Sometimes on Lemmy these seem like the only jobs that actually exist, but I’m sure there’s a lot of people here with different and unusual lines of work.
Health care. The things I’ve seen!
Quite literally, and when you mix that with meth, a hemorrhoid, and a razor, it gets really real very fast.
What is this from?
I work with school kids who have disabilities.
I’m a truck driver, well nowadays more in the office than behind the wheel but I do still pull loads here and there.
Tower climbing grease monkey. Aka wind turbine technician.
Part plumber, part electrician, part IT, part jiffy lube, all crazy!
garden and landscape building
I work in analytics. I usually enjoy the work. It’s fun showing people insightful things, but it can be a drag when folks don’t listen.
Does consulting for energy utilities helping them improve their mapping systems (GIS) count as IT? I do manage cloud infrastructure but also assist with all the various pieces and parts that go into digital maps and integrations.
Yeah i would call anything actually working in GIS beyond reading what’s there or adding dots or lines to it an IT job.
Engineer (p.s. don’t become an engineer, it’s not as great as they sold it to us)
Oh, I know.
Are you a software engineer or a real engineer?
Well, that seems like an insulting question. Not that it matters, but I’m an aerospace engineer.
Lol what did SE do to you?
Oh god I don’t even know where to start
Ain’t that how all professional service are nowadays.
Doctors is the last gig and it is getting gutted as we speak.
Facts. I was talking to my doctor who is moving to Denver for another job soon. He was telling me how bad it was getting.
The hospital+clinics are forcing them to spend less time with patients,overbooking their schedules, and ordering tests that aren’t medically necessary to get the most out of a patient.
He’s leaving for a private practice job that’ll allow him to have more say so, it’s sad those who have been with him for the last 10+ years won’t benefit from him being around anymore.
I think it depends on your field of engineering and how much you enjoy the work. I find environmental engineering to be satisfying and a very dependable/lucrative income compared to many other non-engineering fields I might have been interested in.
Add to that most other fields that pay similarly or higher (doctor, lawyer, etc) require more/costlier schooling and it’s a pretty sweet deal to be able to go into the job market with only a bachelor’s or masters and making a decent wage right off the bat.
Of course the same enshittification/race to the bottom for prices affects us too but I don’t know if there’s any career that escapes that entirely.
I would also think maybe certain engineering fields are more stable than others. Mine is particularly recession-proof since we’re driven by regulation (and bipartisan-supported regulation at that), not the economy. Massive layoffs are not that common in many of the other more “physical” engineering fields like structural, electrical, or mechanical either and even if you are laid off there is usually another company hiring. The skills are pretty portable as well so if you want to change careers you have a pretty good chance at being successful.
Is it a field of rainbows and butterflies? No, but it’s a hell of a lot better than plenty of other jobs out there and it pays the bills.
That’s why I went backwards from SE back to IT. I enjoy working with people directly and helping them. It’s also a hell of a lot easier in terms of hours and crunches (we have no crunches).
Basically, I had to decide whether I wanted the money and “glamour” of working on a well-known hot project or to be generally happy with my life. I’m a lot happier now.
I disagree, I’m an engineer and I prefer it over not engineering positions. My only ragret is not keeping up with coding since it was my favorite subject in college
My husband is an engineer. He loves his job most days.
Maybe it’s my job, but I feel like I haven’t had a job in the last decade that I really enjoyed. I might just be getting older and jaded.
Do you feel like you could use coding in your daily business or is it just an interest you would like to pursue?
Not that guy, but also a (not-software) engineer. Coding is really great for a few things:
- Software stuff is in really vogue right now. Like there’s demand for all engineering disciplines in my area, but software guys are the hot position, with pay to match.
- Even if you’re not software, knowing a little is helpful for other stuff - e.g., whipping up some quick and dirty test interfaces, or interacting with older systems with non
- It also really, really helps for little things at home.
Unfortunately I cannot actually write code to save my life, but it’d be real useful if I could!
Currently as intern at a municipality as financial advisor. Hoping to get a job from within the municipality.
Librarian at a PreK-5 school (3-11 years old). I teach 45 minute classes to everyone each week. 700 kids, 32 classes. Less stress than classroom teaching while still following the same schedule.
Quality tech in manufacturing
Transportation engineer (in training) working for an engineering consulting firm! Primarily helping design active transportation infrastructure and road reconstructions.
I’m a storyboard artist/3d generalist. Basically I draw all day, everyday for short films and TV shows. I find it pretty awesome because A) I love to draw and now I get paid to do it which is, from what I understand, very uncommon for artists. B) I’m helping shape a story from basically beginning to end. C) I also get to do silly voices sometimes when they need someone to fill in.
But, a big downside is that I’m sitting and staring at a screen around 6 to 7 hours a day which destroyed my eyes and I get leg strain sometimes from sitting. I want to get a stand up desk eventually.
Soon to be qualified plumber, maybe a month to go or so.
Farmer!
Missed the opportunity to use Its not much but its honest work farmer. With the overalls, David Brandt.
What do you grow?
Mostly grass for our dairy cows
I do not envy you guys. Thanks for all the cheese though.
Do you see the affects of climate change year over year?
Well, we have never had a first cut as early as this year. But at least it is not dry as last year or 2018. Some say it is natural variations, but I thilk co2 has to have a part in it
which crops are you working with?
Mostly grass of different kinds
