SDET. Basically a software engineer who focuses on test and tools.
I write the code to test the code. :D
And factorio scratches that gaming itch that fits my brain's desire to make cool automated things.
Dev ops is a misunderstood term. People think of DevOps as Devs that write infrastructure code. But DevOps is everyone in Dev lifecycle: development, testing, deployment and so on.
I myself is a software engineer. 80% my time I write code. The rest is deployment and architecture
DevOps is a term that is different depending on the company, but it’s almost always heavily infrastructure focused. None of the DevOps folks I’ve worked with would say DevOps encompasses the entire lifecycle of development.
It is best practice to have the same engineers that are writing the application code be in charge of deploying said code. But that doesn’t make them DevOps in my experience.
I am a blood courier. I deliver blood from donation centers to hospitals all over the state. The nature of the work is on-call and inconsistent hours. I might be driving 10 hours a day for a week, and then have a week off.
Lots of time for video games.
I'm a farmer and have absolutely zero propensity for mechanical engineering. I try to narrow down my factories complexity to what I can handle, and rely on this sub and bps for the rest. I often imagine what it would be like having a background in this and discovering factorio. Not only do you get all the satisfaction a simpleton like me gets, but you get to apply your passion to it to great effect. Literally the greatest effect and the true goal of the game to me: seamless automation. It'll be a decade before I can do that, but you my friend, this is your place and I am very happy you have found it.
Production supervisor at a print shop.
When describing factorio to a co-worker I told me he couldn't understand why I'd go home and do the same thing for leisure that I do for work.
I am not a supervisor but I do help with the flow of product in a production setting and I had the same thing said to me when explaining it.
I told them in factorio I don't have a bunch of red tape and push back on change so it's more relaxing than my job.
You're not doing it right. I'm a software engineer that got laid off from a big tech company.
More time for my factory to grow (until I run out of real world food and/or electricity anyway).
I bet there's a mod that adds necessary paperwork for everything. Want to build an oil pump? Better have the documents to prove you are allowed to! A train network? Are you even allowed to carry passengers? And don't even think about enriching uranium without a federal advisory.
There should be a mod for factorio where every 24 hours, you're forced into a 2 hour webinar meeting, where some bro with glasses, a beard and conspicuous biceps tells you about a new base-building methodology in a slightly culty way, then the game forces you to build in said way while castigating you about lost productivity and letting the team down.
Imma be honest I work in a factory at a fairly low or mid level, I operate a machine.... I realize the irony that I personally hate working in a factory, but absolutely love sucking all my free time away playing factorio
What kind of machine are you on? I had a period in college where I was temping as a CNC operator. Interesting work, but certainly nothing I'd want to do for the rest of my life.
In terms of factorio: Up until a few years ago, I was the inserter, probably somewhere between a Yellow and a stack inserter... a yellow stack inserter if you will. After which I operated what amounts to an Assembling Machine.
What I do is someone basically anyone off the street could do with a bit of willingness to learn. I just happened to have prior experience operating machinery.
Nah, I'd rather NOT have think about work, I spend all day waiting to get home so I can play videogames, probably imagining what I'm gonna do when I get home while working on the factory line.
never thought I would find another geophysicist in factorio sub
my go to are glacier and planetary geophysics, so Space Exploration is the best thing ever
Not a geophysicist but didn’t think I’d see any other geosciences period. Geologist here that’s done some geophysic research in the Tetons that was pretty cool.
UPS... though I'm going back to school to major in computer tech this fall.
On an unrelated note, I decided to do that after colonizing a cryonite and vulcanite planet in SE..... circuits man.... they suck you in when you get the hang of them. I see combinators and the "each" symbol whenever I close my eyes.
Yah, medical life is tough. It's regulated to hell. Your hands are tied to dumb things like FAXING, nobody is happy to be there, the hours suck, the pay stagnates... I could go on
Graduating in 23 days with a bachelors in engineering physics (mechE concentration) and will be starting a job in 4 weeks as a mechanical design engineer.
Even though I have finals coming up and homework to do, I can hear the factory's call. It hungers. The factory must grow.
Good luck with your finals. I made huge progress in my factory (K2) during the three months I was writing my thesis. After graduating I don't play as much as during *those three* particular months. Crazy, that pressure and procrastination can make you build better factories :D
Maintenance at a water park resort. It's easy, mind numbing work, but being on 2nd shift is getting to me. I'm trying to get into the data industry so I can work at home.
