What was your first 'proper' job?

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Picking up the thread this morning I took another look at my photograph and surprised myself as to how many of the boys names I remembered and not only that what their interests were. They were an amazing tutor group, many went onto Oxbridge but also to achieve sporting excellence, artistic acclaim, entrepreneurship, medicine, excel in the diplomatic and military services. I even have the honour of have taught two boys who went on to compete in Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing with the Stars), one of which won the competition.

My career was never to be so glamorous I went on to specialise in Autism and a comorbid diagnosis (mental health issues). In retirement I'm working harder than ever and have set up a charity supporting young autistic artist as well as making a watch. :D

Edit: missf's post reminded me that the little boy to my left is now a surgeon.
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Richard can you remember what watch you was wearing in the picture ?
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tempusmaximus wrote:Richard can you remember what watch you was wearing in the picture ?

This....

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......and stil on its original strap. I've never flipped any of my watches and keep them all in a watch box. :D


Can anyone else remember the watch they wore to their first job, any photographs? :D
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Apart from juvenile holiday jobs, my first job was as a solja.
Apart from three years' remedial education in my twenties, I was in different forms of government service all of the way through to 49, when I left to go into public ministry.
I think the continued thread is that I enjoyed dressing up in the various costumes! :lol:
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^ brilliant !




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aside from holiday jobs, my 'proper' job was as a doctor.

this is me on my first night-shift:

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(ok - that's not me on my first night-shift - that's a pic from ER..... :lol: )



i worked in A+E for a few years. (i also did a short stint as a junior in psychiatry - then had to realise that i was less psychiatr-ist than psychiatr-ic :? )
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Do you still work as a doctor, missF?

I did my house jobs and basic surgical rotation at the old RIE on Lauriston place (before the new build at Little France existed). I used to wear a little Longines watch (before the days of bare-below-the-elbows)!
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^no, i don't work any more. i used to thrive on the stress of A+E (i loved the job with a passion), but those levels of stress (and more) are all inside my psychiatric head now! i had to really go through a grieving process when i realised that there was no realistic way back to the job i loved so much. still - i rode the bipolar manic wave for a while, while that was still possible, and i'm grateful that i was able to work for the few years i did.

(and far better to have trained at the old RIE - now that was a building with character! i used to genuinely feel quite overwhelmed going through the front door by the sheer weight of history!) :D
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I'm in awe of you doctors whether working now or not because in your lifetime you have saved lives including mine and I thank you for that.
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richard - genuinely - the satisfaction was all mine. i was blessed to be able to do the job even for a wee while. a+e is a job of endless consultations, and the 'simple' ones were as satisfying as the big dramatic 'saving lives' stuff. because you're dealing with human beings and all that goes with it. people are in various sorts of trouble when they fall through the doors of a+e and there's a blessing in being able to try and alter their day for the better. but on that level there's no difference what job we do. the joy is in the ability to reach out and make a difference to someone else. that - to me - works regardless of the job you're doing.

ah well - sorry for getting lyrical! :D
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missF wrote:ah well - sorry for getting lyrical! :D
Lyrical is good, shows me that the person is in tune. :D
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After my "Zivildienst" - I didn't want to go to the army and this is why I worked in a hospital instead - I continued to work as a part time nurse so as to finance my studies for about 5 years.

But my first proper job was being a teaching assistant in Northampton. I think that it is very important to experience a different culture and to "live" in a foreign country. And it has shown me how difficult it is to learn (and teach) German as a foreign language.
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I did the same thing in France for a year, teaching English. Wonderful experience.
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My first proper job is basically the same one I'm milking to this day! Whilst in high school, many of my buds and I were into cars...some muscle cars, others sports cars. I gravitated to the sports cars, there were MGs, Triumphs, Jags, and lots of Healeys. Me, well all I could muster was a $50 Sprite, but it was a start! At the time, I had no formal mechanical training but I was fortunate enough to have a natural knack or ability to take things apart, understand how it worked and why it failed. In short time that Sprite was sold for $500 and I moved on to fixing and flipping nicer and more $$$ cars. At this point still a hobby but it was taking over! So with one year left at University, I quit school and went to work at the local British car dealer (mainly to buy parts at a discount!).

So I started as a lot boy, after a few months the QC guy, and a few months later into the shop as an apprentice, from there 'the rest is history' as they say. Some 25 years ago, I got into flying, got my aircraft mechanic certs and seriously considered switching careers...until I found I could make more $ working on cars than airplanes! Go figure...
40 years later, I'm still at it!

Although I never wear a watch whilst working, in those days I'd have been wearing my Seamaster deVille, which I got in 1971...sorry, no pics from the day but there are plenty in AVO's section :D
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Some interesting accounts told here.

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