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.

  • PizzaLamp25@lemmy.world
    20·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • Aneb@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 months ago

      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.

      • PizzaLamp25@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 months ago

        Almost there same haha. Retail, cashier, order filler for warehouse, restaurant cook, more retail, brewer, even more retail, plastic molder and now cranes.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      2·
      2 months ago

      i was looking at rad tech, which at least in my area makes at least equal to some grad program/degrees, without the unncessary blood, sweat, time and money of going through 4 years+ grad school. for stem which is “high” for bio /health related field(except for nursing and MDs)

      • PizzaLamp25@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        I knew a guy I worked with that was doing this, he said he went to school, but maybe they just paid for his schooling/training. Said he had to go to different places for it.

        Maybe I’m remembering wrong, but good to know in case something happens.

        • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
          2·
          2 months ago

          interesting did he go to Community college, because those have multi-year waitlists. 1-6+years, some people mentioned they got a degree rather than wait that long, or go to the expensive route, only 4 year universities teach this, only certain ones do. but it can be many times more than CC, like 10-20x more.