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This quote captures a rule I'd like to live my life, and by extension my career by. I'd like to have a job where every day looks different because you respond to whatever eventualities arise. What is a good way to find these?

I'm not asking for specific job positions (although feel free to suggest some) because I imagine such positions exist in most fields โ€” I'm rather asking for ways to find these/filter for these in a given field.

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As far as ways to filter for such positions, maybe look for roles that require traveling? At the very least, you'd be in a different location throughout your week.

[-] PiecePractical@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago

Seconding this. If you're handy, look into work as a field repair technician of some kind. I used to repair machine tools for a company that covered a tristate area. Not only did I not know what I would do from one day to the next, I didn't know how long the day would be or if I'd even be home at the end of it or staying in a hotel. Money was great and the work was very interesting. Admittedly, the drive time and lack of a schedule for home life gets old after a while but, I did it for 15 years and the first ten were great. I was ready for another career after a decade but stuck it out for another five years because I was picky about the new gig.

No regrets.

this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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