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Poll: Do you actually like your job/career ?
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I think it would be a OK if you could plan the working part. I'd hate to spend a trip having to deal with "networking" and all the other rubbish that goes with trying to get grubbing little suits to part with their cash. Knowing I had to be somewhere on a certain date to work for X weeks would be OK.

Ted, if you are looking at welding as a transferable skill, take great care with the certification and training records. We have endless trouble with the attempts of local authorities to create closed shops by this route. If you are thinking Canada/USA, do their certification even if it's the lowest level as well as or instead of European/UK stuff. A certified welder is skilled employee, while any fool (such as myself) can tack bits of metal together given enough practice. Pay levels of course reflect this and you can still take on car body repairs even if certified.

This can work the other way too, my UK HGV ticket is restricted to 32 tonnes but the yanks never cared. You would need to know this though, there is next to no money for driving rigids over there.

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We all have aspects of our job we don't enjoy as much as others and, frankly, if we didn't we'd have nothing to bitch about!

I teach teenagers (when they can be bothered to focus) science and really enjoy most parts of the job. The holidays are a bonus but its the sort of job that you can't do well unless you have the passion and the understanding. Once you have some semblance of understanding how a teenager operates and feels then 75% of the job is done for you.

Do I love my job? Yes.
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I enjoy my work when I get to do it (building). Being self employed, working for private customers is a real problem these days. Almost everyone wants something for nothing. Most of my time is spent adjusting quotes or quoting for something completely different. Work is a bit thin on the ground as well, which means when I'm not actually busy on a job I can't go on holiday because I'm worried about work coming in.

The only thing that keeps me sane is a small number of really good regular customers, but even they are feeling the pinch at the moment.

We're lucky enough to have a few other strings to our bow such as holiday accommodation lets and B&B. I'll be retiring from the building game in about 5 years (officially) but will keep the tourism things going to hopefully allow us to travel a bit in the winter.
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