Does anyone here have jobs? If so what do you do?

[Zeus35]

I work at a nursery.

 

[StarlightDreamer]

I work at a nursery.

Do you mean a plant nursery, or one for young children?

Regardless, I work as a programmer for the state. Not my first choice, but the insurance is good, and it pays the bills.

 

[Zeus35]

Do you mean a plant nursery, or one for young children?

Regardless, I work as a programmer for the state. Not my first choice, but the insurance is good, and it pays the bills.

Children x

 

[Celerity]

I work at a grocery store. No, it is definitely not glamorous. Yes, I will give you the shittiest piece of whatever you're asking for if you're rude to me. If you're nice, I will move heaven and earth to help you.

 

[Inkling]

HVAC Technician for family business, all the engineering and science going on behind this work is very interesting but I do nothing related to that, I just screw things into place and run tubes through walls for 8 hours per day.

 

[veryhappyhuman]

Used to work as a software architect first for the govt then more recently for a biotech firm. Severe depression put paid to that. I've always detested software and hours were shit, but will admit the pay was real good.

 

[Susannah]

I work with tech/ service. Helping people to upgrade Internet and tv. It's hard work, but in exchange, I feel appreciated cause my customers lack the knowledge of tech. I'm no saleswoman. I'm just a fixer/ helper.

 

[FrootyBat]

I am a UX designer for the CDC. It's a big govt agency so I'm not part of the whole Covid thing. I'm part of a small section that deals with disasters and things you shouldn't stick in your mouth (e.g. lead).

Also: I am available to discuss anything UX career-related for those that are interested.

 

[summers]

Manager and data analyst for a SAAS company. The best thing about this job is no two days are the same. I have maybe 4 hours of routine work per week, and the rest is something new. Working remotely is awesome too, lets me travel and even move wherever and whenever I want.

 

[nosurpries]

im in college as a full time student and work retail part time.

 

[Someone123]

I am actually the President of the United States and I also drive an ice cream truck on the weekends.

 

[RetroChaos]

Full-stack Web Developer. So I code the databases and handle all the logic, but also tart up the front ends that users see. I also handle a lot of API integration, whilst swearing at the lack of documentation usually.

I wanna move into more video game programming one day but it's a totally different language(s) and model structure to WebDev

 

[callme]

I'ma a fn bakery laborer getting paid nothing. I don't even make the stuff and never learned how to in 8 years. My family's failing business we rely to put scraps on the table and I'm magically expected to know everything about it, in one of the worst countries to do business in, rife with corruption.

My body is constantly acting up and i'm in my 20s.

Drunks and druggers constantly mess with me, becaue work is night only forever until the end of time and police is nowhere.

Meanwhile, some 13 year old is making tens of thousands halfway through the good part of the world dropshipping at home making my pay for a year in one day. I hope he knows what cease and desist means.

I am actually the President of the United States and I also drive an ice cream truck on the weekends.

A neoliberal, Joe? Taco trucks on every corner as they want, they wouldn't mind ice cream, a democratically flavored one. That's one waste of money taxpayers don't mind so gg

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

I'm a research assistant.

 

[Throwawaysoul]

Mind numbing retail because I'm too broken to do anything else.

 

[FrozenMango]

I am an analyst in a midsize company

 

[hamvil]

I am a university professor. It might look nice but it is not for me. I had my dream job before and lost due to a silly tweet. I am now working in a shitty university in the middle of nowhere knowing I will never be what I was before. Surrounded by mediocrity. I hate the colleagues, I hate the students.

 

[Someone123]

I am a university professor. It might look nice but it is not for me. I had my dream job before and lost due to a silly tweet. I am now working in a shitty university in the middle of nowhere knowing I will never be what I was before. Surrounded by mediocrity. I hate the colleagues, I hate the students.

For me I wish I was in a position like that. It's just my perspective that all universities, colleagues, and students have potential to be positive in some ways.

 

[hamvil]

For me I wish I was in a position like that. It's just my perspective that all universities, colleagues, and students have potential to be positive in some ways.

I know what you mean. But I am 43, all colleagues have family and the circle of friends. I could try to join but after a while I would fuck it up again. They would slowly discover how hard it is to keep a relationship with me and how moody I am. From my side I would feel again isolated because I find it hard to communicate with people. The university is also a crappy one. I had my dream job until 2020 but I fuck up also that. Students are useless. They just want to pass an exam and show no real passion for the topics I teach. Or maybe I am not able to pass this passion. Maybe this job would be more useful to you, I hope that in a while I will find the courage to move forward

 

[Night_Crew]

I'm the head of access and intake for a child bereavement charity.

