I need to get me a career.

[Guest LFD]

Can't help with that Mr Sex.

 

I am thinking about doing something seriously drastic though. I lost my job a few weeks back and getting something else is proving as annoying as it is troublesome.

 

I'm genuinely thinking of fucking off somewhere to become a scuba diving instructor somewhere hot. Just because why not.

 

Go for it.

[zigackly]

I know you said it's not a career choice over here, but people do get their qualifications here and shit, so perhaps that could start you on the road before you went abroad. Are you connected with any scuba diving clubs or anything?

[Captain Turdseye]

Best of luck to Banjo and The Sex, whatever course of action you both decide to take.

[Red Banjo]

I know you said it's not a career choice over here, but people do get their qualifications here and shit, so perhaps that could start you on the road before you went abroad. Are you connected with any scuba diving clubs or anything?

 

No mate. I'm already a PADI Advanced open water diver. The next step for me is to become a rescue diver, then instructor is next after that.

 

The cost of doing the qualifications here rather than abroad is a ridiculous. When i did my open water certificate in Thailand - it cost me about £200. To do it here is about £800. Part of the qualification is the time spent under water too - you have to have completed so many dives to get to a certain level. I would rather do that in the warm beautiful sea's in SE Asia where tropical fish and whales live - rather than do it in a murky cold shite infested water in the UK or equally unimpressive - a swimming pool or quarry.

 

It really is probably just a pipe-dream as i'm just really fucked off at the minute, but why shouldn't i do it? People gotta have dreams right? Without risk, there is no reward... as the saying goes.

[Champ]

No mate. I'm already a PADI Advanced open water diver. The next step for me is to become a rescue diver, then instructor is next after that.

 

The cost of doing the qualifications here rather than abroad is a ridiculous. When i did my open water certificate in Thailand - it cost me about £200. To do it here is about £800. Part of the qualification is the time spent under water too - you have to have completed so many dives to get to a certain level. I would rather do that in the warm beautiful sea's in SE Asia where tropical fish and whales live - rather than do it in a murky cold shite infested water in the UK or equally unimpressive - a swimming pool or quarry.

 

It really is probably just a pipe-dream as i'm just really fucked off at the minute, but why shouldn't i do it? People gotta have dreams right? Without risk, there is no reward... as the saying goes.

 

Are you trying to persuade yourself? What's stopping you from doing it? As you and others have said, what's the worst that could happen?

[Red Banjo]

Are you trying to persuade yourself? What's stopping you from doing it? As you and others have said, what's the worst that could happen?

 

The initial cost of buying a ticket and the courses i want to do. There are some places where you can do the courses for free - providing you work for them, accompanying the instructors. Obviously you'll have to provide for yourself during this period. Then there's living costs while you do it.

 

Add in the fact in 33. And i should be settling down, having babies and getting married by now shouldn't I?

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I've just looked into train driving, there are more than 300 applications for each trainee position. Other railway jobs are certainly something I'll look into. I was also thinking about going on the rigs but if I'm going to train to do something, I'd like to really be moving away from hard manual labour. 4 weeks on/4 weeks off is not what I want to be doing either.

 

Apparently the interview process was a nightmare, every time they asked them what their current profession was they replied 'Ah-ooh Ah-ooh ah-ooh !!!'.

[VladimirIlyich]

 

Apparently the interview process was a nightmare' date=' every time they asked them what their current profession was they replied 'Ah-ooh Ah-ooh ah-ooh !!!'.[/quote']

 

Not to mention the unsuccessful applicants steaming out of the room after giving the interview panel a rocket.

[zigackly]

Twice in my life now I have fucked everything off to make a big change.

 

The first time, I quit my job and my flat and went off travelling round India on a one way ticket with no idea when I would come back or what I would do when I did. That was wonderfully cathartic, but I made the mistake of taking up a similar job when I returned.

 

Six years after that I ended up having a nervous breakdown and lost my job as a result, so I took up doing something I really believed in and wanted to do but had never had the guts to.

