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.
Geographer, I make maps
Cool!
Hey same! Kinda. What kind of maps do you do?
Basically land use. You?
Translator and proofreader. I’ve translated everything from HSE manuals to emails used in a divorce case.
Maintenance engineer for a major window manufacturer.
Previously I worked in Healthcare in various different roles.
Legal analyst
Warehouse worker. I mainly do labeling and loading/unloading etc but I do any other task as needed. I am also full-time uni student in CS.
I was in tech, both IT and business enablement roles. I got replaced by AI so now I’m a professional curmudgeon.
Electrical engineer. I primarily do work on water treatment plants, but because my company has few electrical engineers, I work on a variety of jobs
Software dev and in privat game dev/modder
I’m a credit card number distributor.
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.
Space shuttle door gunner. It’s a surprisingly easy lateral move from my old job as a submarine screen window repairman.
Hey I’m a billionaire space cowboy. We probably know the same guys. Do you Bob, from accounting? He’s a putz.
That you, Maurice?
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 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.
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 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.
