Disparate Jobs

[Dmacca]

Heres another one on the jobs theme....

Anyone out there changed jobs or know anyone who has changed jobs, has gone into a job that was completely different to what their previous job was?

ie; From being a Plumber to a Dentist.

I am a ceramic tiler and could not imagine doing anything other than tiling !!

[beachcomber]

I heard of one guy who went from running a raffle to being a football manager, amazingly enough he made quite a success of it.

[Heilandee]

i heard about a Gynacologist who became a painter and decorator when he retired,apparently he could decorate the hallway through the letterbox!  :001:

[Scotty]

does Kitchen Designer to IT Systems Administrator on a different continent count ?  :001:

[beachcomber]

ie; From being a Plumber to a Dentist.

Dunno about that, but I would swear my old dentist must've been a butcher at one time.

[Kingsmills]

Professional footballer to publican was once a popular career move.

[CaleyD]

Project Manager/Senior Analyst working on multi-million pound projects to bus driver  :001:

[canuck]

Postie in Inverness to Maintenance Manager, Boeing Toronto LTD (with a few detours along the way)

[SMEE]

Am amazed by the answers so far! How some of you lot do it is beyond me........except CaleyD who did it in reverse

[Charles Bannerman]

Tailor to jeweller.... what you might call "diasporate" jobs!  :015:

[CaleyD]

Yes, I did do it in reverse, but that was as much through choice as it was circumstance.  I wouldn't go back to my old bank job if they paid me 5 times more for doing it.

I'm currently going through a phase of not knowing what I want to do next, which I find quite surprising as I'm not one for job hopping.  Since leaving school I've only had 3 different full-time employers!!!

[clacher_holiday2]

jesus christ this is a game i dont want to be playing!  as far as im concerned i have no employment history!

[Scarlet Pimple]

Bank Manager to common Janitor.

Made more money running a Janitorial business than in the Bank although the Bank position was a senior one.

Being self-employed generally trumps deferring to a boss-- any boss, especially a..s  h.o.les. :012:

But I do miss the boot-licking and respect from customers looking for money that comes with the suit and tie and forever have hated the lack of respect and condescention of clients who thought I was a common janitor when in fact janitorial work, window cleaning, etc, is what I do not what I am. Work is work and what matters is not what you do but how well you do it .

Fascinating way to see the two sides of people and how influenced  they all are  by social status etc., especially their own, LOL.

Their is a saying "clothes maketh the man"-- baloney, clothes can be deceptive and can hide the man. One of my good friends , my very good mechanic, has a checkered past history having been in jail for a spell for

clocking obnoxious people and also policemen who tried to beat him up. Tough as nails but as honest as the day is long and someone who turns out to have a fine intelligence, a deep insight into people and is constantly helping little impecunious old ladies and lame dogs over styles.  I would trust him implicitly when I would not trust a suit further than I could throw him.

[Proctor]

Its quite common to find ex professional wrestlers getting jobs as real estate agents.

[Alex MacLeod]

Shoe shop assistant to cook to trawler hand to petrochemical operations technician :003:

[CaleyD]

Alex, with it being all the rage to give jobs fancy titles, that last one could simply mean you work in a Petrol Station  :015:

[caley100]

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Anyway, i knew a guy who served time for conning folk, did his degree and turned out to be a lawyer, but then these jobs are similar.... so it cant count.

[wyness_is_god]

jesus christ this is a game i dont want to be playing!  as far as im concerned i have no employment history!

GET A F**KING JOB  :015:

Why should i pay my taxes to fund people like you  :018: :008: :sillywave:

[clacher_holiday2]

there is no reason but cheers anyway  :sillywave: