I'm going to be a right hand man in an expanding local cake & dessert company. I feel pretty happy the boss of the company has created this post just for me (it wasn't what I applied for) solely on meeting me, and therefore have good chances of moving up as time goes on (providing I do well, and the company has more success, which I think it will).
Starting wage is a more than acceptable £1100-£1200 per month, with scope to increase. With 7am starts and 3:30pm finishes Monday-Friday i'll no doubt carry on playing a few things here and there and some weekends to hopefully make myself an extra £500+ odd a month to top up those wages.
I've taken this decision on my hunch that now is the right time to think about jacking it in, who knows what the future holds in full time playing? It could well carry on being as good as ever, but personally i think we've reached the top of the hill, and it's a descent downwards now. Good luck to everyone still involved. I'll still be about, you can take the player out of the game, but you can't take the game out of the player! Been doing it too long to drop it completely, but I can't think of too many better ways to supplement a decent wage into something much better!
If I was single, i'd probably be at it hammer and tongs still! It'd be nice to walk straight into a £1500+ a month job, but i've got to be realistic.
