well, I just changed my mind - decided after a year working in TV that it wasn't for me - yes it was fun at times but VERY stressful at others. It has VERY strange working patterns/hours and you get little free time/social life - the job HAS to be your life. Also it is a very insecure job - little promotion opportunities and more and more people are becoming freelance so to cut a long story short, I got out of there (Although I am not totally against going back at a later date if things don't work out)
At the moment I am doing a very boring job at the local council but it is a) Local b) cheap to get to work and quick c) money equals BBC but travel costs are down d) I have my social life back.
Teaching is very secure - pays ok and very well if you get ahead - hours aren't
reallyantisocial - and I'm really quite interested in it. I can be the cool teahcer who used to work at Radio 1/Top of the pops..that would surely gain me credibility...hang on, no it wouldn't...I'd get shot by the pupils for being mad enough to leave a job like that to teach ..oh, and by the other teachers as well