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Online communications for an organisation that focuses on local youths. Everything they organise, do, etc... we offer them a platform and also acts as a link between them and the local politicians. Since we're an online platform, it's a very important job (or so it feels) but it's not always easy to explain. So most of the times I just describe it as: "I post a lot of things on social media and our website as well as writing a newsletter, plus I go to a lot of events"
Trying to ditch all meta/big tech apps, tho, but almost impossible with this job. We rely on Instagram and TikTok a lot (our target audience is 16-30)... That's definitely a downside. Looking to expand to fediverse as well, but it's a slow process
Was a cop, now I'm in EMS. Much better mentality, even with a shittier job environment.
College teacher/academia in music and techology.
Have a bachelor's in Radio/Television/Film. Worked as a Reports Analyst for over a decade writing SQL code to pull data from databases to create reports in spreadsheets. Now for the last sixteen years I've been a hairdresser.
Professional retiree for like 3 decades now ๐ But I also worked a bit here and there and it was as IT-admin or freelancer or both.
Everyone here is using Lemmy and is either in SWE, Sys Engi, Sys Admin or DevOps.
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I'm a datacenter administrator and professional photographer as side hustle. I love my work so much that it barely even feels like work
I work in insurance, specifically auto insurance. I used to work as a bodily injury adjuster, but moved to subro. I've been doing this for longer than I realized. My mom told me with a smile that I'll likely be in insurance the rest of my life. I went home and cried ๐คฃ
Pays alright though. And I'm (currently) able to work from home which I know is a blessing. Just wasn't what I was dreaming about as a little girl, you know?
Storyboard/3D generalist. I work at a small animation studio from home. The good thing about this is that I basically work whatever hours I want as long as I get my work done. That means 11 or 12 start times and I also get a chance to work on my personal projects when it's a slow time. The pay could be better but that's my only complaint.
Android programmer. Picked it up back in 2011 when I was a couple years out of school.
Marine fabricator, which sounds better than upholsterer. I specialize in canvas, making enclosures for boats.
Data engineering. Quite a change from my undergrad path.
I worked in childcare for years, was a teacher for a decade, I've been a waitress and bartender for a decade... maybe it's time to switch again.
My real vocation is as a father, though. How I make money is secondary to that, always.
Doing my BSC in Informatics atm but I am already working as a student intern network engineer for the state railway working on the internal train network and the train-to-land connection but also on stuff like the announcements and dashboards. Wherever I am needed.
Back-office college financial aid at a larger state college. Financial aid mostly disburses by batch process, so my job is to audit that. Some things, like external scholarships, are manual and require a quick reassessment of the financial aid package to ensure the student is still eligible for everything (if anything, loans need reduced sometimes per regulations). Some things require "professional judgement," like when a student is not yet 24 but claims to be independent due to unusual circumstances. There's more, but it's really just an accumulation of batch work, queues, and audits which require a reasonably good working knowledge of regulations.
QA Manager. I started out as a test analyst, then taught myself to code with JS, C#, Python and a little bit of C++. moved into a test automation engineer role then a QA engineer at a different company before being promoted to manager
I'm a Technical IT Consultant, consulting for a large cloud IT platform company.
On the client side, I take on new implementation projects, setups + configurations, maintenance, and help desk tasks that are beyond the help desk department.
Internally, I'm involved in our DevOps and custom app development teams.
Electronics Technician and self taught programmer. My career has been building equipment to test locomotive traction motors and alternators. Lots SQL and PLC programming, electrical drawings, web programming for reports.
professional neet
I was an electrician for 15 years in the canadian military and for the last 3 years an instructor. I got really tired of using my whole body all the time and working outside all year round. I also got really tired of the military lifestyle and how bad the leadership got.
Quit my old job 2 years ago and took up programming. Now im about to graduate from college(canada) with a 4.0gpa and hopefully have a job with i right away.
counselor/mental health
Virtualization Engineer. Finally doing what I am passionate about. I was a stock broker 10 years ago. It was a crazy ride.