I'm just 23. I left school after staying as long as I could, I never fancied uni as I was too immature and wasn't interested in study. I preferred a manual graft type of job.
I'm now in a job where I love my job but don't enjoy the company I work for. We're underpaid, and to make any decent money you have to do extra hours and weekend work. I'm now searching for a job which will balance this equation with decent pay and not so much overtime.
I'm a mutiskilled building service engineer. I studied 4 years at college, sponsored by a massive company to be qualified in commercial gas, air con and ventilation, plumbing and electrical. I then moved under a tupe agreement to a new company. They have then sponsored me through my hnc(English equivalent of btec I think) in building design and projects management. This has been for the last two years and although may sound easy it's alot of maths and equations and is pretty challenging. So for 6 years I've worked and studied at the same time. I'm now looking forward to progressing to a new position outwith my current company.