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Post by mick on Sept 9, 2023 10:38:30 GMT
Assume that you had the training and/or expertise to do any job you chose. There must be some that you would never contemplate and others that you would jump at.
Here are my starters.
I could never be a politician because I couldn't tolerate the existence of an opposition whose job it was to 'bring me down' however good my ideas were and however well I performed. Equally, I don't think that I could tolerate the blind prejudice that I would need to do the same to them. I could go on, but won't - you get the idea.
My middle son is a very fine pianist and after a few decades of hearing him practise and play, after taking him to lots of piano concerts and talking to and listening to his teacher (a 'second division' concert pianist) I've grown to love piano music. I would leap at the chance of entertaining people through playing the piano to them.
Anything to add?
Mick
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Post by spinno on Sept 9, 2023 10:46:23 GMT
I'm hoping one day that I will be a photographer
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Post by don on Sept 9, 2023 10:55:20 GMT
I'm hoping one day that I will be a photographer To late for me to be one of them 😂 |
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Post by zou on Sept 9, 2023 10:57:11 GMT
That's easy...
Would: anything I enjoy
Wouldn't: anything that upholds capitalist values or exploits others
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Post by spinno on Sept 9, 2023 11:40:13 GMT
That's easy... Would: anything I enjoy Wouldn't: anything that upholds capitalist values or exploits others Unemployment beckons?  |
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Post by JohnY on Sept 9, 2023 12:16:09 GMT
That's easy... Would: anything I enjoy Wouldn't: anything that upholds capitalist values or exploits others Unemployment beckons? No. Not unemployment. 'Work' in the public sector, preferably from home.
For myself, I would not work as a teacher in Britain. I enjoyed working as a teacher in Kenya. I enjoyed working as a computing specialist in an engineering company.
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Post by don on Sept 9, 2023 12:50:19 GMT
I really enjoyed being a roofer bu cannot say I’ve disliked any of the jobs I have done even slaughter man it’s nice and warm in the winter.
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Post by dorsetmike on Sept 9, 2023 13:47:06 GMT
I enjoyed most of my 23 years in the RAF, - much better than working for s living.
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Post by peterob on Sept 9, 2023 14:45:12 GMT
Assume that you had the training and/or expertise to do any job you chose. There must be some that you would never contemplate and others that you would jump at. That's not a well framed question really. A certain aptitude is needed. Training can be given, expertise gained through experience, but the range of potential jobs that could be done if the opportunity offered is different for everyone. You can make a list of what one might regard as "bad" jobs and similarly of "good" jobs but whether bad or good someone has to do them and that person has to be capable. An annual exercise at work (back in the day) was choosing, if you had something to give them, a summer placement student, work experience for the purpose of. I guess we got upwards of 500 to 1000 applications each year. Everyone straight As and A*s, Ss etc. Glowing recommendations. Bright futures up-coming with acceptances at Oxbridge or other top uni. I picked one guy because his previous summer he had worked a line at a fish preparation factory. I reckoned he was made of stern stuff if he (academically in the top 5%) could stand 2 months of 12 hour shifts gutting fish. I remember talking to his, most apologetic, mother on the phone the day before he was due to start. Someone had glassed him in the face at his birthday party, held in his local pub. Instead of a challenging summer with us he was in hospital while they tried to save his sight and what was left of his face. I hope he made out eventually. He deserved a good chance. |
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Post by daves on Sept 9, 2023 16:43:09 GMT
Jobs I would not do include, but not limited to, teaching. Job I would have loved to do is Research Chemist in organic synthesis. It's in my blood.
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Post by MJB on Sept 9, 2023 16:48:21 GMT
I couldn't do a customer facing role in retail and I'm full of admiration for those who do.
As for what I would love to do, anything were I work on my own and not indoors. I quite fancy the idea of being a street sweeper. As my hero Trigger would say "look after your broom and it will look after you".
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Post by willien on Sept 9, 2023 17:07:18 GMT
Boutique instrument maker quality tester.
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Post by willien on Sept 9, 2023 17:09:23 GMT
I couldn't do a customer facing role in retail and I'm full of admiration for those who do. As for what I would love to do, anything were I work on my own and not indoors. I quite fancy the idea of being a street sweeper. As my hero Trigger would say "look after your Armsel Striker and it will look after you".FTFY - Oh, not sort of street sweeper. |
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Post by peterba on Sept 9, 2023 17:28:01 GMT
Jobs I would not do include, but not limited to, teaching.
Surely you were a teacher, Dave? Or am I mis-remembering?  |
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Post by andy on Sept 9, 2023 17:45:34 GMT
I don't want an office job. I've never applied for another one because I can't convince myself I want it so don't expect to be able to convince anyone else I want their job. Quite happy wandering about the woods with dogs and a camera. Like fixing bikes too...last customer had squishy hydraulic brakes and after fixing them we had a nice chat about the trails at Glentress and she gave us twice the money asked for  . |
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