Rhamnousia - please dont take this the wrong way ...
I feel like you spend a lot of time on here being unhappy with your current job and hoping for some sort of escape?
If this is indeed more than just ROFjest then I don't think you are going to find the magic bullet that allows you to escape until you work out why you are too scared to jump ship.
I get the impression there are fears/concerns/practicalities getting in the way of you just leaving and moving on?
Either that or you are just having a shit day and getting some ROFtherapy
Archibald - I have tried a lot of different types of work and the problem is they are all rubbish. Gash if you will. I am not scared to jump, I just can't find anywhere! I want more money and slightly more respect. I should not have done tax it is a constant fight to be taken seriously.
"I should not have done tax it is a constant fight to be taken seriously."
Tax is the only element that has kept law interesting for me as I do fair bit of structuring. You are in a brilliant spot. You may want to do something which is not PP but it allows you to apply your skills in real business. Go to consultancy.
If you want something different then wanting more money from day 1 is going to be a hurdle in many cases - I would look at 5 year earning potential as opposed to per annum
In terms of respect - if you don't feel you are getting it now is that really your fault or the fault of others?
If its your fault then you are getting something wrong - fix it
if it is their fault then they can all go fook themselves.
Do you respect the people from whom you want respect?
How about quitting law? Have you got a hobby which could potentially earn a second income in the meantime? Writing, cuisine, something artisanal, draughtmanship. Coaching, if you are sporty. Try working p/t at a cattery or a stables. BTW I've done two of the above, so my suggestions are not empty, and I have travelled. Best thing I ever did.
Social media influencing isn't my 'thing', maybe not yours, but if that appeals to you, maybe try that as Queenie E suggested.
Try travel. Take a one-year sabbatical (if you can afford to). Choose a country that you have always wanted to live in. Go there for a year, learn the language, earn money (it won't be much) by working in a bar or as an English teacher.
A temporary break will enable you to rethink your priorities.
I'm waiting for my books to sell well on Amazon. Until then, I'm stuck in law, whenever I get jobs that pays the rail fares, dry-cleaning and gives me money for the drink link (the ATM).
The ‘turn your hobby into your job!’ advice is laughably naive.
a guy I grew up with had quite indulgent parents and he ‘turned his passion into his job’ and started a business shaping surfboards from sustainable materials.
Some people choose to live in caravans, or other weird and wonderful things.
I have a friend who is a freelance web designer, her husband is a tree surgeon. They travel around the UK in a converted horse box. She uses mobile WiFi to work remotely and he gets to go on site wherever he is needed.
They clear £100k combined, easily, with no mortgage.
Yes I know people choose to do that kind of thing like living on boats etc (which would actually be amazing except for the loos) but I think this guy is more about necessity rather than a lifestyle choice.
Also your friends are not making over 100k like that - they’re drug dealers. Over 100k for a freelance dev and a tree surgeon!?
I was watching a programme on C5 the other day about catching fare dodgers on the tube. It was gripping stuff m7s. I reckon working as a fare investigator would be class. They're using fairly advanced algorithims to catch people based on their data from tapping in / out.
Tree surgeons can earn pretty well, he’s self employed so he’s easily taking £45k a year and she is very experienced and has to turn work down all the time so again self employed £50k+ is not unreasonable.
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CC tax
Links Tax
S&M tax?
A&O tax?
Macs Tax?
Macs Tax?
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joseph hage Aaronson.
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Do podcast spots like la Blakeley
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The queen’s personal piper gets paid like 40k or something just for playing bagpipes outside her window every weekday morning for 20 minutes.
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NO LAW FIRM TAX SOMETHING FUN
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ok it doesn't have to be fun
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that bagpipe job sounds amazing
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Can you actually play the pipes?
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https://www.businessinsider.com/unum-research-weirdest-best-paid-jobs-in-britain-pet-food-gherkin-sewer-2015-11?r=US&IR=T
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arent you doing a masters, a PhD and a course on predatory bird species in the north of england?
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no, tom, I am a fiddler only
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I have friends who play the pipes and tell me it is pretty difficult. Was piano and violin for me as a kid.
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Bloke who used to run the Princess Louise pub on New Oxford street was a competitive piper (and won various trophies for it).
Trufax right there.
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That’ll be laz you are thinking of there Archie
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become a social media influencer
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Life coach for people who are too happy and focused.
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I actually cannot stand how rubbish everything is
shall I just sell all my stuff, go on a round the world trip until the last penny is gone and then kill myself?
let's not pretend there's any uphill from here
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Rhamnousia - please dont take this the wrong way ...
I feel like you spend a lot of time on here being unhappy with your current job and hoping for some sort of escape?
If this is indeed more than just ROFjest then I don't think you are going to find the magic bullet that allows you to escape until you work out why you are too scared to jump ship.
I get the impression there are fears/concerns/practicalities getting in the way of you just leaving and moving on?
Either that or you are just having a shit day and getting some ROFtherapy
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Become a MSP. You know it makes sense.
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Archibald - I have tried a lot of different types of work and the problem is they are all rubbish. Gash if you will. I am not scared to jump, I just can't find anywhere! I want more money and slightly more respect. I should not have done tax it is a constant fight to be taken seriously.
