What do you do for work?

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I'm an aircraft engineer. Wanted to be a pilot since I was a kid cause I'm obsessed with airplanes. Thought of my future and that I will not always be home if I got married and had kids.

So, I went with aircraft engineering and can't complain. I'm down to work on anything that has planes.

Also don't you dare and make that joke here, cunt.
 
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I'm an independent journalist. I spend most of my day on Twitter trying to right the wrongs of the world, little bit by little bit. It's a thankless job, but some of us need to stand up and be brave enough to do it... for the greater good.

We live in a world full of hate, misogyny, sexism and xenophobia and I find that bringing the vile people that are guilty of pushing these hateful things to light helps to make this world a better place. I'm definitely doing my part. But it's a tough job. It comes with its share of depression and anxiety, but it's a small price to pay to help those who are systematically oppressed.
 
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I'm the Dark Overlord of the multiverse. I kinda show up when it's time for a species to die and make sure it goes smoothly.. last time I was here was for the dinosaurs. Takes time though and can get a bit boring so to keep myself busy while all the pieces are put in place I do a side job for an Armored Car service.

Makes sense when you think about it. Money is like the energy that makes the world go round. I take the energy from one place and deliver it to the other. Just like in real life, I act as a mediator for everything. Life, death, creation, destruction. Funny i've been doing the Armored Car thing for 18 years, as a metaphor for what i've been doing for all time.
 
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Falcs said:
I'm an independent journalist. I spend most of my day on Twitter trying to right the wrongs of the world, little bit by little bit. It's a thankless job, but some of us need to stand up and be brave enough to do it... for the greater good.

We live in a world full of hate, misogyny, sexism and xenophobia and I find that bringing the vile people that are guilty of pushing these hateful things to light helps to make this world a better place. I'm definitely doing my part. But it's a tough job. It comes with its share of depression and anxiety, but it's a small price to pay to help those who are systematically oppressed.
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This is a serious thread, farnsgoth.
 
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Everyone thinks i'm joking.. the dinosaurs were smirking and laughing their ass off right up until the pretty light in the sky that they didn't remember seeing before.
 
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In all seriousness...

I'm in management, with an IT background. I work for a large global company.
I started off my career in a low level IT job, in a small office, playing Counter Strike every day for like 5 hours straight (+ Lunch break) and getting paid around $60,000 for it.
Ahh.. to be in my easy twenties again...
Sometimes I miss the simpler times.
 
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IT. I started on the tech side, then managed a team, then managed a shift, then remembered managing employees is worse than managing customers, so I asked to be switched to phone support (which everyone universally hates) for job security and ease. I probably do a total of 1hr of work a day and fill the rest of the time with exercise and "keeping an eye on things".
 
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Distribution lineman.
I connect new users on the grid and also do maintenence on 0,4kV and 10kV grid.

Just connected a new building/future user to the grid today. It turned out okay.
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Right now I'm just farming on family property and going to school. I'm at a crossroads in work, I graduate with my BA in Conservation/Natural Resources in October, I used to plant trees for the state I live in and was on the path to forestry. That didn't feel like work outside of physical soreness, but I screwed my shoulder in an non-work accident and can't lift the trees we'd plant reliably quite yet (which could hurt someone else at work). I'd like to explore a bit before settling in for good, though; bat conservation (currently endangered in my area) and hunting\game management also peak my interests.
 
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Tindalos said:
Right now I'm just farming on family property and going to school. I'm at a crossroads in work, I graduate with my BA in Conservation/Natural Resources in October, I used to plant trees for the state I live in and was on the path to forestry. That didn't feel like work outside of physical soreness, but I screwed my shoulder in an non-work accident and can't lift the trees we'd plant reliably quite yet (which could hurt someone else at work). I'd like to explore a bit before settling in for good, though; bat conservation (currently endangered in my area) and hunting\game management also peak my interests.
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Farming on family land looks pretty damn appealing from where I currently am.
 
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I am just a software developer. Trying to stay as a developer because managing people sucks because of the unnecessary drama.
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Managing is ok if your team is good. Although all the corporate/managment wank and bullshit can get pretty tiring.

But if your team is shit, yeah really sucks as a job.
It's ridiculous how much some people need so much handholding and support from their manager. Like, you'd think after 5+ years so doing the same job, you'd have figured out by now how to deal with certain situations. Sometimes you just want to say "Just figure it the fuck out man". But that's management.
 
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Falcs said:
Managing is ok if your team is good. Although all the corporate/managment wank and bullshit can get pretty tiring.

But if your team is shit, yeah really sucks as a job.
It's ridiculous how much some people need so much handholding and support from their manager. Like, you'd think after 5+ years so doing the same job, you'd have figured out by now how to deal with certain situations. Sometimes you just want to say "Just figure it the fuck out man". But that's management.
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It's the corporate wank and bullshit that is being pushed to management that grinds my gears. I don't believe in all that stuff so i can't convince anyone else with that garbo either.
 
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Barnabot said:
It's the corporate wank and bullshit that is being pushed to management that grinds my gears. I don't believe in all that stuff so i can't convince anyone else with that garbo either.
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Yeah I don't buy any of that shit either. It's actually why my team really likes me, because I'm honest with them and they know I'm actually looking out for them.
All the management training I've done basically comes down to it being: Business > Management > Employees.
I've flipped it around. I put my team first, management next, business last. Of course, I would never tell my bosses this, and it might not be what's in the best interest for the business but IDGAF. It's gotten good results from my team because they actually want to follow my leadership.
 
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Falcs said:
Yeah I don't buy any of that shit either. It's actually why my team really likes me, because I'm honest with them and they know I'm actually looking out for them.
All the management training I've done basically comes down to it being: Business > Management > Employees.
I've flipped it around. I put my team first, management next, business last. Of course, I would never tell my bosses this, and it might not be what's in the best interest for the business but IDGAF. It's gotten good results from my team because they actually want to follow my leadership.
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You're doing it right; I used to run a small factory's 3rd shift, and my only stipulation going in was that I got sole discretion in hiring my team. This place leaned heavy on temps, so I would bring temps in every week, and keep the ones that I knew would do well, and after a week's trial I would ask the agency not to send back the ones who were dragging down the team. Everyone on the shift worked hard together and got along, and I let them set lunch/break times, and gave extra breaks, etc if we were hitting nightly production/quality goals.

After about 2 months of that shit, I had a fantastic team, and we were fucking killing it. The 3rd shift crew was dumping all over the 1st shifters in terms of quality and quantity. If you've ever worked in manufacturing, and know anything about the type of interesting people you get working on 3rd shift vs 1st, you'd know that scenario should absolutely never happen.

Tl;DR - Having the right team and treating them well is the best way to go.
 
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