I’m a 35M, and live in the SE.
I had a rough time at school, but I still achieved fairly solid grades in my GCSE’s (9 x A* - C) and A-Levels (4 AS / 3 A2; A - C).
I rejected an opportunity of university as I had honestly had enough of education at that point, so I managed to get a job as a Logistics Assistant within the wider aviation industry.
The problem is, since that time, I have effectively worked similar positions for all my life, sometimes getting more into the Trade Compliance area, but still generally quite myopic and narrow in this focus, purely because these are the jobs I have the experience for.
But… I’m not really progressing at all. The highest wage I’ve managed to achieve for all this experience (a solid 10-15 years at this point) is £40k p.a. and it was a terrible and toxic workplace, and I’ve found many to be similar. Longest I have lasted is about 4 years in two positions, the rest of them have been less time, around a year if that.
Honestly contemplating doing something entirely new because I feel life is passing me by, I’m not even on the housing ladder yet, and I’m unemployed again as of last week.