Top Tier Professional Careers That Provide Real Challenge

When choosing your career it is easy to get confused, after all, there are so many options out there, how can you possibly narrow it down enough to find the right one? Well, something that can help you do this is to consider which jobs will provide a challenge to you in the long term. After all, if you get bored after 5 or 10 years, you will only end up changing careers anyway. With that in mind, check out the top tier careers that are known to be the most challenging, below.   

Architect

The role of an architect may seem like a simple one, but it is in fact, one of the careers that you have to train the longest for. This is in part because architects’ work must not only fulfil the customers a brief for the building they want creating but must also meet strict engineering and safety criteria that will allow it to stand for a long time.

The route to becoming an architect is a long one and starts with a bachelor’s degree in architecture. Once this has completed, something that usually takes around three years, the next step will be to complete an internship and get a license.

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After that, you will need to get your professional certification, something that will need to be maintained throughout your career. Many partners in architecture firms also have graduate degrees and partake in University teaching as well, so it’s not a career for those who aren’t prepared to put in the effort.

Wages are, of course, pretty good with starting pay at around £20,000 year rising to £100,000 per annum at partner level.

Pilot

If designing buildings isn’t up your street, (sorry for the pun) why not consider piloting commercial airliners and other planes for a living? Of course, the life of a pilot is one associated with glamour and travel, but before you get to don that smart suit and captain’s hat, there is a fair amount of work to be done.

First, you will need to start with a four-year degree, something you can discover more about by reading this aviation courses article. Some universities even offer apprentice type courses now that can make achieving all the necessary stages a lot easier.

However, if you don’t want to go down the university route, you will need to attain your CPL or commercial pilot’s license which allows you to fly for pay and teach other students.

Of course, university or not, if you want to go the whole hog and fly a commercial airliner, you will need to get a frozen ATPL. Then it’s a matter of getting a job with a  commercial airline and racking up enough hours to have your license unfrozen and active, usually around 1,500.

Something that demonstrates that this type of career is not for the faint-hearted, and those that do not want to be challenged continuously at all stages of their progress will not have a happy life as a pilot. The pay is excellent though with qualified airline pilots receiving over 97,000 plus a year.

Doctor

Last, but not least if you are up for a daily challenge that includes lots of learning and training, as well as the talent to deal with the public and stressful situations well, why not consider becoming a doctor of medicine?

To be a fully qualified doctor in the UK means going through several stages. The first is A levels where you will need biology and two other science subjects at grade A or B.

Then comes university for five years, and after that two years of postgraduate study. Then it can be anything from 3-8 years of study and practice in a specialized field such as obstetrics, general practice, or surgery to become fully qualified.

Of course, even when you are a fully fledged doctor, you will still be expected to keep up with the latest developers in your field as well as teach students as they pass through the system, making it is one of the most challenging careers you can pick.

It is, of course, one of the most rewarding as well, and you can make a real difference to the quality of other individuals, both through the treatment you offer them, and the way that you interact with them when they are their most vulnerable.

Pays rates tend to differ, but you can expect £60,000 to £100,0000 depending on your field and specialism, making medicine a challenging if reasonably lucrative career option that will hold your interest in the long term.

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