• Question: how long have you been working for

    Asked by jeep536wasp63 on 8 Dec 2025.
    • Photo: Alexander Treliving

      Alexander Treliving answered on 8 Dec 2025:

      Hey, I’ve been working more-or-less all the time since I left university in 2011, so 14 years. In that time, I’ve had three different jobs and also completed a PGCE course (for teaching).

      I recently took a career break for 3 months where I went Interrailing around Europe with my wife. We visited 9 countries including Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. It was great fun and refreshing to get away from the world of work for a bit.

    • Photo: Orenaike Oluwatosin

      Orenaike Oluwatosin answered on 9 Dec 2025: last edited 9 Dec 2025 10:34

      I have worked in this role for about four years, and during this time I have supported responses to several major humanitarian events around the world. This includes providing support during the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the Türkiye-Syria earthquakes in 2023, the Morocco earthquake in 2023, the Pakistan floods in 2022, and the Sudan crisis. I have also contributed to operations for Cyclone Mocha, the Gaza humanitarian situation, and other large-scale emergencies.

    • Photo: Alex Bartle

      Alex Bartle answered on 9 Dec 2025:

      I’ve done this job for 3 years roughly but been working since 2004! I took a year out to study Planning and been working ever since

    • Photo: Paul Preston

      Paul Preston answered on 9 Dec 2025:

      I have been working since leaving school (37 years) and have lots of different jobs before finding the one that I love and enjoy the most. I only had 2 grade C gcse’s when I left school, as I was not a good student when I was younger. So it was hard to find something that would interest me. I have worked as shop worker, shop owner (newsagents) a gym instructor, in a warehouse with bathrooms and kitchen, as a van driver, and delivery driver for walkers crisps, I have been a student at two universities and also taught GIS, remote sensing and mapping to university students and graded their assignments, helped out in laboratories, and walked up hills and mountains to check and record what habitats are there. I have been studying and working with the environment and wildlife for 14 years now, and I finally found what I want to do for ever 🙂

    • Photo: Alex Cartwright

      Alex Cartwright answered on 9 Dec 2025: last edited 9 Dec 2025 20:34

      I have worked in the natural hazards space for over 10 years – working in three separate companies over that time.

      I started ‘working’ from about 14 years old, washing cars for the neighbours and babysitting. It was a small amount of cash, but it taught me the value of earning money early on.

      I took a year off (gap year) between school and university – I worked in a ski resort, and then in a scuba diving centre. Those were more adventures than jobs, but I got free food and accommodation.

      Now I work for most of the year in natural hazards space, and try to go travel overseas for a month or two through during the year.

    • Photo: Keith Thomas

      Keith Thomas answered on 10 Dec 2025:

      I graduated way back in 1982 so have been working for 43 years now.

      I started with some short-term jobs – Swansea University Geography Research, West Glamorgan County Council Business Surveys and 6 months working in the Land Registry. I finally managed to get a full time graduate job in Milton Keynes which was advertised for 6 months to cover maternity leave – i stayed there nearly 10 years.

    • Photo: Alan Jones

      Alan Jones answered on 5 Jan 2026:

      15 Years

    • Photo: Jon Peatman

      Jon Peatman answered on 6 Jan 2026:

      I’ve been working since I left university in 2011, but in lots of different roles. I joined my current organisation in 2021.

    • Photo: James Ward

      James Ward answered on 26 Jan 2026:

      I’ve been working in the geography industry for over 25 years now. No day is the same and there is a good variety with surveying, be it land surveying, building surveying etc

Comments

  • Photo: Hayley J

    Hayley J commented on :

    Hi,
    I have been working since I left university at 21 – I have been working 21 years in some form of geographically related profession.

    I worked in Highways for 14 years, canals for 4 years, and now I’m with the Environment Agency.

  • Photo: Connor W

    Connor W commented on :

    Technically, I have held some form of job since I was a paper boy at 13 years old, so 15 years!

    However, I have worked in a geographical industry since I graduated from university, so nearly 7 years!