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Working long hours as a student

it's something that I necessarily want to do longterm. It can be quite like intense. I work like quite long hours and stuff. >> So it's it's like good money while you're a stude...

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I don't think

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it's something that I necessarily want

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to do longterm. It can be quite like

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intense. I work like quite long hours

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and stuff.

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>> So it's it's like good money while

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you're a student and you're young and

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you have energy,

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>> but I don't think it's a forever thing

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for me.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. And did you train to do

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this? Did you want to do this? How did

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you find?

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>> No, I

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studied over there uh bright uni

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actually. I went did a history in

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politics and my aim was to get into kind

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of government charity work but

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>> wasn't really many jobs going when I

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graduated. So I got a job in insurance

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broker and then

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12 years later I'm working in

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underwriting for an global insurer. So

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>> And you enjoy it?

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>> Yeah. It's so much fun.

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>> Yeah.

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>> It's great stuff. Really busy but it's

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interesting. What would you say is the

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best thing about your job? It's

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>> creativity cuz I'm very much autonomous.

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I can do um left my own devices so I can

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kind of do anything I like with any

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class.

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>> That's great.

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>> Um so yeah, the creativity and the I

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think being a teacher is very social and

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I don't really think you can be

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ultimately that sad and isolated being a

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teacher cuz you're very communicative.

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You always children are hilarious and

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they're always talking to you

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>> and asking you how you doing and you're

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asking funny questions and so it keeps

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you on your toes.

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>> What would you say is the best thing

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about both your jobs?

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