Barcon said:Carstairs said:This is an interesting lesson in life, and one that it pays (sic) to learn early doors.
You will never earn the money that you believe your labour merits
So true mate, so true.
Balti said:Barcon said:Carstairs said:This is an interesting lesson in life, and one that it pays (sic) to learn early doors.
You will never earn the money that you believe your labour merits
So true mate, so true.
Rather depends on your ability
An accountancy qualification is a very good thing to have. My brother is a qualified accountant and he hit a career brick wall. Me and one of his friends advised him to go into financial software and he's now doing very well working for one of the big consultancies designing & implementing financial system solutions. Currently you could freelance at £500 a day or more with that sort of skill.PrestwichPeteMcfc said:Prestwich_Blue said:I'm in IT Pete, although less IT & more management consultancy these days. Weren't you in the IT line iirc?PrestwichPeteMcfc said:Do you mind me asking what line of work you're in? I'm interested in setting up on my own once I'm qualified, but wouldn't really know where to start.
I'm in financial audit, working towards my CA (ICAS) qualification. Really like the idea of working for myself somewhere down the line though.
This is good advice. I'd say give it two (or even three) years as (a) it will look better on your CV and (b) if you do as well as you say you are, they won't want to lose you after that time.steviemc said:5 months in a job isn't a real long time to make too much of a rash decision. It seems that you can do the job quite competently, so I'd suggest bide your time a bit longer whilst checking out other job availabilities and potential salaries. If they don't honour the agreed pay rise in time, then you'll be well prepared to consider a move elsewhere.
Carstairs said:Balti said:Barcon said:So true mate, so true.
Rather depends on your ability
Rather depends on your ambition
Lavinda Past said:Strangely enough, it always seems to be the graduates who are last to suss out that they have to do more than turn up at work to get paid a lot of money, or to realise that some employers are dodgy.
Forty-odd years of work and I've worked with dozens of graduates - Each and every one of them thought they were being hard done by and moaned to colleagues saying that they would leave a.s.a.p. - They invariably hung about in the forlorn hope that they'd be given a 'break' in the business. By the time they did something about it, their qualifications were worth next to nowt. Naive in the extreme. I now get more in pension per annum than one of my graduate contemporaries gets for working 40+ hours a week.... Why? Because I was prepared to get off my arse and make things happen.
Welcome to the real world... It's a tough life. Nobody is going to hold your hand for the next 30-odd years. Some make it, some don't. Money isn't everything (but it helps), but it isn't handed to you on a plate - Just remember... it's a very long time to be doing something you don't like.
Take a risk. Get out of your comfort zone. Find another job and kick-start your career. Good luck.
Balti said:Carstairs said:Balti said:Rather depends on your ability
Rather depends on your ambition
Or both indeed
Either will get you so far
Both will (probably) take you further
Maybe ambition is the key ingredient as you suggest