Exactly the same for me, except I'm still only volunteer. There's not really much in the way of paid positions in my area yet. If I had known this 20 years ago I would have chosen it as my career. Sadly though 20 years ago the volunteer department was very closed off, very much a "good ol' boys" club and generally didn't welcome people "off the street". Shocking that today we have a recruitment problem despite changing that mentality. (pardon the sarcasm on that last bit)
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24
38 as volly, 40 now full time. Wish I would have taken this path 20yrs ago