Newsable: I took a huge gamble and landed my dream job at Kelly Tarlton’s

For those who’re considering ‘new yr, new profession,’ however do not need to be chained to a desk, permit Stuff’s every day information podcast Newsable to help. In a week-long collection of particular summer time episodes, the crew chats to individuals with jobs or workplaces outdoors the bizarre. At present, Tyler Corridor, who went from becoming hearth alarms to caring for marine life as an aquarist.

Tyler Corridor was 27, caught in a job that he didn’t like, and depressed.

He’d been working building jobs since he left faculty at 17. He took a chance as a hearth alarm technician in Auckland, however he nonetheless wasn’t feeling it.

Corridor instructed Newsable: “I’d simply spend time on these [work]websites probably not feeling it. You understand, it was actually arduous and on the time, I used to be going via fairly unhealthy despair, simply not understanding what I needed to do, the place I needed to be… I wasn’t pleased in any respect.”

Corridor requested himself ‘what do I like doing?’

He knew he cherished the ocean.

Then, it got here to him – he needed to review marine biology at AUT. The subsequent step was getting a diving qualification, and as they are saying, the remaining is historical past.

He is now the pinnacle aquarist at Kelly Tarlton’s, after working there for lower than two years. He spoke about why he “fell in love” with the job, how he rose via the ranks so shortly, and what makes his job particular.

The animals he works with on a day-to-day foundation embrace sharks, turtles, and an octopus. He was just lately tasked with giving an injection to a shark, which is as difficult because it sounds.

Hearken to the complete interview right here.

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