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.
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.
That sounds like so much to me! I’ve only ever been a warehouse worker at ups for 5 years straight now. Only job I’ve ever had. Job hopping sounds exhausting
I just want to add that dishwashing has been my best experience. I work at a gay bar and everyone is super nice and I’ve made a lot of friends since starting. Surprisingly it pays a living wage but there’s not a ton of hours because they want to keep people off of insurance, which makes sense (they are a small business). I’ve also barbacked on weekends and holidays. I’m also learning to prep cook so I can work more hours. I’m trying to keep one job that can pay me more, than two jobs splitting my time and I get paid half as much. I know FedEx has a union does UPS have one too?
Fedex does not have a union, you are killing me right now. Yes, we have a union. I’m actively involved.
Ok lol thanks for informing me I was wrong. FedEx has union, UPS has shit.
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)
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.
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.
Maybe? He just said this company was working with him. Perhaps he knew someone that was helping him
I’m a crane technician, I work for myself repairing all kinds of cranes apart from towers.
Crane operation in Australia is a great profession that i have seen carry many people into retirement.
Why wouldn’t you stick with it? A good crane operator can keep a job site running so smooth. The only downside is no one notices until the primary operator is out sick and someone who isn’t as good is operating that day.
The only reason why is because of moving, don’t like the state (USA) I’m in and want my son to have a better education. I was nervous and being hard on myself that I wasnt doing a good job, but boss man told me I was doing a good job and heard nothing but good things. Have to learn other departments for the company eventually.
Yeah i get that, im in the process of moving now because we don’t want our son growing up where we are living now.
It’s not a great place