 

It's still early days as I have only been earning a living from it for about six months, but at this point I would say it's one of the two best things which has ever happened to me.

 

Oh and I'm early 40s with no kids Red Banjo.

[Lee909]

 

Add in the fact in 33. And i should be settling down' date=' having babies and getting married by now shouldn't I?[/quote']

 

Nobody can answer that but you.

I do not want kids or a wife to be honest.It boils down to me being a bit of a selfish ducked with my own time.I don't like to have to do things.Maybe it changes one day maybe not.

The big question you need to ask yourself is,

In 30/40 years time when your looking back on your life will you regret not taking the chance to do it?.

If it doesn't work out will it make much difference settling down and rejoining the mundane 9-5 in 3-5 years time?.

[Lee909]

Best of luck to Banjo and The Sex' date=' whatever course of action you both decide to take.[/quote']

 

From know on both posters should meld into one super poster called The SexBanjo

[zigackly]

One thing you could ask yourself is, if you gave it a crack now would it jeopardize you being able to return to a similar life to your previous one in say six months time?

[TheBitch]

Can't help with that Mr Sex.

 

I am thinking about doing something seriously drastic though. I lost my job a few weeks back and getting something else is proving as annoying as it is troublesome.

 

I'm genuinely thinking of fucking off somewhere to become a scuba diving instructor somewhere hot. Just because why not.

 

DO THIS!!!!

 

I'm going to Indonesia next year I think' date=' with a view to doing a fuckload of diving and seeing what's what.

 

 

Three words for you - Coz-u-mel.

 

Went in March. Quality diving there.

 

 

 

Add in the fact in 33. And i should be settling down' date=' having babies and getting married by now shouldn't I?[/quote']

 

Fuck that shit. I'll be 33 when I'm going to Indo next year. Settling down and having kids is for the gayers.

[Red Banjo]

Endorsement from TheBitch is like a nudge in the ribs from Jesus himself.

[Pony Princess]

Add in the fact in 33. And i should be settling down, having babies and getting married by now shouldn't I?

 

Fuck that shit. Babies are rubbish and marriage implies love, which involves feelings and stuff. That is gay and rubbish. Live the dream brah.

[Section_31]

What do you IT lads know about SEO copywriting? Is it a decent field to move in to in terms of long term prospects, pay etc?

[Rico1304]

What do you IT lads know about SEO copywriting? Is it a decent field to move in to in terms of long term prospects, pay etc?

 

I know the founders of SEO Next, they are always harping on about how ace fhey are. If you've any specifics you want asking I can pass them on.

[Pony Princess]

What do you IT lads know about SEO copywriting? Is it a decent field to move in to in terms of long term prospects, pay etc?

 

SEO is a tricky one. A lot of companies I have worked for avoid bringing in SEO specialists as it tends to just work out cheaper buying into paid advertising / search engine bumps. A mate of mine is a black hat SEO dev on the side and he does make a bit of money from it but it is a weird game. The sites he works on are generally dodgy and when you work for dodgy companies there is no guarantee you will get paid.

 

Getting into any IT though is a good call. SQL developer or administrator is something you can get into with some half-decent courses and a lucky break, and the bunce ain't bad.

 

If you want to break into that kind of realm you can either get some face to face training or get yourself a Pluralsight - Hardcore Developer Training account and access to hundreds of hours of professional level training videos.

 

TBH like anything profession-wise, there is no back-door in. You'd have to get your qualifications and/or skills and start at the bottom rung as a junior unless you get a very lucky break.

[Section_31]

SEO is a tricky one. A lot of companies I have worked for avoid bringing in SEO specialists as it tends to just work out cheaper buying into paid advertising / search engine bumps. A mate of mine is a black hat SEO dev on the side and he does make a bit of money from it but it is a weird game. The sites he works on are generally dodgy and when you work for dodgy companies there is no guarantee you will get paid.

