far out, you got quite a lot of opinions there mate! I'm gonna give one too cos I can, I worked as a boiler maker for about a year...dont do it, other trades maybe I dunno, but boiler work will mess your body up and I dunno about everyone else but by the time I finished work 10 or 12 hours work at 4pm I was barley awake enough to drive.
$33 ph x 50 hr per week - about 30 percent tax (prob more) = 60 grand a year with no days off or holidays, sounds good now, but when your busting your ass the whole time you'll get pretty sick of it. especially when you have had to work 4 years initially at half the pay to get the qualification.
I got a mate 27 yo, works Aus summer (with some water time) then travels 4months at whatever euro country takes his fancy, just got back from egypt. doin this for 4 years now, structural engineer...lucky bstrd.
teacher could be a good call too, but only if your passionate about teaching kids, my old man did it for 20 years and that is what he thinks.
Uh oh I gave 2 opinions...is that allowed?
Hey Steve,
ahhh okay, I was just going to say you'd be welcome to hollar in the back of my class if u wanted to see the difference bruh.
That was why I hated OSHC; this OSHC job is wayyyy better =]
The best thing is, male teachers are pretty much guareneteed a JOB! So don't worry there!!!
4 years of cruisy uni, with what, a $15 000 HECS debt, but I've done 6 extra electives than needed for my degree, so about $12 k then.
I mean, uni this semester, I am there 2 hours on monday and that's it!....
Ask away... =] We get $48 500 first year out. More would help, but here they are blabbing about paying depending how successful and good they are; yeah how is that fair for anyone!? lol
Lizz =]
be a firey
2 day shifts 8am- 6pm then
2 night shifts 6pm- 8am
then 4 days off. = 6 days on the water out of 8 if there is wind.
teaching - DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE
if u gonna be a teacher, be a uni lecturer, know your stuff, walk in, walk out - no rolls to mark and only half the paperwork of primary / highschool & TAFE + minimal audits
Been a plumber(ok job,good money),a roof plumber(good for windsurfing,average money),still a firey(great for windsurfing,below average money).
Get an engineering job(petro,chemical,mechanical).If you want a new Evil Twin you just go and buy one and anything else you want as well.If you pick the right job your hours can be flexy too.
Stay at school as long as possible to maximise all your options.
i agree lizzy b
but for ease of job vs money earnt = best to be a uni lecturer @ $85 an hour i reckon
i think what we're told and what actually happens when uni's employ folk are two different things. i know 2 uni lecturers who've never done any of that stuff u mention? the standard of students enrolled seem to be very low in QLD too, when you consider the type of students the likes of bond uni take.
aaahhh haircut, I just know what happens at Griffith; no idea about any other uni; I assumed it was the same.
The drop-out rate for Education students as a whole (at all unis) is terrible, but GU have the best Education program around.
You can be employed as a tutor without a Masters, but they prefer and insist you get one/ but it is not mandatory.
Lecturing you have to have done a PhD.
This is just what I've learned from working for them and having coffee and lunch with them helps
yeah griffith certainly seems to be the pick of them doesn't it
porn star would probably be the best windsurfing complimentary job i reckon. stiff masts with constant curve seem to work well in qld conditions
I read a similar thread here and someone suggested being an income tax accountant. You do heaps of tax returns during the last half of the year then have the rest of the year off.
Income tax rules generally do not change dramatically from year to year and the rules of accounting are pretty straight forward; unless you ran Lehman Brothers.
playboy magazine photogragher ? Freelance porn star ? windsurfing /resort reviewer ? Rockstar/moviestar? Criminal mastermind ? House gigalo in a catholic girls boarding school ? so many careers and just one life.....
Get a life ................
Your destiny is already mapped out for you ,you just dont know it.
So now go do it .
Take that next breath.
Do something you enjoy, If you cannot think of a career- think broader, eg can you see yourself tied to a desk/computer min 8hrs a day, or do you like to be on your feet/doing something physical.
I worked in finance for about 6yrs and just couldn't stand living in the city and dealing with public transport every day- felt like a penguin waddling to the office in my suit. The money was sweet, but the lifestyle sh1thouse. I took a 50% paycut and moved to the coast to study again. Never been happier and not stuck behind a desk going through financials all day.
Agree with Mabbott & OB64.....Do something you like! Although when you're young, you prob don't know what that is, & it is good to get some coin behind you at a young age, just don't let it take over, or you'll wake up at 50 & realise that you missed out on living!
I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned (post is sooooo long!)
Personally if I had the choice, and could do over again, I'd study engineering/renewable energy (especially wind). I met a Melbourne guy a while back that got paid to travel around Aus, to the WINDIEST LOCATIONS
, working on wind farms.....good coin, good hours, accom paid, great job in my eyes!
My suggestion. Get a career that pays HUGE money, forget about windsurfing for a few years while you accumulate obscene wealth, than retire before 30 and spent the rest of your life windsurfing!
Hmmmm.... Why didn't I do that...............
Ahhh teaching... I've been studing up to a master in sport teaching and sport management at the uni in France and now I'm in Australia waiting for a work permit for a totally different job. Anyway, I was surprised by the shifts and the pay of a teacher in Australia so if anyone knows a school in brisbane that need someone to teach french or sport and would pay for a work permit, tell me!
If possible not before one month, I have to get sailing
By the way upthere, do an olympic campaign in windsurf. I've been doing that during my studies. Sailing every day but I got found by the federation though...
Just searched for Junior Geologist on Seek... 3-4 years uni, lots of plane rides, frequent breaks, here is the description:
* Grad/Jnr Underground Geology role
* Graduate salary to 90k plus 8k sign on bonus
* Opportunity to move...
If you did this, you could be getting more $$ than the head of your geology school (if equivalent to teaching faculty) with just a couple of years experience.
BTW, DO NOT BECOME A GEOLOGIST
My Grandfather always said that if you love the work you do you never have to work a day in your life. So thats the reason i want to get it right, right from the start.
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Go to maritime college in Tazzie (cold but still sailable), learn some navigation and seamanshippy type stuff. Go to sea with a shipping company and get your nav tickets.
Then its off to sea for 2-3 months at a time (girlfriend will hate this but as you'll find there's plenty more over the horizon). Then there's 2-3 months holiday to go sail anywhere you like. Work six months a year/ play the rest.
