gtitim
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: the boonies
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Aged 27 now
13 - 17 - paper round
16 - 18 - Various factory / plant nursery agency jobs
18 - 20 - Roofer
19 - 22 - Halfords Ripspeed Specialist
22 - 25 - Prison Officer
25 - now Police Officer
Not planning on having another career move - intending to retire at reasonable rank and wage, or emigrate and work in policing somewhere hot.
edit to add: Have 10 GCSE at A-C, 1sr year NC in Building, part way through NVQ Level 4 in policing. No intention of doing any more qualifications except force one ( may do OU degree later in life, who knows?)
[Edited on 02-08-2009 by gtitim]
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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21 y/o
13 - 16 Paper round
16 - 18 Morrisons shelf stacking, Chilli Express fast food delivery (best job ever  ), bar work
19 - Present Tesco shelf stacking / general dogs body / managements bitch as long as I get paid
Qualifications
10 GCSEs A* - C (Business Studies A*, others are Geography, Maths, Eng Lit/Lang, Science Double, RE, German, French)
1 AVCE A Level in Business (A/B), Psychology A-Level D  , AS Level Geography C
Degree 2:2(Hons) Accountancy and Finance
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J da Silva
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Registered: 10th Apr 03
Location: The FACTory
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16 - 18, Became an apprentice in airless spraying.
19 - present (26), Setup a firepotection firm, employing sub-contractors to fireprotect large steel structures.
Qualifications:
2 NVQ's in airless paint spraying.
10 GCSE's of 7 A's, 2 B's and a C.
Level 1,2,3 in motor repairs and servicing, and electronics.
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AlexSXI
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Registered: 10th Jan 08
Location: Colchester, Essex
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16-18- Colchester Zoo, Restaurant (part-time)
16-18 Building Site Bitch (Labourer) (part-time)
18- Trainee Building Site Manager
pretty simple and hopefully it's just them 3 for life 
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corsasriboy
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Registered: 23rd Mar 07
Location: leicestershire
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
Corsasriboy was your apprenticeship with Sealine?
was with fairline. dont you work for a boat building company?
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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yeah, DELTA; we've just taken on quite a few people; don't thinkwe're on the look out at the minute but I'll bare you in mind if anything comes up. We're probably a little bit too far away though
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corsasriboy
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Registered: 23rd Mar 07
Location: leicestershire
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looks like an awesome place to work. some real purposeful little boats, not like i'm used to working with.lol! i'd really appreciate that mate. i'd consider moving to be honest if something like that came up.
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Reedy
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Registered: 11th Apr 04
Location: Hammersmith
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15->16 Glass Collector
17->20 Worked at a local computer shop as a technician, fixing, selling and giving general advice - was a really good job.
20 -> 22 Pc world sales monkey  ( worst job as I wasnt appreaciated for my knowledge ).
23 -> Civil Servant creating statistical software for the whole quad services ( RAF, Navy, Army and Civil Service ).
10 gcse's all C's
Btec National Diploma in Computer Studies ( Software Development ) - Distinction overall.
Studied computer games programming for 2 years and changed degree, so im still currently studying a degree in Software Engineering( going on to my final year) but I should be on for a 1st.
oh and I also do the odd, computer repair / advice on the side aswell as freelance work for software and websites.
[Edited on 02-08-2009 by Reedy]
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jibjob
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Registered: 6th Apr 08
Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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20 years old
14-16 paper round 362 papers for £17.50
16-18 macdonalds doing a bit of everything. got sacked because i wrote my car off and the injuries i had i couldnt work with food for a long time.
18 peugeot dealership for a month then got made redundant.
18-20 Motorway services pretty much spending every day sat around doing not alot for not alot of pay 
10 gcse's A*-C
1 Distinction in modular studies
Level 2 IMI national award in light vehicle maintenance + repair inc valeting and electrics.
Fully Qualified Football Manager and Referee up to National standard. (I can manage any team aslong as they dont play internationally)
Ive done bits and bobs outside of work ike gardening, painting and decorating, bit of IT here and there but ive never been able to find a job i enjoy doing that pays well and i can turn into a career
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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16-19 at college/uni, worked summer placements at various oil companies.
