Ages 11-16 I had holiday jobs at father's business, keeping the site tidy, cars clean and annoying the staff.
After university went into a graduate training programme with BTR, but lasted 4 months. They were a total shower, typical of British industry - keep the money with the bosses and feed the real workers on scraps.
Went into surveying and worked and studied for four years to become a qualified Chartered Surveyor by age 27. At 30 I left to travel but came back and joined another firm of surveyors where I became partner at 35 and senior partner at 43. Still there trying to expand the firm in the teeth of a recession, but hoping to take semi-retirement by age 50/51.
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