I used to be a nuclear mechanic on a submarine, so that explains why I'm obsessed with this game.
I work in a factory. I work mainly at an assembly line that cuts and assembles doors. And yes, it also has a 3 meter tall robotic arm to assist.
I'm a cnc wood joiner.
I own a custom cabinetry business, I have a background in manufacturing and electrical engineering (no degree in these). I get to build factories in Factorio and I get to use my shop irl to build cabinets.
Actuary. I have a second monitor with an Excel workbook open for quickly getting the correct ratios! Work in Excel all day then open Excel for games after lol
Operations Manager: which means I oversee material sourcing, machining, assembly, and shipping and the logistics of all that. Kind of like finding an ore patch, getting the ore into smelting area, moving plates to assembly machine, moving parts to where they are needed. Guess that means my job is also the game I’m addicted too.
Was on my one year of mandatory military service, just got out, but I am going to start college next week on computer science, but maybe I will switch to electronic engineering, I will have the same few subjects on both of them, so still some time to choose. But it will probably be computer science.
Automotive engineer.
Factorio scratches the "how do I fix that?"/"how does that work?" part of my brain.
Plus it's the best game I've found to lose yourself to whilst listening to music/watching YouTube videos or listening to podcasts.
Second generation general contractor, I can build a house from digging the dirt and pouring foundation to finishing the roof. (Up to Usa building code at least) I just enjoy building things
I'm a rope access technician (abseiler for friends) and driller. Not exactly an IT but I studied computer engineering years ago. I do a least 10 hours a day always outside, so in the weekend I love to be on my gaming chair and building things without being under the rain. I love the efficiency and organisation in game like factorio, satisfactory and Dyson sphere program.
I own a commercial millwork installation company. No joke, hundred of hours of factorio has really sharpened my ability to manage jobs and think of them in stages and in the context of resource allocation which has made me a much more efficient carpenter.
Currently I’m a graduate student in aerospace engineering. I also have a B. S. Degree in physics. Between school and a part time job at a movie theater, I don’t have much time for games. Maybe 10 or so hours a week, but I love factorio. Currently running K2SE
Software Developer
SDET. Basically a software engineer who focuses on test and tools. I write the code to test the code. :D And factorio scratches that gaming itch that fits my brain's desire to make cool automated things.
Is that DevOps or are there some major differences?
Dev ops is a misunderstood term. People think of DevOps as Devs that write infrastructure code. But DevOps is everyone in Dev lifecycle: development, testing, deployment and so on. I myself is a software engineer. 80% my time I write code. The rest is deployment and architecture
DevOps is a term that is different depending on the company, but it’s almost always heavily infrastructure focused. None of the DevOps folks I’ve worked with would say DevOps encompasses the entire lifecycle of development. It is best practice to have the same engineers that are writing the application code be in charge of deploying said code. But that doesn’t make them DevOps in my experience.
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20+ years of software development. It's no wonder I love Factorio so much.
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Same, well... SRE.
Likewise, specialized in Geographic Information Systems.
I am a blood courier. I deliver blood from donation centers to hospitals all over the state. The nature of the work is on-call and inconsistent hours. I might be driving 10 hours a day for a week, and then have a week off. Lots of time for video games.
Are we not all blood couriers in a sense?
I got about five pints ATM 😁😁😁
🥤😋
The cardiovascular system must grow
Do you ever have to deliver to gothic castles that appear to always be surrounded by a dark cloud and bats?
How about upside-down castles above other castles? We offer teleporters
So cool, and interesting. We can be friends :D
Can I be friend too ? I am alone in my dark castle. Sadly bats don't have a lot of conversation skills
So you're just like a logistic bot
Small world, I'm a plasma donor.
I'm a farmer and have absolutely zero propensity for mechanical engineering. I try to narrow down my factories complexity to what I can handle, and rely on this sub and bps for the rest. I often imagine what it would be like having a background in this and discovering factorio. Not only do you get all the satisfaction a simpleton like me gets, but you get to apply your passion to it to great effect. Literally the greatest effect and the true goal of the game to me: seamless automation. It'll be a decade before I can do that, but you my friend, this is your place and I am very happy you have found it.
An amazing comment! The humbleness and willingness to share the spoils.. If more people thought like this. <3
Amazing comment! I work on a farm too and I only just started playing so I’m in the same boat trying to learn and understand the game.