 

[justtoojaded]

I work at a grocery store. No, it is definitely not glamorous. Yes, I will give you the shittiest piece of whatever you're asking for if you're rude to me. If you're nice, I will move heaven and earth to help you.

Kudos to you. I worked at Trader Joe's and I only lasted 4 months before I looked for a new job because it was such tedious, busy work.

I work at a bank as a teller. It's actually not a bad job. No one's pretentious, 45 minute lunch, two 10 minute breaks. I occasionally help customers and otherwise I'm on my phone viewing Sanctioned Suicide.

 

[Monique696]

I write/draw kids books
It's cute and made a handful of people happy so far

 

[Someone123]

I know what you mean. But I am 43, all colleagues have family and the circle of friends. I could try to join but after a while I would fuck it up again. They would slowly discover how hard it is to keep a relationship with me and how moody I am. From my side I would feel again isolated because I find it hard to communicate with people. The university is also a crappy one. I had my dream job until 2020 but I fuck up also that. Students are useless. They just want to pass an exam and show no real passion for the topics I teach. Or maybe I am not able to pass this passion. Maybe this job would be more useful to you, I hope that in a while I will find the courage to move forward

I just have some thoughts, though maybe they won't help. If you feel passsion for the subject you teach, how can you express this, how can you engage others more? Students will respond to real eneergy for a subject, at least some of them will- this could be one thing to work on- how can I make this class more interestging, each time you teach. I've done a little pubhlic speaking and there are so many options for livening up a speech- possibly jooining a toastmaters club could help you to find ways to liven up your classes- some students will respond to this over time. I personallyh don't think that any university can be crappy, they all have so much potential, so many people pursuing their dreams there- there could be things you see to like there. Getting a relationship, if you don't have one, could help, and at some point getting married (if you are not) could help, if you are not. Working on not being as moody around others could maybe help- we all have to hide some of our feelings to get along, and then only the people closest to you see everything. It seems like a glass half empty/ glass half full kind of situation that could maybe have more potential.

 

[whatevs]

I'm a Junior mobile app developer, but I don't think I will be one for a lot longer. Programming is slightly pleasurable but dealing with healthy, joyful, energetic and non-conspiracy aware normies while being a severely sleep deprived and stressed out of your fucking mind weirdo makes my alienation gigantic in scale.

 

[Julgran]

I'm a soon-to-be system administrator for a biobank. Perhaps I can find some lethal virus for myself somewhere and make a nice cocktail...

 

[hamvil]

I just have some thoughts, though maybe they won't help. If you feel passsion for the subject you teach, how can you express this, how can you engage others more? Students will respond to real eneergy for a subject, at least some of them will- this could be one thing to work on- how can I make this class more interestging, each time you teach. I've done a little pubhlic speaking and there are so many options for livening up a speech- possibly jooining a toastmaters club could help you to find ways to liven up your classes- some students will respond to this over time. I personallyh don't think that any university can be crappy, they all have so much potential, so many people pursuing their dreams there- there could be things you see to like there. Getting a relationship, if you don't have one, could help, and at some point getting married (if you are not) could help, if you are not. Working on not being as moody around others could maybe help- we all have to hide some of our feelings to get along, and then only the people closest to you see everything. It seems like a glass half empty/ glass half full kind of situation that could maybe have more potential.

I do not feel passion for the subject tbh. I used to work in a creative field where we would build and create new technology everyday. Now I am stuck teaching useless students the basics of programming. How boring is that. Even worse some of then cannot even use google to fix a problem with their compiler. There are good and crappy universities. Most of them are crappy, failure students go there to get a piece of paper that will possibly get them a shitty job which maybe does even not require that piece of paper. It is just a social convention that we should all go to college.

I am in an empty marriage since 13 years. I was about to break due to a two years flirt with a person working with me, but that person simply used me to get benefit at work (she was a prostitute essentially) and left when I lost my job. I do not think I will divorce from my current wife because I simply cannot find another person. I have just an horrible personality. That is ok however because she is also a big loser, no education, no possibilities to get a real job and be independent. She is also stuck with me for her life. Poor her and poor me.

 

[SunshineAndSuicide]

I'm a Personal Assistant. I work from home and still it sometimes feels like too much too handle. I struggle to keep jobs due to mental illness worsening in stressful office environments. Fml.

Full-stack Web Developer. So I code the databases and handle all the logic, but also tart up the front ends that users see. I also handle a lot of API integration, whilst swearing at the lack of documentation usually.

I wanna move into more video game programming one day but it's a totally different language(s) and model structure to WebDev

I've been wondering if I should go into web development, since it's my only chance to one day earn decent money - is it super stressful though?