20 Start new job tommorrow - graduate engineer.
4 Highers at level A.
Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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paper rounds etc
15-16 - body repair apprentice
16-19 - contract admin
19-20 - powder coater
20 - telesales
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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12-16 Paper round
16-18 McDonalds yay lol, Stuck at it a year, got good at it, got put through to management training, took 6months then I was a shift manager for 6months.
18-present (now 20) - Train Dispatcher for Arriva Trains
Qualifications - 12 GCSE's, 2 A levels and thats about it tbh.
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Lynny
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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
Location: oop north! Where people talk properly
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22 years old
16-18 trained as a chef whilst doing A-levels
18-22 wetherspoons
22- retirement (hopefully) work as a police officer. only been in the job 6 months but love it, actually is the best job ever
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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27
11 GCSE mostly A's some B's
4 A-Levels A's and B's
LLB (Hons) Law Degree
Postgraduate Legal Practice Certificate
Professional Skills Certificate
Solicitors Practicing Certificate
Member of SRA / Law Society (Governing body)
Job:
17-24 - IT Helpdesk (most of it part time whilst in uni etc)
24-27 - Solicitor
[Edited on 04-08-2009 by MarkM]
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
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24
10 - 14 worked on farm
14- 16 worked as labourer
16-17 summer job structural engineers office
17 delivered takeaways at night
18-10 labourer on site whilst at college
10-21 CAD technician
21-23 Senior CAD technician
22 - present CAD technician/designer with family buisness
4 highers and HND architectural technology
very happy where i am now 
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Plymouth
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14-16 i was a kitchen porter
16-18 trainee electrician
18-19 door to door sales
19-now(21) Jag mobile phone sales
I have now just purchased a franchise of the Jag mobile phone shops so im very happy with myself at 21
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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13-14 Paperround
16-18 - Shop in bluewater sunday/weekday/supervisor/manager
18-19 VW Parts Advisor
19-19 Porsche Parts Advisor
19-21 VW Parts advisor
21-24 Audi Parts Advisor
5 GCSE's A-C
3 AS levles
2 A2 levles
[Edited on 04-08-2009 by jr]
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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25 now
5 GCSE's grade C, 4 grade D
13-14 Paper round
16-17 Burtons
18-19 IT Admin
19-20 Pub/Shop work
20-24 Change management
24-25 Change/Service management
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willay
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Organiser: South East, National Events
Premium Member
Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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24.
3 GCSEs, B, C and D.
19 - Network Engineer
20 - Network Engineer
21 - Network Engineer
22 - Network Engineer
23 - Network Engineer
24 - 'Service Desk Manager' or Network Engineer.
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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24 years old.
13-16 Paper Round
17-20 Legoland Windsor Ride Operator
21-22 Seiko - Support / Software Development
23 - Freelance Software Developer
24 - Dhc - Software Developer
10 GCSE's A* - C
Btec National Diploma in IT / Software Development - Triple Distinction + 2 As Level, ICT Grade A, General Studies Grade B
Bsc Hons - Applied Computer Science Degree - Grade 1st.
[Edited on 04-08-2009 by Paul_J]
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scottl
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Registered: 10th Jun 09
Location: scotland
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20 wan.
cany remember - 15 paper round
16 - left school
16 - HND construction management
18 - landscaper
18 - work in a sports shop
19 - trainee architectural technician
21 - HNC architectural technology
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: Derby
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12- 15 Paper Round
15 - 17 McD's (while at college)
18 - 20 "Trainee Network engineer"
21 - Bar Staff (while at uni)
25 -> Now. Post Man.
Highly qualified work all round... I got 12 GCSE's at school as well, Pass at GNVQ Advanced in IT, Gave up a Computer Studies at uni, it's so fucking boring, everything was Programming, or Systems Analysis just with different names.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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26 years old this Month.
13-16 Paperboy
16-18 Part Time Delivery Assistant @ Woolworths
18-25 Various jobs for the same Distribution Company.
25> Service Engineer for Leica Geosystems Ltd
11 x GCSE's grade A-C
2 x GCSE's grade D
2 x A-Levels
1 x NVQ in Warehousing
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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I'm 21
16 - 19: Sainsburys Petrol Assistant
19 - Present: Signalling Support Technician for London Underground. Hope to be there for life tbh. Working my way up slowly.
[Edited on 04-08-2009 by Graham88]
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lozarus
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
Location: Walderslade, Kent
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16- current (19) level 3 vehicle technician just qualified yesterday!!
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