Been reading this forum for quite a while now. Long enough to see that it's members collectively have a lot of knowledge on working and travelling.
I'll try to make this as brief as possible.
I'm 23 years old and currently work in the UK as a trainee building services engineer. Have been doing so for just over 3 years now. In that time I have accidentally fallen into the role of my company's (now) only AutoCAD technician. For those of you who do not know, this entails doing technical drawings/schematics for the building services industry.
The company I currently work for is struggling due to a number of factors (recession, lack of professionalism, incompetent employees) and I have lost my desire to follow the route of building services engineer. For starters, this would require going to university for 3/4 years to get a building services degree. That seems like a lot of time to commit to something I am unsure on. Add to the fact that I've been at this company for 3 or so years and only now are they actually trying to get me on a course.
Anyway, that's my background. What I want to know and want advice on is whether any of the readers here have any experience in using AutoCAD (or similar computer based program) in a freelance direction? I could build a client base while working for this company and then, in theory, work from anywhere as it would all be done via email.
This forum, as well as many lifestyle/game blogs, all preach about having your PASSION in life. I honestly don't think I'll ever find a job that will I will feel that passionately about, but I do know that I want to travel and that things will have to change in my life if I am able to achieve that.
I'll try to make this as brief as possible.
I'm 23 years old and currently work in the UK as a trainee building services engineer. Have been doing so for just over 3 years now. In that time I have accidentally fallen into the role of my company's (now) only AutoCAD technician. For those of you who do not know, this entails doing technical drawings/schematics for the building services industry.
The company I currently work for is struggling due to a number of factors (recession, lack of professionalism, incompetent employees) and I have lost my desire to follow the route of building services engineer. For starters, this would require going to university for 3/4 years to get a building services degree. That seems like a lot of time to commit to something I am unsure on. Add to the fact that I've been at this company for 3 or so years and only now are they actually trying to get me on a course.
Anyway, that's my background. What I want to know and want advice on is whether any of the readers here have any experience in using AutoCAD (or similar computer based program) in a freelance direction? I could build a client base while working for this company and then, in theory, work from anywhere as it would all be done via email.
This forum, as well as many lifestyle/game blogs, all preach about having your PASSION in life. I honestly don't think I'll ever find a job that will I will feel that passionately about, but I do know that I want to travel and that things will have to change in my life if I am able to achieve that.