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How long have you been working? 

How long have you worked?
0-4 years 9%  9%  [ 3 ]
5-9 years 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
10-14 years 20%  20%  [ 7 ]
15-19 years 11%  11%  [ 4 ]
20-25 years 17%  17%  [ 6 ]
26-30 yeats 14%  14%  [ 5 ]
Over 31 years 17%  17%  [ 6 ]
Retired 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Unemployed 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Pie 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
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Left college at 18 and worked on and off 2 years before deciding to go to Uni
Had a sandwich year at Uni worked for Jag
Left uni in 2003 and worked various jobs since

I make that around 12 years

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About 26 years, but then I realise that 6 of those was mucking around at Uni getting a degree in colouring in. So make that 20, if you can count self-employment as work. :lol:

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Within the NHS it was 5 years in August.

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18 years, 3 years temping then 15 years doing mainly analytical chemistry... well messing about on lab equipment

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12 years or thereabouts. ' :( ' as Bratty would say.

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Had a six month period in 2001 when I did a bit of travelling/soul searching


What did you discover about yourself/the world?
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Had a six month period in 2001 when I did a bit of travelling/soul searching


What did you discover about yourself/the world?


That he had to go back to work :lol: :oops:

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First job was a saturday job when I was in college, so that would've been 96ish.
So... 16 years? There have been gaps of unemployment along the way mind you.
This present job is coming up on 18 months, and that's the longest stretch of employment I've ever had.

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Had a six month period in 2001 when I did a bit of travelling/soul searching


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<Wisdom>That he had to go back to work :lol: :oops:</Wisdom>
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Worked from 16 to 20 (part time).

Uni 20-23.

Worked since.

I make that 6 years. 43 years 'til retirement, whoo!

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Utter beginners;
I had a paper round in 1967…
1st full time jobbie was 1976…
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This is hard to decide.

I started my first job in 1980. I became self-employed in 2001, but have dipped in and out of paid work since. Technically, I am still self-employed, but with very little work around I may as well be unemployed.

Let's pretend I've been working since 1980. I feel old.

1981 here, worked as a computer teacher for some neighbours at 14! :lol: Earned reasonable money as well.

Then a bit of a pause 2002-2005, nominally self employed, but just enough to get me by, then a couple of decent projects, a project seminar at the local uni and then full-time since 2008.

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I left school in 1984... since I'm already busy teaching maths, (it's playtime, hence my presence) I'll let you do the working out bit.

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Full-time work = 4 years
College/uni = 5 years
Postgraduate course = 1 year
Travelling = 1 year
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Not counting my university industrial placement year I'm coming up on 11 years (or 12 if the IP year counts).

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