On Jun 18, 4:34*pm, Richard Dixon wrote:
On 18 June, 15:17, "Norman" wrote:

I decided at age 10 that I wanted to be a weather forecaster.

Same here - my careers guidance form was apparently one of the most
negative the careers bloke had seen as I'd simply tailored the
computer form to spit out "meteorologist".

And then at 21 at towards the end of my degree I had a long chat with
a then fellow member of the cricket team (now a chief forecaster at
the MO) who warned me that there were lots of night shifts involved.
That ended it for me there and then...!

Richard

I'm struggling to think of who that cricketer would be.

Anyhow I'm not keen on the night shifts either, sadly part of the
package - luckily the rest of the job makes up for it :^).

I also knew I wanted to be a forecaster from a young age, probably at
least as early as 10 years old. I lost track of that a bit during my
'A' Levels (lots of other things around that time to capture my
attention) and it took until I was 23 before I decided to finally join
the Met Office, doing my degree after I joined.

Steve.
www.rockbeareweather.co.uk