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.
I work in IT and I don’t like following rules
But do you use Linux?
I’m insulted that you would even ask me that. We are no longer internet friends.
Clearly not an arch user
You shall lie soulless in the wake of Debian’s righteous slaughter
Ahh, there it is. Linux user confirmed. :D
Engineer (p.s. don’t become an engineer, it’s not as great as they sold it to us)
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.
Nice try feds
Branch manager at a 3 trade business (HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical). Very much enjoy beating the competition and taking all of their great talent because they can’t treat them well. It’s not hard to actually give a damn about your people. Turns out, if you do that they like working for you and end up performing even more.
Lawyer. Wouldn’t really recommend.
I only practiced for about four years. Been orbiting around the contracting process flow at a giant tech company ever since, well over a decade.
My immediate bosses are better people, the hours are much better, and I don’t owe a special fiduciary duty to my employer. As boring day jobs go, it’s got its upside.
I do cosplay erotica for a living. I make awesome costumes, I take them off, and just post to Patreon. I suppose it’s kindof retail, as I’m giving the photos to people, as a reward for subscribing, but I set my own schedule and choose what goes out. The freedom is incredible
I used to work at a place that made envelopes and printed forms.
Fascinating seeing 12 foot tall stacks of rolls of paper.
Used to work at a newspaper, can confirm. Giant rolls of paper are pretty cool.
I’m a therapist, and I train other therapists. And I supervise some therapists and I train other therapists to supervise other therapists. And I manage a team of therapists who train other therapists and who train other therapists to supervise other therapists.
Kind “in it” at this stage.
So, what do you do when you need therapy?
I find a therapist I don’t know!
There’s a few of them about!
Tower climbing grease monkey. Aka wind turbine technician.
Part plumber, part electrician, part IT, part jiffy lube, all crazy!
Hey green team represent, solar water pig here. I boat out to floating solar arrays and fix them, also build them but recently been fixing them.
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’m a wedding photographer. My dad was a wedding dj and I grew up around the wedding industry. I went to school for art and photography was my focus. Wedding photographer just made sense. I love what I do and I can’t imagine anything else.
Must be nice to see the happiest day in the lives of a lot of people c:
I run a business repairing consumer-grade 3D printers.
Hah! Did you paint that yourself? That’s pretty cool.
No but I should add Scruffy to a Stargrave team.
After a long and lucrative IT career I got a certificate in Ecological Restoration. I now do land stewardship, monitoring and maintaining habitats. Literally outstanding in my field, or marsh, or scrubland…
I drive a tugboat and transport clean oil on the East and Gulf Coasts.
What’s clean oil?
It’s refined petroleum products like gas, diesel, kerosene/jet fuel.
Musician / music teacher.
It’s pretty cool
Every day I aspire to be him