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I would enjoy that coffers
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but not the doorstepping
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some middle-aged wisdom for you
every kind of work is shit
just accept that, do as little of it as possible and focus on other areas of your life
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I actually agree with this, QE, and think it is my core philosophy
however, my current job has gone beyond the pale and I need a new one
have you been to the pale? it's a bit underwhelming
although actually I like interesting work much more than most other things in life - what else gives you that quiet and focused buzz? nothing.
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I hate policy babes precisely for this reason
I think also they aren't paid much and have rich daddies
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"I should not have done tax it is a constant fight to be taken seriously."
Tax is the only element that has kept law interesting for me as I do fair bit of structuring. You are in a brilliant spot. You may want to do something which is not PP but it allows you to apply your skills in real business. Go to consultancy.
And yes....you will make a good MSP
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I get that, I am stuck in a boring dead end job because it pays well and has a fab work/life balance
just find other buzzes
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My dog won’t let me move. He is fast asleep on the sofa, upside down, paws everywhere and making contented noises when I rub his tummy.
Literally paws everywhere, fully stretched out I turned of the tv because all I can see is a couple of large fluffy golden brown paws.
its raining like hell here, but I’m all warm and toasty with a sleeping mutt.
Work is not everything. Take a sabbatical and do some travelling or something.
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I am worried my other buzzes might end up giving me herpes
only distastefully joking
I don't earn enough to justify how boring and humiliating my job is
dogsbody to totally underqualified smug idiots should be about double
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work is not everything but it is something I need to do for money, I like money
and I don't like formless days
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unless I go for the suicide thing which yknow
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maybe, I am very bored
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start selling crap on amazon - I have seen numerous adverts claiming this works and I trust them completely
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Used shoes innit. See meh for details. Or just send dux some invoices ;)
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sounds frustrating Rhamnousia
If you want something different then wanting more money from day 1 is going to be a hurdle in many cases - I would look at 5 year earning potential as opposed to per annum
In terms of respect - if you don't feel you are getting it now is that really your fault or the fault of others?
If its your fault then you are getting something wrong - fix it
if it is their fault then they can all go fook themselves.
Do you respect the people from whom you want respect?
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I don't think I am really made for this (working) world tbh
it isn't anyone's fault really
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Can’t you just find some sugar daddy to keep you on the manner to which you have been accustomed ? I think there’s even an app for that.
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no
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Ok hangon this website is called seeking arrangement - I read about this recently. You could be a sugar babe.
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I don't think this is for me
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Fine, go back to Plan B which I believe was selling your used shoes on eBay to dux etc.
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going back to my influencer suggestion, look at the money you can make!
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50418807
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well, the money ONE can make perhaps
ain't no one buying lipliner or bras from clergs
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I'm legitmiately interested in what happens at work that you would regard as a 'humiliation'? Is this from clients or colleagues?
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Probably just that she does tax and has to put up with all the sreportmei’mracisting when the corporate guys walk past her desk.
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Rhamnousia.
How about quitting law? Have you got a hobby which could potentially earn a second income in the meantime? Writing, cuisine, something artisanal, draughtmanship. Coaching, if you are sporty. Try working p/t at a cattery or a stables. BTW I've done two of the above, so my suggestions are not empty, and I have travelled. Best thing I ever did.
Social media influencing isn't my 'thing', maybe not yours, but if that appeals to you, maybe try that as Queenie E suggested.
Try travel. Take a one-year sabbatical (if you can afford to). Choose a country that you have always wanted to live in. Go there for a year, learn the language, earn money (it won't be much) by working in a bar or as an English teacher.
A temporary break will enable you to rethink your priorities.
I'm waiting for my books to sell well on Amazon. Until then, I'm stuck in law, whenever I get jobs that pays the rail fares, dry-cleaning and gives me money for the drink link (the ATM).
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The ‘turn your hobby into your job!’ advice is laughably naive.
a guy I grew up with had quite indulgent parents and he ‘turned his passion into his job’ and started a business shaping surfboards from sustainable materials.
He lives in a caravan
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Some people choose to live in caravans, or other weird and wonderful things.
I have a friend who is a freelance web designer, her husband is a tree surgeon. They travel around the UK in a converted horse box. She uses mobile WiFi to work remotely and he gets to go on site wherever he is needed.
They clear £100k combined, easily, with no mortgage.
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Yes I know people choose to do that kind of thing like living on boats etc (which would actually be amazing except for the loos) but I think this guy is more about necessity rather than a lifestyle choice.
Also your friends are not making over 100k like that - they’re drug dealers. Over 100k for a freelance dev and a tree surgeon!?
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I was watching a programme on C5 the other day about catching fare dodgers on the tube. It was gripping stuff m7s. I reckon working as a fare investigator would be class. They're using fairly advanced algorithims to catch people based on their data from tapping in / out.
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Tree surgeons can earn pretty well, he’s self employed so he’s easily taking £45k a year and she is very experienced and has to turn work down all the time so again self employed £50k+ is not unreasonable.
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