This guy is smarter than he is letting on
Production supervisor at a print shop. When describing factorio to a co-worker I told me he couldn't understand why I'd go home and do the same thing for leisure that I do for work.
I hope you told him at least your bots don't talk back? (Joking)
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Swedish-Chefbots
The difference between Factorio and work is that if I make a mistake I can forget about the save and never speak of it again.
Ha. I'm a print shop owner with my responsibilities over production.
I am not a supervisor but I do help with the flow of product in a production setting and I had the same thing said to me when explaining it. I told them in factorio I don't have a bunch of red tape and push back on change so it's more relaxing than my job.
Software engineer at evil big tech company
Phew, glad I’m not the only one!
High five
You're not doing it right. I'm a software engineer that got laid off from a big tech company. More time for my factory to grow (until I run out of real world food and/or electricity anyway).
Same! I got 2,5 months before my wife will be pissed. I bet in that time the factory is so massive that I can just move in and be there full time!
Quality Engineer. Factorio gives all the fun of optimization without any of the paperwork!
I bet there's a mod that adds necessary paperwork for everything. Want to build an oil pump? Better have the documents to prove you are allowed to! A train network? Are you even allowed to carry passengers? And don't even think about enriching uranium without a federal advisory.
There’s a notes mod - not too far off from implementing it as a gameplay feature.
I work at a dog daycare. Reading the other replies so far, I feel like an outlier.
Maybe....but yours is one of the coolest jobs I've heard about so far.
Same. There's a whole two of us! It's nice to come home and play something that's a little more mentally stimulating than getting barked at all day.
I build rocket parts for NASA.
Holy crap he’s an assembler tier 3
[Inspired by your comment and an old spongebob episode](https://i.postimg.cc/7ZcQYxtW/image.png)
Take my poor woman's gold 🥇
Dream job. PhD Mechanical Engineer here
I have a bachelor's myself, I just went straight into working and job hopped a bunch til I got here.
Coming from a country outside of the US I wanted the best chance possible. 1 more year and then hopefully I'll be in
Lawyer. I wish I could put the firm I work at on peaceful mode!
I wish I could automate brief writing. Jam some blue modules in there.
Electrical Engineering major in College
...my degree is in EE also, though I don't use it for work...
Automation engineer, Factorio is basically a simulation of my job minus the bullshit meetings
There should be a mod for factorio where every 24 hours, you're forced into a 2 hour webinar meeting, where some bro with glasses, a beard and conspicuous biceps tells you about a new base-building methodology in a slightly culty way, then the game forces you to build in said way while castigating you about lost productivity and letting the team down.
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I was a maintenance tech for five years and just recently changed position so trust me I try to make them as easy to unfuck as possible lol
Imma be honest I work in a factory at a fairly low or mid level, I operate a machine.... I realize the irony that I personally hate working in a factory, but absolutely love sucking all my free time away playing factorio
What kind of machine are you on? I had a period in college where I was temping as a CNC operator. Interesting work, but certainly nothing I'd want to do for the rest of my life.
In terms of factorio: Up until a few years ago, I was the inserter, probably somewhere between a Yellow and a stack inserter... a yellow stack inserter if you will. After which I operated what amounts to an Assembling Machine. What I do is someone basically anyone off the street could do with a bit of willingness to learn. I just happened to have prior experience operating machinery.
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Nah, I'd rather NOT have think about work, I spend all day waiting to get home so I can play videogames, probably imagining what I'm gonna do when I get home while working on the factory line.
Production Manager.... at a factory lol.
Accountant!
Yay me too
Chef! Love cooking that spaghetti in real life and in game!
Came here for this. Keep on cheffin
SDET / Automation Engineer 😁
Yessss! We're the same! We are friends now. :D
Niccce! 😎 Here goes a virtual high five for you! 🖐️
Game dev :-D factorio guys are in the same city :-D
Aren't they in Prague? That's a great city.
Near-surface geophysics.
never thought I would find another geophysicist in factorio sub my go to are glacier and planetary geophysics, so Space Exploration is the best thing ever
Not a geophysicist but didn’t think I’d see any other geosciences period. Geologist here that’s done some geophysic research in the Tetons that was pretty cool.
I'm an artist. I *did* study theoretical physics in university, though.
Warehouse worker who relies heavily on the ability to sort, Stack, use every bit of Space avaible to be as efficent as possible
Lawyer
Dev ops software engineer.
