If not in IT, then what would you do?

[SueEllen]

Maybe a sports coach/fitness trainer/quack who sells exercise programmes on a shopping channel.

The selling part looks like hard work - you have to talk tulip for 30 minutes.

[Mich the Tester]

The selling part looks like hard work - you have to talk tulip for 30 minutes.

I think most of us can do that.

[mudskipper]

I'll do cycling art tours. We'll pootle about at a leisurely pace with lots of cake stops and look at nice pictures and architecture.

Actually, that reminds me, I've been meaning to pedal to Ewelme to have a look at the tomb of Alice de la Pole - very unusual in having a tomb in her own right, and not just as someone's wife (or royalty).

[Doggy Styles]

I applied for a job at Arrows once. Didn't get it.

Didn't they eventually morph into Jaguar then Red Bull? My memory is probably playing tricks.

That might have been short lived. I had an interview with Honda F1, shortly before they pulled out and made half the workforce redundant. I never did hear back.

I applied to March in about 1991, I never heard back either before they sort of went tits up.

[norrahe]

Deli/wine import business/possibly event organising - I'll get there eventually

[eek]

Didn't they eventually morph into Jaguar then Red Bull? My memory is probably playing tricks.
I applied to March in about 1991, I never heard back either before they sort of went tits up.

not quite (Jackie) Stewart Racing -> Jaguar (Ford) -> Red Bull

[VectraMan]

not quite (Jackie) Stewart Racing -> Jaguar (Ford) -> Red Bull

Arrows went bust, but then Super Aguri moved into the same factory in Leafield before also going bust. And after sitting empty for a few years, it's now Caterham F1's new home. I can't remember if Super Aguri bought any part of Arrows or not.

Also:

Toleman -> Benneton -> Renault ->Lotus
Tyrrel -> BAR -> Honda -> Brawn -> Mercedes
Jordan -> Midland -> Spyker -> Force India
Minardi -> Torro Rosso
Sauber -> BMW -> Sauber

You could almost believe F1 wasn't a very stable business to be in.