walking out of a Ł24k a year job at 19 to live in what you know is going to be a shithole is quite hard though. Kind of envious that you are doing the 5 year thing, I just think it would be too much for me and i would lose interest, living and breathing QS'ing
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Originally Posted by Muzz
You have got a good deal too by the sound of it
Walking out of a Ł24k a year job at 19 to live in what you know is going to be a shithole is quite hard though. Kind of envious that you are doing the 5 year thing, I just think it would be too much for me and i would lose interest, living and breathing QS'ing
Walking out of a Ł24k a year job at 19 to live in what you know is going to be a shithole is quite hard though. Kind of envious that you are doing the 5 year thing, I just think it would be too much for me and i would lose interest, living and breathing QS'ing
Yeah... Ł24k a year at 19.. you weren't doing badly were you!
I'm starting on Ł12k now.. but inevitably that'll be reviewed over time and increase... Put it this way.. it better had!
But i can take days off to study, aswell as my day at uni.
I've got this laptop i'm using now also
I just know that i'll walk out of here after 5 years, with the experience and qualifications to walk straight into a well paid, respected job.
31-08-2006, 02:14 PM
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Certainly mate, experience is what counts as much as the degree, which is why im glad i got a couple of years before going to Uni.
As soon as you know what your doing (Not saying you dont know anything now) the pay will go up rapidly!!
As soon as you know what your doing (Not saying you dont know anything now) the pay will go up rapidly!!
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Originally Posted by Muzz
Certainly mate, experience is what counts as much as the degree, which is why im glad i got a couple of years before going to Uni.
As soon as you know what your doing (Not saying you dont know anything now) the pay will go up rapidly!!
As soon as you know what your doing (Not saying you dont know anything now) the pay will go up rapidly!!
Yeah, you'd be right by saying i don't know anything now anyway
I've done about 3 months with the company, prior to trying Land Surveying for 6 months... but the 3 months i did, i mostly focussed on site management and other areas, so its all new to me QS.
They offered me what i have now, i've not had to ask for it, i didn't apply to work for them, i was invited.
I should be able to pick things up pretty quickly, i have support from a couple of other QS's and other members of the team.
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I build these...
(that pic is of a site belonging to the company I work for so chances are I did something on them, scary really lol)
21k a year but I hate it at the mo, I want to train for plumbing or similar but I can't cos I work day/night shifts
(that pic is of a site belonging to the company I work for so chances are I did something on them, scary really lol)
21k a year but I hate it at the mo, I want to train for plumbing or similar but I can't cos I work day/night shifts
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Id rather shoot myself in the face than be a Land Surveyor
Good to meet someone the same age as me doing the same things, most people are like "What the fuck is that?" and I just say i play with money .
Good to meet someone the same age as me doing the same things, most people are like "What the fuck is that?" and I just say i play with money
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And then (more as a hobby) I write for Total Vauxhall magazine (fast ford's sister publication)
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It's in my sig,i have 39 staff and we do between 350-500 vehicles per week.As a company we employ 157 people on one site which makes us one of the largest Ford dealers in the country.
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Originally Posted by Muzz
Id rather shoot myself in the face than be a Land Surveyor
Good to meet someone the same age as me doing the same things, most people are like "What the fuck is that?" and I just say i play with money .
Good to meet someone the same age as me doing the same things, most people are like "What the fuck is that?" and I just say i play with money
.Land Surveying was fantastic during the summer, just a right ball ache during the winter
Yeah, likewise, its good to know i'm not the only 19yr old QS-in-training!
Like you say, people ask what the hell it is i actually do... and its really hard to explain exactly what it is you do... managing finances and such is usually a good start to explaining!
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