I left school and became a qualified Joiner, worked my way up and off the tools, went to university and completed a Bsc (Hons) degree in Project and Construction Management. Worked in management roles for various National Construction companies but really missed the feeling of producing things with my own hands instead of the pen. For the past two years I have been self employed as a Joiner, Carpenter and Builder and I'm loving it. There are certainly different pressures involved but the benefits far out way being just a payroll number in a National Company!!
By the way, I hope to design and build a Cat this year I have a lot of ideas in my mind I just have to put them onto paper and tell the wife and I'm sure the later will be the hardest task of this project!!