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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] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Safety adviser currently in airport safety

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Prosthetist. I work with patients to make and fit artificial limbs to them.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm a software developer. I work in automotive and do a bit of everything from embedded programming to cloud based software.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I did work in IT, but now I'm retired young. I could go back to work and make double my income, but I just don't wanna. I'd rather have less income with a stable, comfortable life and the freedom to do whatever I want every day, than spend all day stuck in a job just to have no free time to enjoy the extra money I'd be bringing home.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Machine operator. I run some CNC machines that are paired up with robots to handle the loading and unloading of the CNC's.

If and when industrial robots are hooked up to cameras and computers that can problem solve, my current job will be gone or very boring.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Category Buyer for a large manufacturing company.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I do customer service for a shipping company. Alot of my calls are just people complaining about how much this company sucks ( they are not wrong ) but work from home and put very little effort in my job and spend a lot of time gaming at work . I also have a morning job delivering news papers and amazon packages which I actually kind of like but does not have full time opportunities.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I run a business repairing consumer-grade 3D printers.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

I work with school kids who have disabilities.

[–] [email protected] 98 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Wastewater-based epidemiology. Basically we track infectious diseases in wastewater, and the results guide public health decisions.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

State government paper pusher

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Your dedication to finding appropriate responses is appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Insurance claims investigation. In-house PI, essentially

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Prep school teacher for international middle school kids hoping to go to an English-speaking high school.

Teach all the basic intro classes in an accelerated high school curriculum the semester before they attend high school so that when they get there the language barrier, new facts and different educational style doesn't crush them mercilessly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

My "job" (I put it in quotes because it's more like a gig that's paid) is experimental and doesn't have a direct name, but I often shorten the explanation as working with media/reporting/archiving/charity.

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

Seems maybe you need improvement in the clarity area ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Which thing/part/aspect comes off as unclear?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

I work as a theatre tech (light and sound) at a college(theatre arts department). I do however use Linux and made some scripts in Python to control my ligtdesk and sound table. So a bit of IT related work. But also talk with students about the creative part of lights, sound and projection and how they can use it during and after there study in there shows.

I also do some shows for them in the small Theatre in the college and outside the college.

And give them a workshop teaching them the basics and how they can tell to a tech what they want and how they can do somethings themselves.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Correspondence delivery profesional

(postal worker)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Im an electrician, it's pretty sweet if you ask me. Not necessarily the job itself, but the money you can earn doing side-jobs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I have electrical issues. Any chance you're in North Texas?

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Currently as intern at a municipality as financial advisor. Hoping to get a job from within the municipality.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Screenprinting. I also did work as a quality tech for machining. Manufacturing jobs in general do not seem to get any public recognition even though they can be some of the most engaging and can cater to a lot of people that don’t enjoy the employee-customer relationship.

That being said, finding the sweet spot for management can be a challenge.

It’s a career path that’s practically ignored in schools and I wish math classes used more examples from engineering and manufacturing to answer the age-old “Where am I ever going to use this?” question.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

My son does screenprinting. He really, really likes the job, but he works with an asshole.

Edit to clarify that he works with one asshole, not assholes in general.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Drive people to the hospital.

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