What does everyone do for a living?

chris.knudson said:
I've done a little bit of a lot of things. In college, I was a mover and truck driver for United Van Lines. In the 80s-90s I was a broadcast engineer and taught video production at a broadcasting college. I've done corporate communications, graphics design, PR and publishing. I've worked in economic development and for the Chamber of Commerce, and for the past 15 years, I have worked as a security/cybersecurity consultant for the federal government.
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I had a lot of classes with guys working toward their degree in the cyber security field. Those guys were intense, and the stories they had of why they wanted to get into it made my high school shenanigans look relatively lame.
 
I work on a saturation diving boat as a Life Support Supervisor.
We basically do subsea construction with divers.
I’m currently on the “Seven Falcon” and have been for the last 12 years since its conception.
It’s certainly a different career but I found out very early on at school that I’m not suited to the 9-5 style jobs. This one has its ups and downs like all jobs (being on a boat it can literally be up and down!)
 
I’m a retired academic, musician, and composer, having spent the major part of my career teaching bass and ensemble, among others, in a university of technology (equivalent to a technical college?). The last fifteen years since I moved into full-time academia have been spent doing research (editing an academic journal, supervising postgrad students, writing articles and book chapters, and so on).

My current appointment involves more of the same, as well as recognition for so-called creative outputs (recordings and compositions). I regard myself in some ways as lucky (or even blessed if you like) to have had opportunities to pass on my deep passion for all things musical (electronic or otherwise) to the younger generation, some of whom manage to listen to what I have to say without yawning or falling asleep. At least, without making it too obvious 😉
 
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In my previous stress filled life I was a senior Ops Manager for a large UK company handling the accounts for Apple, McLaren, Jaguar Land Rover , VW and some others I had to sign NDAs for. I reckon I was a few months away from a full on breakdown.

These days I'm a full time carer for my wife and a stay at home dad. I've been regularly gigging again for about a year now and I've never been happier.

The other dude who had my role for the other side of the business and who was a lot fitter than I am had a heart attack 6 months ago followed by a stroke. It's safe to say I do not miss it.
 
I was a graphic designer and illustrator for 20 years.
Nothing you will have seen but I did work for some companies that made it big with iPhone games.
And one personal project turned into an actual physical object and I got to invoice one of my favorite actors for it. This led to an art director for a famous magazine asking me to do work for them but...I only got the email months later and nothing ever happened. It's ok. I never had the makings of a talented artist.

Eventually burnout led me to become an English teacher about 10 years ago and this is my gig nowadays. I also used to moonlight as a translator. It was a pretty penny until not long ago but I have since lost all jobs, probably due to AI. Also who needs to translate Polish into Italian anyway? Lol.

When I'm lucky I earn about 75 euros a month playing bass in a cover band in the local dive to audiences of drunk British tourists. I also do occasional solo gigs.

Slim pickings nowadays.

Can you guess why I stopped building?
 
Diynot said:
You are seen my man. I am a support analyst for the Epic electronic health record software for one of the big 3 hospital systems in the area. I unfortunately have to talk to way too many clinicians/physicians to hold their hand through finding their own a$$holes.
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Epic, a four letter word. That is the system I convert data into. Sometimes I'd rather be back making lab analyzers talk to computers. Yeah, I been in the medical field since `96 and I can confirm, some of those people seem to haven't ever touched a computer before. Heck, some Doctors refuse to. Seems too complicated for them. 🤣
 
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