nib1980
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| posted on 9/2/09 at 04:35 PM |
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As usual, great advice on this site, I suspect most are correct.
Many thanks all. I'll have a think and mull it over. I guess things are always darkest before the dawn.
speak soon.
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trogdor
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| posted on 9/2/09 at 05:00 PM |
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is it possible to maybe go part time, my wife is in a similar situation in that she hates the call centre job she has at the mo but with bonus etc it
pays pretty well.
So on a compromise she has gone part time as that allows her to earn enough money to pay her half of the overheads (just about) I wish i could afford
it for the both of us  and gives her time to look for new job get experience etc.
She wants to be a teacher, a maths teacher of all things despite having a journalism degree! She is good at maths tho
[Edited on 9/2/09 by trogdor]
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MikeR
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| posted on 10/2/09 at 01:14 PM |
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Folks,
a few people have talked about setting up a business, perhaps with redundancy. I'll now let you into a an economics 'secret'.
The gov. will support you doing this - ok thats not the secret, this is ....
The gov. really doesn't care if you succeed.
See the gov. needs people spending money. If you're spending instead of saving you're fueling the economy. If you set up a business you
buy lots of things and are therefore spending money. If you succeed - you hire people and fuel the economy. If you fail receivers get called in and
you've already spent your redundancy / fuelled the economy.
Either way, money is in the economy. So, when you hear about lots of grants and training and you think you can't fail after reading lots of nice
literature. Remember this post .... all the gov. wants is your life savings to prop up the economy.
If you're happy risking it - go for it you may be successful. Just do it with your eyes wide open & offer me a 10% discount 
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andkilde
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| posted on 12/2/09 at 02:46 PM |
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As a reformed photographer I'd have to encourage you to stick with engineering  There is plenty of work in far-flung places like Dubai for
qualified engineers if it all goes to heck in the auto sector.
What others have mentioned above is sound and accurate advice -- photography is 90% sales and paperwork, 9% panicking about when the check will arrive
because the mortgage is 3 weeks late and 1% joy. It becomes a job like any other after a while.
Better to be a well funded amateur IMO, there is far more joy in shooting for yourself than for others.
T
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stevebubs
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| posted on 12/2/09 at 04:42 PM |
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IMO, Keep your passion your hobby.
If you get a chance to go to a 3 day week, then yes - explore the possibility of pursuing photography the other 2 days
Would appear to be out of the frying pan into the fire from a job security/ money point of view....
OTOH, I used to love IT. I now don't and wish I did something else. Trouble is I'm paid (and hence mortgaged) at a level that I
can't change path....if you can afford to do it, and genuinely believe you can make a go of it without turning it into a "oh no!"
then go for it....
[Edited on 12/2/09 by stevebubs]
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