Just curious, what do you guys actually do for a living?
Scrolling through comments here, you can tell there’s a huge mix of people, some clearly technical, some more creative, some who sound like they’ve been in the working world for decades, others who feel like students or early in their career.
No particular reason for asking, just genuinely curious what kind of professions make up this community. Feel free to keep it as vague or specific as you’re comfortable with.
Drop your profession below, and if you want, one thing about it people usually don’t expect.
I deliver Doordash and Uber Eats because of the minimal interaction involved. I hate most people IRL. I’m also the #1 contributor to deflock.me in my area and run an exit node because, since entry level IT/Webdev jobs are dead and any other career path I start on will likely be automated pretty soon, I feel like I should at least put what little I know to good use before the world hits the “find out” part from AI and the Tor Network becomes too easy for people to subvert by using agents to autonomously spin up nodes. Also because I like helping journalists and dissidents I’ll never meet. When life gives ya lemons, make lemonade.
I’m a credit card number distributor.
Software dev and in privat game dev/modder
I make things look nice by covering up blemishes with an explosion or skin from a foot or a piece of furniture. I’m a compositor.
No profession. Didn’t choose any !!
Lawyer and engineer. I manage the IP and help spin out start ups for a large robotics research institution.
I used to work for a city school during the summer to get school books ready for the year/ recycle old ones, retail, bike mechanic, 3rd party labor builder for various companies, mostly bikes and furniture, and most recently at a factory cutting aluminum.
Nowadays I mostly look for jobs.
My profession is whatever job I can get with a HS diploma. Right now it’s a crane operator, I climb 1-3 stories to troubleshoot problems for a warehouse in 34f or -15f. Actually not bad, coworkers on my shift are pretty cool, pay is good, benefits not bad. Just allot to learn with the program and system they use. Still in training, wish my luck keeping this job till I get a college degree or trade.
Mood. Over the last 8 years I’ve been: a server, retail worker, a cashier, a barista, a cake decorator, a software designer, currently I’m a dishwasher.
Almost there same haha. Retail, cashier, order filler for warehouse, restaurant cook, more retail, brewer, even more retail, plastic molder and now cranes.
I have no idea what is called in English. I just work at a car park. Just above minimal wage, it pays my bills, finances my hobbies, is stable and once I’m out of the door at the end of my shift it is not my problem anymore.
Parking lot attendant, unless you drive the cars too, in which case valet parker.
I make knives. I write about knives.
What? Those are totally some of my professions.
Mechanical engineer working on the operations side of a power plant.
Former rock star, now retired, living on my private island, occasional public speaker, industry leader consultant when bored.
Just kidding. IT of course.
Damnnn , I was two seconds away from asking you how you broke into the rock star industry 🤓
I’ve been a dispensing optician, IT support and consultant, project manager, international NGO director, now I work as regional lead for a men’s charity and have qualified as a psychotherapist. So that’s happening now.
I am a caregiver for high functioning adults with special needs. The pay isn’t very good and there’s no benefits. I love my clients, they are hilarious and they like to tell me how awesome I am. I don’t let it get to my head because that’s one of the behaviors they do to get what they want or need.
Space shuttle door gunner. It’s a surprisingly easy lateral move from my old job as a submarine screen window repairman.