 

Getting into any IT though is a good call. SQL developer or administrator is something you can get into with some half-decent courses and a lucky break, and the bunce ain't bad.

 

If you want to break into that kind of realm you can either get some face to face training or get yourself a Pluralsight - Hardcore Developer Training account and access to hundreds of hours of professional level training videos.

 

TBH like anything profession-wise, there is no back-door in. You'd have to get your qualifications and/or skills and start at the bottom rung as a junior unless you get a very lucky break.

 

Yeah, one of the things my mate warned me about is the fact SEO writers can take some shit if their work doesn't appear to have done the trick, even though the fault may be at the door of the designer because the site is shit.

 

The role I'm looking at is for a big firm writing product copy so I'd hope it wouldn't be like that, but just not sure. Writing is the only real skill I've got, I've got an IT degree and detest the more technical side of it, if I'm honest.

 

At the moment it's only either this or a communications job of some sort, which I can't really be arsed with.

[Pony Princess]

Yeah, one of the things my mate warned me about is the fact SEO writers can take some shit if their work doesn't appear to have done the trick, even though the fault may be at the door of the designer because the site is shit.

 

The role I'm looking at is for a big firm writing product copy so I'd hope it wouldn't be like that, but just not sure. Writing is the only real skill I've got, I've got an IT degree and detest the more technical side of it, if I'm honest.

 

At the moment it's only either this or a communications job of some sort, which I can't really be arsed with.

 

It is more that SEO is generally a grey area between white and black hat (legit and deceptive ways of boosting search engine position). The search engines want you to either get higher legitimately through accuracy to consumers searches or pay them for a 'bump'. Google for example has some of the best software developers in the world and not much gets past them.

 

You might remember if you were an early adopter of the interwebs, how porn sites would make sure to have commonly searched terms like 'sex news pokemon business info world sport' embedded into their front pages so they would be picked up in broader hits. Things have moved on from then but essentially it is the same shit.

 

When sites start using black-hat techniques like the above, but much more crafty... to get up the search results, eventually search engine's software picks it up and penalizes them (dropping down the ratings). I don't think SEO has much legs to be honest, certainly not for long-term employment.

 

Not sure what the job title you are after is, do you mean a Technical writer/author? If you are IT minded and good at writing, seems like the perfect job. Most big software companies I've worked for have one or more technical authors because us autistic software engineers can't write user documents for shit. Also the ones I have worked with are total bro's and funny as fuck, and the money is good with loads of potential for contracting where the real money in IT is.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_writer

[Geraghty]

Any one here know anyone or tried coaching badges themselves.

Heard there was a lot of employment opportunities out in America and Canada for UEFA qualified coaches.

[RedinSweden]

Yeah, one of the things my mate warned me about is the fact SEO writers can take some shit if their work doesn't appear to have done the trick, even though the fault may be at the door of the designer because the site is shit.

 

The role I'm looking at is for a big firm writing product copy so I'd hope it wouldn't be like that, but just not sure. Writing is the only real skill I've got, I've got an IT degree and detest the more technical side of it, if I'm honest.

 

At the moment it's only either this or a communications job of some sort, which I can't really be arsed with.

 

As Pony Princess says, how about technical writing. I have worked as a technical writer for about 15 years, though my current job I have moved more and more away from being a true technical writer. It's a good line to be in. It is pretty steady, and certainly as far as Sweden goes, always plenty of jobs around.

 

Your background sounds perfect for it.

 

If you want to know more, pm me.

[VladimirIlyich]

Any one here know anyone or tried coaching badges themselves.

Heard there was a lot of employment opportunities out in America and Canada for UEFA qualified coaches.

 

Oh dear.

[Section_31]

Cheers Jim, PP.

 

The problem I've got with roles like that is I have no experience. Virtually everything I've seen along the lines of technical/medical writing has been pretty strict about previous experience. It's hard to know how you'd get into something like that really.

 

Sick of playing this game though, full of Tarquins and I've had enough of their bullshit.