When you left school

[bobotheclown]

studied graphic design at uni. Been doing that for 16 years now

[JC]

left skool in May 87 - aged 15 and 3/4s

8 months on a YTS Scheme in a Body repair centre gaining my qualifications due to working satdee's for free. Stop gap job cos I had already been accepted into the RAF 

16th Feb 1988 Joined the RAF, which I have just retired from ( well its officially in 2 weeks ) 

Start my new job Monday. 

I have NEVER been unemployed even for a day 

[Toby]

got a plumbing apprentaship before i left school.. so didnt bother with my gcse's. which now looks bad on my behalf :\ 

finished apprentaship after 2 years, stayed with them for a further 6 months, then got made redundant! so went self employyed for 6 months! now im employeed again! and its great!

i did get bored of plumbing so did a sia corse to work the doors! but coulnt be botherd to buy the badge!

atm im happy but allways wondering

 yeah but what if?

[AlexMozza]

Went to 6th form, got alright results. Went in to the MOD for two years, fed up of a desk job, and have gone back to college doing Motorsport Eng and now im a mechaninc in Formula3 

[Shady Pioneer]

Went straight to college in 2005, got a BND in Art and Design.

Went straight to uni in 2007, got a BSc in Graphic Design and packaging.

Went straight into work in 2010 as an artworker at Toolstream, was there 9 months.

Now working for Sign Solutions as their Graphic Designer.

[roy5695]

always wanted to join the navy when i was at school, finished my gcse's june 2006! joined the navy as an aircraft engineer in febuary 2007, and I'm still doing it 4 n a half years later and love it!

[Seanl]

always wanted to join the navy when i was at school, finished my gcse's june 2006! joined the navy as an aircraft engineer in febuary 2007, and I'm still doing it 4 n a half years later and love it!

Nozzer!!! 

Finished my gcse's on my 16th birthday, worked in a rag factory for 5 months packing up clothes from charity shops for shipping out to India and Africa, applied to join the navy just before leaving school and joined in November 98. Always looked upto my uncle as he was minted and was in the navy for 11 years as an engineer, so I joined as an operator mechanic, and switched to an engineer. Probably be medically discharged by march next year, and a bit burned out by engineering now and have lost the passion for it, so time for a career change. No idea whT to do though tbh.......

[THE_Liam]

Left school at 16, with no qualifications because I was a lazy, trouble-causing little t*sser at that age and thought I was gonna play rugby league professionally, which didn't pan out after a couple of years floating around the youth teams at Leeds, Wakefield and Keighley. Turns out you need talent! Went to college to get my GCSEs and A-levels, and worked in the pub trade while I did that, glass collecting and then behind the bar. Finished college and got my A-levels at 18, went full-time in the pub I was working in and got promoted to deputy manager, got my GNVQ in hospitality management through work. Worked there until I was 22 in April last year when the company sold the pub off to developers which cost me my job, spent a month applying for every job in the pub game I could find but there was 50 people applying for every position because of the decline in the trade...

Applied for a job in a callcentre out of desperation, still there over a year later. Don't enjoy it but it's 18k for 37 hours over 4 1/2 days with massive sales bonuses and lots of promotion opportunities, far from fun but it's easy and pays the bills 

[Wazzzer]

Did an Advanced GNVQ Business Studies Course at school, it's the biggest regret of my life; I wish I'd gone to college and done a trade.

Worked in retail for a bit but became very disillusioned with it all so jumped at the chance of a job in composites when I was 22. Still in the industry now but it was never something I can hand on heart say I wanted to have a career in. I'm good at my job and enjoy it so I've got no need to change now

[Jay]

Became a professional beach bum for almost 2 years, from 17 to 19, getting up at silly o'clock in the morning 3 or 4 times a week to watch the sun rise over the Indian ocean, catch some waves, check out the girls and party Them were the days

Long story short, over the last 10 years I've done many different things and am now an IT Consultant which by far the best career I've had, it's just a pity the company I'm working for has no more room for growth other than becoming a Director - which would be silly seeing as there are 4 people in the company, 2 of which are already Directors.