I don't want to be a plumber :(

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:16, archived)

you could walk around with a spanner
and tighten blokes nuts.
( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:16, archived)

electronics? electrics?
international shipping broker?
( mongychops, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:17, archived)

Microelectronics would be alright,
I guess. Maybe. I found a vaguely relevant course once, but I'd have to pay to go on it.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:18, archived)

meh, tap the goverment up for the money

( mongychops, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:19, archived)

I've already tapped them for all they're worth,
they won't be falling for that again.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:20, archived)

Why not?
You get out and about, you get to use your hands, you need intelligence and common sense to sort out any problems you encounter, and you generally get a handsome pay packet. The only real disadvantage is the cost of training.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:18, archived)

I don't like getting dirty.
And... I just don't care. I want to do a pansy arts job.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:19, archived)

i don't get dirty, i think i'm supposed to tho
dunno i'd have to get a job description
( mongychops, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:21, archived)

and a fair bit of turd wrangling :(((((

( mongychops, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:20, archived)

True, but if I was getting that kind of money I wouldn't complain.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:21, archived)

I would,
I'm not really that fussed about money, I'd rather do something I enjoy and have some interest in.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:22, archived)

So would just about everyone in the world, but you can't have everything you want.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:23, archived)

Well there's no point even trying if you're only allowed to achieve the exact opposite of what you want.
I'm trying to improve my life here, not make it worse.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:24, archived)

I'd be happy spending 12 hours a day sifting through raw sewage looking for gold, if it meant I could live in reasonable comfort the rest of the time.
And you can learn valuable things from even the crappiest jobs, even if it's nothing more than "don't accept any kind of job with TK Maxx, no matter how good the pay".

That said, this kind of practically-minded attitude makes me even less attractive to graduate-employers than anything else. If I'd crawled back to my mother with my tail between my legs and spent the last 9 months moping about my room smoking pot, whining about how there were no "proper" jobs available, they'd probably be falling over themselves to hire me now.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:34, archived)

yeah thing is
my life is already reasonably comfortable as it is, to be honest. It just drives me nuts that I never get to do anything or meet anyone. I'm not going to spend my time and money qualifying for something I don't actually want to pursue as a career. I did that once already and it didn't turn out well.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:40, archived)

Fuck graduate jobs.
All I need to do is find something I'd actually like to do, and some way into it, because I find it near impossible even to apply for a job I don't really want, whether I'm qualified for it or not. And I absolutely cannot fake enthusiasm, so even if I got as far as an interview I'd be completely screwed.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 20:55, archived)

I went as far as a PhD based on little more than what I got good grades in
and what my parents thought would be a good idea, because on an entirely practical level, where only potential earnings count for anything, that seemed to make sense. Sure, I could have carried on, and got the grades, and ended up professor in physics at Cambridge or something. It's not because I wasn't intellectually capable. But I'm not a robot and I simply do not want to live like that.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 21:00, archived)