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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.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Statistician.

But the Simpsons lied to me. I have not been offered the opportunity to go to space.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Transportation engineer (in training) working for an engineering consulting firm! Primarily helping design active transportation infrastructure and road reconstructions.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I work 400 hours a month in order to feed people that think I'm trying to kill them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's just about every waking moment. Why do you do this and why do they think you are trying to kill them?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Farming. The purpose: to lose money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wage slave till the say I die, till I touch the sky.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Musician / music teacher.

It's pretty cool

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Emergency humanitarian response program planning/monitoring/evaluation with a UN agency.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bridge Inspector for state DOT/DOH.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Thank you for your service. I think of you all every time I cross a bridge and it doesn't collapse.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Electrical Designer - HVAC switchboards & systems primarily

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Grumpy sound guy.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

I'm a museum curator based in Europe (very different from the Americas). It's a wonderful job of travel, being close to history and bringing some goodness into the world, if you don't mind the salary of working for a charity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Quality manager in a plastic extrusion manufacturing facility.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you worry about microplastic exposure?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Construction carpenter. I do a majority of the tasks for building most structures. From rough structure to final touches I do a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't see how that's not IT.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I drive a tugboat and transport clean oil on the East and Gulf Coasts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

It's refined petroleum products like gas, diesel, kerosene/jet fuel.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Whilst I am doing a CS degree now, for the last 9 years I was a 5 axis CNC machinist for stone products. I still do It part time as they haven't found a replacement yet (after a year lmao).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Quality tech in manufacturing

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Mathematics Lecturer (just teaching foundation mind).

It's far more fun than people think, but with next to no real holidays (summer is actually quite busy). Also it sucked being on temporary contract, because you had no idea if you'd have work in 12 months no matter how good you were.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was/am a compositor/vfx artist for film and tv, but the industry has imploded over the last year so it's been a few months.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Tell me about it. I'm VO. Times have been rough

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