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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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[-] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 15 points 4 months ago

Librarian at a PreK-5 school (3-11 years old). I teach 45 minute classes to everyone each week. 700 kids, 32 classes. Less stress than classroom teaching while still following the same schedule.

[-] Sheldybear@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

I'm a museum curator based in Europe (very different from the Americas). It's a wonderful job of travel, being close to history and bringing some goodness into the world, if you don't mind the salary of working for a charity.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I manage money and people.

[-] Maven@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago
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[-] THB@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago

I'm an artist in animation ✏️

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I'm in IT, but one of my lifelong friends is a radio tower climber. He drives up to the mountains, climbs these 500' radio towers, and repairs them. Another close friend is an audio engineer. Another close friend owns a taxi company in a small tourist town. Another friend is a building maintenance manager. Another friend is a regional bank manager. There are millions of jobs out there. Lemmy just attracts a specific kind of person.

[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Insurance claims investigation. In-house PI, essentially

[-] subtext@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I’m a water engineer!

Sourcing, recycling, and transporting

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

I work with school kids who have disabilities.

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Sound and communications technician. I put cables in the walls, floors or ceilings for structured cabling projects.

Not glamorous work but, I get to be in large buildings and, most of the time I work in climate controlled occupied space.

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[-] jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago

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

[-] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago

Sounds like you are pretty handy.

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 10 points 4 months ago

That’s awful. You don’t even have a leg to stand on

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[-] Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

Environmental engineer. I clean up chemical messes like oil spills, and make sure that the resulting land is safe enough for people to live on it.

It's fun and challenging, if somewhat depressing at times. Some things take a LONG time to clean up. On the plus side, I have great job security.

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[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

How many years did you prepare the image collection before asking this question, OP?

I work in IT, by the way. (Don't use Arch though, Tumbleweed crew represent!)

[-] Pazuzu@midwest.social 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm a linehaul driver, pic from my first day at this job. I pull a set of double-trailers back and forth between two company terminals overnight. Same route each time, home every day. Pretty chill and easy work, I just listen to audiobooks and podcasts all night as I try not to slap anyone with my back trailer. any recommendations for something new to listen to I'd love to hear it

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[-] ma11en@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Snack food manufacturing, running machines that put snacks into bags and then those bags into boxes.

[-] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Musician / music teacher.

It's pretty cool

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[-] J4g2F@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 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.

[-] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago
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[-] Specal@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Whilst I am doing a CS degree now, for the last 9 years I was a 5 axis CNC machinist for stone products. I still do It part time as they haven't found a replacement yet (after a year lmao).

[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Mathematics Lecturer (just teaching foundation mind).

It's far more fun than people think, but with next to no real holidays (summer is actually quite busy). Also it sucked being on temporary contract, because you had no idea if you'd have work in 12 months no matter how good you were.

[-] Tugboater203@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

I drive a tugboat and transport clean oil on the East and Gulf Coasts.

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[-] sicarius@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm a rope access industrial radiographer.
Edit: colloquially known as a "bomber"

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[-] Fogle@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago
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[-] Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Electronics RF Engineer, working with legal compliance. Loads of calculations, measurements, and paperwork. Occasionally, I'll get to test something with cool expensive equipment.

[-] Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

Machine maintenance / Macgyver. We make air filters and I have to make sure the machines that make them are running.

I also do any other random jobs. Currently I'm creating a simple webpage to submit machine issues that get sent to a Google sheet and an email sent out.

I also machine metal replacement parts. Of course I make any personal projects I want to as well.

[-] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Bridge Inspector for state DOT/DOH.

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[-] elephantium@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Software engineer, aka glorified code-monkey. Ook!

You might say that my job fits under the umbrella of IT, but no, it's totally a different thing! ;)

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[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 months ago

Production of commercial robots. Though, I just lost my job and the job I was going to pulled out last minute, so next week, I won’t be working on anything.

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[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

State government paper pusher

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago
[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Your dedication to finding appropriate responses is appreciated.

[-] Shanedino@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Embedded Software Engineer. Like the software that would run on a coffee maker, medical equipment, bulldozer, etc.

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