I just decided to start asking this instead of ‘what do you do?’ when meeting people. Figured I’d try it out on you folks.
Cortisol
I’m working on an audiobook of a novel I wrote. I have another recording session today with voice actors who play my characters!
Oh, that must be exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time, seeing your characters come to life. How do you convey what you imagine the characters to sound and act like?
Oh yeah, its amazing to hear the voices for these people but, as you say, it’s scary. Since I’m the director and creator it all falls to me to decide everything. I mean EVERYTHING from inflictions in their voices, how a line is delivered, scheduling, payment etc. Of course, I give my actors freedom to interpret how they see the characters. You have to have a fine balance between making decisions but also letting them be creative with what they do during directing sessions.
I created an email service called https://port87.com
It’s got fancy features that help you stay organized and spam free.
I also create loads of open source software, which I use for it:
https://sveltematerialui.com - A UI library for the Svelte framework.
https://nymph.io - An object relational mapper for Node.js and the browser.
https://github.com/sciactive/nephele - A WebDAV server with encryption, deduplication, and S3 support.
I have a big sprawling scifi universe I draw pictures of. There is a lot of lore in my head for it that I really am going to write down and present now that there are so many visuals.
My body is a machine that turns caffeine into uptime.
I am a senior data architect and infrastructure programmer. I build the tools and design the data persistence that folks at my company use to build solutions for clients.
Data lake, activate.
I create stupid jokes and sarcastic comments on Lemmy.
But mostly just a lot of CO²
And a lot of um… excretions, liquids and soilds, ya know…
I wanted to do worldbuilding and write a story but my depression kinda derailed that 😓
Time to get off lemmy. Go for a run/jog/walk in the cold to the nearest stationery store and buy some pen and paper. Then get home and get to writing.
You can do it!
I draw angels mostly, but I do draw fanart from time to time as well! I’ve uploaded progress pictures, timelapses, and files associated with my work, too!
Huh. I’ve never considered the IA as a place to upload my pictures.
Really cool work - you don’t happen to be on BSky or tumblr, maybe?
Thank you so much!! And I am! I’m on Tumblr and also Bluesky!
Seeing machines, mostly
What does this mean? Cameras? Machines that can identify things via images?
Machines that put cameras in the right place and lighting. Then identifies things.
Mostly agriculture and/or pharma related.
Make other things too. But those are my biggest clients.
I like to create software tools for people smarter than me to create bigger and better things.
A hopeful path towards peace for people who struggle with stress at their job.
A mess
Tools that are used to create human misery on a mass scale.
MS office software engineer?
Nope. I’m going to stay vague so I won’t DOX myself, but the only stable job I could find in years is for an organization that doesn’t have the best intentions for humanity (or profit strangely enough) and actively hurts people.
I was in the same boat. When I couldn’t take it anymore I quit. I have been unemployed for just under two years now. Whatever you end up doing, stay strong.
doesn’t have the best intentions for humanity (or profit strangely enough)
Reverse filantropy. Quite remarkable indeed!
I had a professor whose ice breaker question was some version of, “what book do you want to write/planning to write?” Everyone seems to have one.
Might not be as relevant today after blogs perhaps cleared that out of peoples’ systems.
As for me, I cycle through mostly craft-based hobbies. Embroidery, leather work, candle making, 3D printing. I can make candles much faster than I can burn them, so that’s self-limiting. 3D printing is great to have the materials and skills for, and I’m slowly learning to design in Blender. But at the moment I only use it when I suddenly need to have a thing-a-ma-widget and remember: “hey! I’ve got a 3D printer. Of course I can make a valve stem cover!”
I’ll probably be back to leather crafts as we head into the fall and winter.
Resentment in others.
