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Career Change-Am I Mad???

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  • 13-03-2012 10:20pm
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    Froggyman
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    Hi everyone,just joined this as i need to see am i going mad with what im thinking!!!
    I currently work in the civil service in a social welfare office,i used to work on the buildings but got out nearly 4 years ago as the industry was dying!!! I loved it ,especially the carpentry end.Since school iv always wanted to do a cabinet making apprenticeship but between 1 thing and another i always landed in a diff job with fairly good pay and settled for it,also went traveling for a year in between which id highly recommend to any young person!
    I recently made a set of kitchen cabinets for my girlfriends kitchen which turned out brilliant,even shocked myself as it was kind of my first project! but i really loved doing it and i just thought to myself ' this is the job id love to be doing everyday,and should have being doing since i finished my leaving cert in 2000,the cabinet making apprenticeship has changed last year and is now called Wood manufacturing and finishing
    http://www.careerdirections.ie/ShowJobFull.aspx?job_id=657 .

    Im 29 now,still living at home,and seriously thinking about leaving my current job(which i really dislike) and follow my dream job...but am i mad in the current climate when the building trade has being hit so hard!!
    Everyone thinks the civil service is a handy job with great pay but im in my 4th year and after tax im bringing home 399 euro,which goes up about 10 euro every year and the work is mind numbing and boring and never ending with so many people signing on!! i know id be starting back on low money for the first couple of years but id manage that...my big worry would be getting let go after 2 or 3 yrs because work was quite and being left with nothing!!

    I looked into doing it on a career break but its a no go :(

    So my dilemma is to stay in the secure job i dislike or take a chance and follow my dream job!!! Ahhhhhhhhh decisions decisions!!

    Love to hear peoples experiences or opinions!
    Thanks.
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