What Caused Your Debt in the First Place

tesuhoha

You can come back from £31,000. Dont give up your flat if you can help it.

tesuhoha

Its hard enough to get onto the property ladder

chinagirl

My biggest debt was caused by husband's business loans. He took on loans to buy into a business, but due to the colossal fees and interest in repaying them, we got behind when he wasn't making much money, and even now he has new career, still paying off large business debts. The equivalent of buying a small house mortgage.

(I can just about handle the personal debt, just a few credit cards and a loan totally under £3000.)

tesuhoha

Debt happens so easily.

grex9101

lynzpower wrote:

Tesuhoha - has he considered a a job testing computer games would he.? Worth a suggestion!! a mate of mine does that near leeds and gets a very respectable salary of 25k to start on that :money: :money:

Best bet i'd say is to look in the ads at the back of EDGE and GAMEStm magazines - software houses are always advertising in there for programmers etc, and although there may not be a lot of testing jobs advertised, you can always contact the companies through their contact details.

Be warned, however, that games testing is not as fun as it may sound - think of it more like "bug spotting" - unfinished games need to be tested, and your son may well end up playing the same level of Lara Crofts' latest escapade (for example) over and over and over again. Essentially, you're not getting paid to PLAY games, rather you're getting paid to BREAK games, if you see what I mean...?

Also, a degree of proficiency in English/report writing is required, as these bugs need to be reported back accurately.

Hope this helps, and good luck.

CTT_2

Goku2010 wrote:

Hello all,

You sound to me to be a very sensible person and you are young enough to receover from your financial challenge. We have all made mistakes.

Good luck!

tesuhoha

grex9101 wrote:

Best bet i'd say is to look in the ads at the back of EDGE and GAMEStm magazines - software houses are always advertising in there for programmers etc, and although there may not be a lot of testing jobs advertised, you can always contact the companies through their contact details.


Also, a degree of proficiency in English/report writing is required, as these bugs need to be reported back accurately.

Hope this helps, and good luck.

My son is very good at English so this might be an option. Are any qualifications needed do you know?

lynzpower

My mate has a degree in IT, but that wasnt one of the pre-requisites of the job. He did however, have some IT work experience, he did a bit of IT support in the uni library.. I guess the computer driving license would be handy ( and a breeze for him, well for most teenagers lol) and they cost about £40 round here.

Quick google found this

http://westmidlands.ideasfactory.com/careers/features/feature1.htm
http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile1255/
http://www.ukworksearch.com/IT/Lincolnshire/Job/12481/

Depends where you are I guess? Doesnt seem to be any specific qualifications needed

tesuhoha

Thanks for that Lynz. He has those listed skills. Trouble is at the moment hes doing AS levels in English, Geography, Business & Media studies. However, i will put it to him. It might well provide him with some motivation

tesuhoha

i see that language is an advantage. Hes got German and French GCSE C grade (the only 2 he got) but hes not exactly fluent. On his retakes hes already got a B in English and a C in Maths so maybe he could do something like that.