If you quit IT...

[gshaw]

...what career would you go into instead?

 

Been thinking about this as I'm not sure IT is gonna be such a great place to be in the future so been wondering what I'd do if not this... maybe something to do with cars but then might be a good idea to do a job I'd hate instead of one that makes your hobbies boring after working with them all day

[karldenton]

Coach driver for me. Still young so can get to see Europe and I enjoy driving

[sparkeh]

Coach driver for me. Still young so can get to see Europe and I enjoy driving

 

Ooh nice one.

 

I would like to be a writer.

[Hightower]

I plan on being out of IT support within 3 years, to move to a similar field - programming

[cookie_monster]

Paramedic or Nursing.

[IanT]

British Trainsport Police Officer or Train Driver

[mattx]

Paramedic or Nursing.

 

Interesting, almost did that about 7 years ago when I was looking after my nipper in GOSH - then I got the job where I am now.....[ after redundancy ]

 

I would like to go into pest control, setup on my own or work for a small firm. Either that or gardening.

[Batman]

I'd like to be a full time musician. Actually, I may be leaving work to look after my son next year. My wife is better paid and has a career whilst I'm just a Technician who'd rather be in a band. Hopefully more time at home will help me to finish the recording project I started 2 years ago and have yet to finish

[Simcfc73]

Thinking of becoming a sparky or plumber.

 

I got a long sales pitch from a distance learning company which sounded very good and at the end I would have had qualifications coming out of my backside but it was £5k which is a bit rich for my taste even with the 2 years interest free loan.

[K.C.Leblanc]

British Trainsport Police Officer or Train Driver

 

Are you a train spotter?

 

 

Ideally something technical behind the scenes in theatre or concerts. Or something working for myself.

[timbo343]

id probs be a traffic cop or go into the trade. I was wanting to be a sparky before i had my mind set on computers.

[Soulfish]

Corporate Lawyer or Pilot

[bossman]

I had thought about electronics in the car industry, especially the high performance cars and upgrading the firmware on the engine management systems for cash.

 

Then I thought about B and Q stacking shelves and how stress-less it seems Hmmmmmm...............................Difficult choice

[mattx]

Who said porn star ? Dirty bugger.

[Optics]

I wanted to be an Astronomer or Bricklayer when I was growing up, and ended up an Optician who then got into IT. So I guess it would be Astronomer.

[ButterflyMoon]

A writer here or fulltime photographer though I do work freelance doing that just now

[mattx]

I wanted to be a 'spirit level bubble inserter' when I was at school...... Was not level headed enough.

[AyatollahPies]

id probs be a traffic cop or go into the trade. I was wanting to be a sparky before i had my mind set on computers.

 

You want to sit in a van on a motorway bridge pointing a laser at passing cars then?

[tmcd35]

I wanted to be a 'spirit level bubble inserter' when I was at school...... Was not level headed enough.

 

should really dish out some neg rep for that one!

[Hollie1985]

If I wasn't working in IT then I would like to be managing my own foster care agency and giving something back to the kids, providing them with a 2nd chance of "normal" lifestyle

[mattx]

If I wasn't working in IT then I would like to be managing my own foster care agency and giving something back to the kids, providing them with a 2nd chance of "normal" lifestyle

 

Excellent. You never know you may be able to do something along those lines voluntary - [ if you are not doing something already on a similar level ]

[Butuz]

Pilot for me (preferably rotary wing).

 

Butuz

[mac_shinobi]

Winning the lottery and retiring early but its not working for me as of yet lol

[plexer]

Sparky possibly or something to do with cnc/engineering/bespoke stuff.

 

Ben

[torledo]

i'd like to have been a member of those firms that build the 'megstructures' on TV.

 

Like working on that giant french viaduct project or working on assembling the bits for the hadron collider thingy.

 

 

there's loads of other stuff i'd like to be doing, but that would keep me busy for a couple of years before semi-retirement.