Left school with 5 A's 5 B's and 1 C. Managed to get a job at Tata Steel (steel works) as a industrial chemist at the age of 16. Spent 1 and half years analyzing different waters, ammonia liquors etc etc. While studying at college 1 day a week for 2 A levels in Applied Science (Ended up with a B & C).
Then moved departments to a Coking plant on the steel works (turns coal into blast furnace coke). Here I work on the By-Products plant, where we scrub/clean the gas and remove valuable products from the coke oven gas (Benzole, Naphthalene, Crude Tar, etc). Just recently I've been promoted to deputy team leader and have just finished my HNC in chemical engineering which work paid for me to do.
Really pleased on where I've got to and want to go as far as I can.
Mike.