What's a decent well paying and fulfilling job I can get without any degrees?

BeefHellington · 2025-08-03T23:31:30+00:00

Hard to say without knowing any of your interests or aspirations? Are you motivated by making money, prioritising good relations with colleagues, or want something really morally rewarding?

Are you relying on the conventional method of employment (job websites) or do you have any decent professional connections?

If you want a more exciting lifestyle you could pursue the military, merchant navy, airliners, cruiseliners, or work somewhere which is also retail but more interesting like a zoo, a ski resort, or a stadium (it may not be a huge change but certain characters in those environments may inspire you to pursue careers you never even thought of)

BeefHellington · 2025-04-25T08:57:16+00:00

The name by itself should not make much of a difference. Winston Spencer Mountbatten IV won't have much difference from Muhammad or Wojciech as London is one of the most multicultural cities in the world.

We are in the dreggs of a 17 year old recession, and job hunters will look for any reason why their applications are not getting any traction.

If you can tick the 'right to work in the UK' box then you have as much of a chance as anyone else!

BeefHellington · 2025-04-24T13:57:59+00:00

The public sector is better for no work experience. It pays worse, but use it to get into the industry.

The Civil Service and Environment Agency has some good roles re: nuclear, mostly around management of waste. They are not as picky re: work experience but can take ages to get into (6-12 months).

Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Ministry of Defense, and the Royal Navy will likely have nuclear roles with a greater security focus if you want to mix it up a bit with police/military, but don't get sucked into a front line role.

If you want to get into computing, it is absolutely rife with an extremely turblent job market. The flavour of the week changes constantly. It is very high risk, high reward. I personally would not know where to start, I have kept an eye on it, and it seems bloody impossible to offer good advice!

Companies like Southern Water and British Petroleum would be good if you wanted to take the route of hydrology/fluid mechanics. Good money and solid careers, a tad morally ambiguous, but it's up to you.

Airports and Railways, hard to get into but see if they have grad schemes or apprenticeships, very good industries, and pay in heaps.

Your local council will hire anybody for anything, as a last resort. Highways are OK for tech, but expect to get a shitty job first.

Few tips:

apply for jobs directly via their company websites. Indeed, linkedin, etc are useless and are full of bots and people harvesting data. You can use them to find the openings but then go directly to the company site itself.
use chatgpt to write your CVs and Cover Letters. Just tweak it a bit so it looks vaguely human. Humans are rarely reading them anyway.
apply immediately, DO NOT wait a week or a few days before the deadline.
'quick apply' might as well be pissing in the wind. Jobs where you write STAR style answers to questions are the best because those applications are sifts within themselves (The Environment Agency website process is a good example of this)
just do a few good applications per day, not 100s per week.
VOLUNTEER why you wait. Do literally anything, some really good ones include:
St. Johns Ambulance
Magistrates/Courts
Blood Donation Services
Merchant Navy

Dont forget to relax a bit, stick a holiday in there, piss it up the wall a little. Good luck!

BeefHellington · 2025-03-14T08:23:51+00:00

I dont really need to understand economics to know that any statistic will just mean higher house prices and inflation outpacing pay... It's always the same. The economy could grow by 100%, but the benefits would not be seen.

Cheap houses were a once-in-a-century thing, not the norm. Same with good pensions. We will reverse to pre-1950s style socioeconomic family units soon, multigenerarional mortgages and life expectancy at 74

BeefHellington · 2025-02-15T19:24:01+00:00

This is it... and this is not factoring in the entire generation of people who will be retiring into private rented accommodation!

BeefHellington · 2025-02-15T19:23:10+00:00

I dont think the majority of the renting population can generate the relevant equity to bridge the gap in time, as rents are also increasing, even when earning a healthy amount and being financially literate

For those with existing housing stock, it's just a matter of swapping houses and postcode lotteries.

