The Retirement Thread

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dobbers
dobbers
Apr 2023
10:30am, 20 Apr 2023
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dobbers
I had one of these at Uni

I saved up my summer job money working in an amusement arcade and bought it so that I did not need to queue up with the other computer course folks trying to do their work on some ancient Olivetti desktops.

Before this I had a Dragon 32K at home to learn programming in 6809 machine code.

These days I have a study full of laptops for work and many Raspi/arduino/esp SBCs.
Ally-C
Ally-C
Apr 2023
10:32am, 20 Apr 2023
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Ally-C
My first payment after leaving school was actually a fortnightly giro; £31:60 iirc. Was a few years on the dole like practically everyone I knew thereafter.

Then I was on a community programme scheme that was £40 a week. That lasted a year, then signing on again until another scheme.

Eventually getting a proper job, five years after leaving school, when I say a proper job, I mean a manual warehousing job. I’ve always been a useless article.
Mandymoo
Mandymoo
Apr 2023
10:35am, 20 Apr 2023
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My first job was a YTS scheme and its where I met my OH. Once they fou nd out we were an item they sacked me, and then made OH redundant 2 days before our wedding
macca 53
macca 53
Apr 2023
11:03am, 20 Apr 2023
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macca 53
I spent my whole working life in the paint and resin industry - strange to see others in this thread with related experience. There were three big core areas of the country that had most of that industry (that London, Birmingham and Manchester), sadly most of it has been swallowed up by multinationals now.
GregP
GregP
Apr 2023
11:04am, 20 Apr 2023
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GregP
GregP
GregP
Apr 2023
11:06am, 20 Apr 2023
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GregP
The trouble with retiring early is needing to account for the bumps. My default model had me with 'enough if we're careful' followed by 'too much' just when I anticipate spending slowing.

My IFA warned me about this. Need to have another look at his radical alternative solution of 'spending' my SIPP early.
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
Apr 2023
12:31pm, 20 Apr 2023
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I started work in May 1986 after an interview with the staff nurse :-O

I forget the actual salary at the time but think it was maybe c£3kpa. I had been doing my higher english at night school and when I got the result (a Pass) in August I got a promotion as I had both higher english and maths.

I know by Nov 1987 I was on £7k as I bought a flat with a 100% staff mortgage which was 2 x salary plus £10k
Hibeedeb
Hibeedeb
Apr 2023
3:09pm, 20 Apr 2023
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Hibeedeb
I have a memory that my first nursing assistant pay in 1982 was £180 for the month but i’m now thinking that can’t be right.
3M
3M
Apr 2023
9:40pm, 20 Apr 2023
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3M
First paid "proper" jobs after summer jobs picking sweetcorn and tomatoes was also a YTS scheme with the IoW audio visual aids (not AV AIDS!) team. I learned to solder, which helped later.

£23.50 a week, from memory. 1979.
Dave W
Dave W
Apr 2023
4:42am, 21 Apr 2023
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Dave W
First wage. General Post Office Apprentice, circa 1980. £36 odd a week. A veritable fortune then, certainly compared to "pocket money".

Within a month was made redundant from the GPO and rehired as a BT Engineer (Apprentice). My first redundancy (but not my last).

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