I worked on a fishing trawler on the mid north coast for a few months after I left school. Mum said, "I didn't spend all that money on your education so you could go fishing all day, every day
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I listened to Mum and came back to Sydney and started working for a Chartered Accountant. Did a Commerce/Law Degree part time. Spent almost 10 years with that firm specialising in business reconstruction in the hospitality industry. Left there and spent 8 years as the Finance Manager for the Sydney Turf Club, which controls Rosehill and Canterbury Racecourses. Spent 12 years at Gordon Rugby Club as Finance Manager and CEO. Now CEO of a medium sized Club right near home on the Central Coast. I have about 40 staff and 6000 members, which is a lot less than I had at Gordon, but I like the idea of a 3 minute drive to work and home every day.
Cheers,
John B