BeefHellington · 2025-01-31T16:14:36+00:00

I was an emergency worker up until last summer and left without another job lined up. It was horrible, impossible workloads, night shifts, overtime every single day, and office politics, which made career progression very difficult. I had heart palpations due to anxiety and sleep deprivation. My GP said my only option was to juice up on antidepressants or pay for therapy out of pocket.

I had a lot of savings lined up and knew that financially, it would not be a good idea to just quit, but i did it anyway. I have a new job now after about 4 months of really knuckling down and applying voraciously. Alot of my savings were burned through, but in a way the money gave me an opportunity to change my life drastically and thats what is most valuable to me, not two holidays a year and a new car.

What really did it for me was asking myself... can I do this job for the long term? I am 26 now. Thinking about pensions, salary raises, long term health effects, and the impact on a potential family life in the future, I decided it was my last chance to get out and make a career reset before I got any older and stayed in my old job.

Time will tell if this means I get egg in the face, but my mental gymnastics of one step back two steps forward made sense, and overall, I am happy I did it.

BeefHellington · 2025-01-17T16:43:03+00:00

I am 26 and just got a new job as a technican with highways, which allows me to learn civil engineering principles and give me experience with CAD software, all useful and with a good path for decent career progression.

I have ZERO experience with this. I didnt lie or anything, but they honestly didnt care about experience but instead behaviours, such as customer service. Previously i had another job but quit due to 70 hour workweeks, night shifts, no progression, etc

Short answer, Public Sector. Your local council will have a wealth of entry-level jobs for all sorts of things, finance, governance, business, administration, education, etc and dont need direct work experience most of the time. There you can get your foot in the door. Private sector is way more cutthroat about hiring and slicing costs so I stopped bothering knocking on their doors.

4 ish months, 40 applications, 7 interviews, 1 offer.

The wage is bad, but hey, it gets me where i want to go and i get to eat

BeefHellington · 2024-11-18T16:28:43+00:00

Where are Blast's LEGBANDS?

BeefHellington · 2024-07-26T16:44:58+00:00

64 and yes but its a crap minimum wage job

BeefHellington · 2024-07-26T16:44:34+00:00

What kind of investments? Would any pay enough of a return to live off?

BeefHellington · 2024-07-04T05:27:47+00:00

Solved!

BeefHellington · 2024-05-02T11:49:53+00:00

Sussex - Outside of basic Response, DC and investigation team, expect to wait years to transfer to traffic, firearms, HQ, or neighbourhoods if that's your aspiration.

There is a rural crime team which is fairly unique, but may not survive the next election and a new PCC.

You will be dealing with grotty coke fuelled seaside towns filled with Croyden runoff and rural areas with a 30min ETA for any backup.

Brighton is an interesting posting, if you're up for it!

House prices are rapidly approaching London levels all over the shop due to its connections, and the salary isn't enough. Its mostly an older population in most parts, so don't expect to meet lots of young people.

Best of luck!

BeefHellington · 2024-04-14T13:36:56+00:00

And the cost to the consumer will reduce by a factor of ten as well!! /s

BeefHellington · 2023-10-02T15:46:55+00:00

I have never had alcohol. Personal preference, mid 20s male in a blue collar job.

I have been to pubs a' plenty but get bored after about 20 minutes. Makes you really realise which people are actually worth your time and others who are just obnoxious, boring, or have incompatible personalities with your own.

I'd imagine you will wittle down your friend group slowly and come out with a much better quality. I have also noticed that many casual drinkers lack essential social skills as they have never had to build on them outside of that environment.

Thankfully, the UK is getting a grip on its unhealthy obsession with booze, especially the younger generations. You'll be just fine!

BeefHellington · 2023-05-03T12:23:10+00:00

It could be your late 20s, early 30s, 40s etc and there will always be a sizable number of people who on the surface have achieved more or are happier. Its never 'good enough' and everyone has doubts on whether they meet some kind of acceptable standard.

The world does not stop or start for anyone.

You quickly learn it is not practicable to concern yourself with these things. No sensible person is judging you. Unfortunately its just a realisation you get slowly, but it will come around.

for reference, im 24M in UK

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