What do you do for a living?

[TheMajesticKing777]

That question of course goes to the people that do something for a living, for the rest of you that aren't sure or do something but until they have something better

What do you want to do for a living?

By living I mean you want to settle to this job or profession and you plan on doing it for an actual living, until you die or get fired

[Man-O-Metal]

Manufacturing engineer for a metalcasting foundry and machine shop. We pour molten metal to make parts, then machine them to the finishing tolerances. I personally have a position that deals with quality control, part and process investigation, process improvement, lab testing and experimentation, material inspection and analysis... The list just goes on. Every time I tell people what I do, I just say my company pours molten metal. Beyond that they have a hard time understanding. Because of that I take pictures and videos of what I do to give them a better idea.

[TheMajesticKing777]

I've seen those on instagram, it looks so satisfying to mess with metal juice lol

[Ευδεμονια]

I work as designer in an engineering studio here in my city. We design, calculate and build the structural part of houses, condominiums, industrial and logistic plants, we design acqueducts, sewers, also we participate in Public Investment programs for renewing ex industrial areas and to build conferme to centres.


I’m sure happy with my work despite being it not exactly what I studied for, but I get an average pay, sufficient to live decently with some satisfactions.

[TheMajesticKing777]

So architecture?

[Ευδεμονια]

Yes! I studied architecture, with structure and constructions address.

[TheMajesticKing777]

That's cool, I tried that for a while until I figured out you had to master calculus, I said fuck that

[Ευδεμονια]

Yes, I remember at university… luckily first exam of calculus were basically the basis my high school gave me so it has been easy. The second one has been a pain in the heck! Like every scientific subject there’s always calculations to do 😂

[TheMajesticKing777]

Math is like a that annoying step grandmother that's always in the way somehow

[Smoke-n-Growls]

I work in IT, specifically Robotic Process Automation. It's my second career after Human Resources and so much more my style. The pay bump is nice, too.

As a side gig, I also work retail, and I'm slowly getting primed to set up some sidegigs.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Interesting

[Apulu_Imback]

I get good marks for my parents...

I want to be a part of Music Industry and a writer for living.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Interesting

[ChrisMaster69]

Work for a global technology company, technical side of things, involved in products, software dev and also security (ethical, red team and social engineering).

[TheMajesticKing777]

Interesting

[Slartybartfast]

I have degrees in engineering and computer science


I change lightbulbs..

[TheMajesticKing777]

That is pretty depressing dude lol

[Slartybartfast]

Actually it's a fantastic union job with lots of time off and frankly I make decent money but I don't really need it. I got tired of the long hours, lack of job security and high stress of engineering jobs.
I own property which is my primary income. The job just had great benefits and I don't pay SSI.

To be honest I was being a bit silly. I'm in charge of all the lighting at a university including outside and on top of buildings stadium lights etc. I'm often way way up in the air on a lift , scaffolding etc. I program the lighting control systems and do minor electric work.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Oh so they aren't just normal boring old light bulbs, fair enough

[Slartybartfast]

When I first started I was on top of the hospital and found a few big search lights that were all not working.

I found the bulbs in an old storage area (about the size of a large water Mellon) the ballasts and everything so fixed then all up and set the timer for 10pm..

The next day.. I got a visit from the hospital air care pilots and a call from the FAA asking to turn them off.

Oops.. you could literally see the lights in Kentucky.

[Fireguy17]

I love what I do, and always have.
So I don't plan on changing professions.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Okay so what's the profession? Lol

[Fireguy17]

Firefighter/EMT

[matchrestore]

I design lighting, staging, scenery, and video wall for corporate and non-profit events, as well as do rigging and temporary electrical work to implement those designs.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Damn that's pretty cool, seems like a pretty difficult responsibility

[matchrestore]

Yeah, it takes a lot of planning and paperwork but it's it's rewarding. And my days are never routine.

[TheMajesticKing777]

That's sounds juicy not gonna lie

[Slartybartfast]

We have similar jobs.

[susie22]

I'm an Aeronautical Engineer and a Pilot.

[TheMajesticKing777]

What that's pretty wild

[TheMajesticKing777]

Woah*

[susie22]

Thank you, I put in a lot of study and hard work to get to this point, still working to improve.

[TheMajesticKing777]

That's good, best of luck with it

[susie22]

Thank you, so far, so good, hopefully that continues.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Indeed

[Nikki1989]

Office worker. Nothing exciting.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Anything specific tho, what does the company revolve around, insurance?

[Nikki1989]

Real Estate.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Ooh that's pretty cool, nice, thanks for the opinion

[Slartybartfast]

My company used to have the IT contract for remax.

[AFretiredTXn]

I'm retired.

[TheMajesticKing777]

What was your profession then

[AFretiredTXn]

@themajesticking777 22 years Military, and then 21 years WalMart, then 6 years School Bus Driver.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Damn that's pretty crazy

[AFretiredTXn]

@themajesticking777 And now just a Volunteer at Local Police Dept.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Volunteer? As an officer tho?