girl turns down 6 figure job to become a plasterer

[Amby 490]

A student has turned down a £100,000-a-year job offer so she can train as a plasterer.

Gemma McCoyd recently graduated with a first-class masters degree in maths, but has shunned a lucrative offer to become an actuary for a top London firm.

Instead, the 24-year-old has enrolled on an advanced plastering course.

Gemma, from Halstead in Essex, got interested in plastering on an art course while studying for her degree in the US.

She told The Sun: "If I was an actuary I could earn £100,000 (about $200,000) a year. Instead I earn less than £6,000 (about $12,000).

"Some people say I'm crazy but I have to do what I love or I'll always regret it. I didn't want to sit in an office bored out of my mind. This is what I'm passionate about."

Ms McCoyd is the only female in her 30-strong class at Leicester College.

She told The Times: "I'm still not the fastest, but I've actually become the best. When I do a job I charge by square metre rather than by the day, so the customer knows they're getting a job well done."

Ms McCoyd, who is dyslexic, plans to specialise in restoration.

"The parts of the course I enjoy the best are intricate things like fibrous plastering, cornices, coving and fireplaces," she told The Times.

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Why's this news? People throw away comfortable lives to pursue their passion all the time.

[Sinergy 3]

what a dumba$$

[KimandRuss 0]

I'm with her! Do what you love!

But why finish up with the degree???? You can certainly fallback on something you didn't need to reach that level of education for!

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

what a dumba$$

No kidding.

[Amby 490]

I wonder why she finished the degree if she knew she wouldn't end up doing it? Maybe she wants to fall back on it when she's older and can't do the manual labor.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

If you get a degree in a specialized subject like math, if you end up not using it your knowledge and skillset erodes. 15 years later, nobody but some idiot government bureaucracy will care if you have that degree.

[We_Destiny 1]

To each his own, but I personally think it is nuts.........

[KimandRuss 0]

idiot government bureaucracy

and therein lies her reasoning perhaps

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Oh hell I would have done the job for a year or two then gone back to plastering. Oh well.

[Ban Hammer 14,677]

i guess she got plastered.

[KimandRuss 0]