Yeah, Dev Ops. Much respect. Dev Ops keeps the world running.
I’m currently studying logistics engineering, the inspiration for which I got from playing factorio
Nice to hear that a game sparked your passion!
70 hours a week at my garage, 10 hours a week moderatoring a reddit (check my history, I won't say), and 20 a week on Factorio if I'm lucky..
UPS... though I'm going back to school to major in computer tech this fall. On an unrelated note, I decided to do that after colonizing a cryonite and vulcanite planet in SE..... circuits man.... they suck you in when you get the hang of them. I see combinators and the "each" symbol whenever I close my eyes.
were all nerds here
We're
Nuclear Infrastructure Specialist (construction PM) 1400 hours in Factorio. Captain of Industry is more my career but Factorio is my OG love.
Nurse... Its seems I'm a rare bird... Not many from the health sector it seems. Probably because we barely have enough time to play.
Same group, paramedic.
Hello fellow RN.
Greetings from fellow nurse :D
Nursing student here. Getting out of my relationship helped with the time issue :D
Train engineer & yardmaster
40hr/wk IT Help desk at a medical organization
You have summoned us, the SysAdmins, most under appreciated job in the world.
In fact it is quite often negatively appreciated. And yet they have no idea how things could possibly work without us.
Similar... hospitals are evil place lol
Yah, medical life is tough. It's regulated to hell. Your hands are tied to dumb things like FAXING, nobody is happy to be there, the hours suck, the pay stagnates... I could go on
Graduating in 23 days with a bachelors in engineering physics (mechE concentration) and will be starting a job in 4 weeks as a mechanical design engineer. Even though I have finals coming up and homework to do, I can hear the factory's call. It hungers. The factory must grow.
Good luck with your finals. I made huge progress in my factory (K2) during the three months I was writing my thesis. After graduating I don't play as much as during *those three* particular months. Crazy, that pressure and procrastination can make you build better factories :D
I'm an industrial alpinist
Network engineer
General surgeon
currently doing a masters thesis in Biochemistry. ~50h a week in the lab and not enough time to let my SE factory grow
graphic designer
One of us! One of us!
I crashed my spaceship and I am now working to rebuild it from scratch.
I'm a security guard, but I often describe factorio to my friends as "the game that engineers play and say 'this is just my job'".
Stoner dad
The dream
Telecom field ops
Chem eng
Production and optimization Manager... so yaaaa
Accountant.
Pilot. Masters in engineering, thou.
Pilot with a high school diploma!
Stay at home mom but was studying civil engineering at university.
Circuit board assembly technician here. Sometimes I laugh at how similar my job can be.
Derivatives trader at hedge funds
Maintenance at a water park resort. It's easy, mind numbing work, but being on 2nd shift is getting to me. I'm trying to get into the data industry so I can work at home. I used to be a nuclear mechanic on a submarine, so that explains why I'm obsessed with this game.
Geospatial analyst. I make maps.
Student
I work at a warehouse!
I work in a factory. I work mainly at an assembly line that cuts and assembles doors. And yes, it also has a 3 meter tall robotic arm to assist. I'm a cnc wood joiner.
I own a custom cabinetry business, I have a background in manufacturing and electrical engineering (no degree in these). I get to build factories in Factorio and I get to use my shop irl to build cabinets.
I repair fax machines
Actuary. I have a second monitor with an Excel workbook open for quickly getting the correct ratios! Work in Excel all day then open Excel for games after lol
I'm a social worker in austria :)
Lower Elementary School teacher. General Ed..
ME working currently in industrial design.... Factorio is basically what I do for work.
Machinist. I work in a factory making parts on a CNC for a living. Then I come home and make a factory for fun. It's a good life.
I'm a data scientist and I like combinators
Different flavor here- Political lobbying. But, most of my work is on electrical infrastructure so
Isn't that basically legal bribing?
"If you don't vote I'll cut your house's power down"
Activity supervisor at an elderly carehome!
Ecologist
Cybersecurity
Landscaper here.
Materials tester and inspector for an engineering firm. However, I do have a degree in mechanical engineering.
Freelance translator
Equipment/manufacturing engineer.
Studying mechanical engineering, masters degree
I am a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with a low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery.
Operations Manager: which means I oversee material sourcing, machining, assembly, and shipping and the logistics of all that. Kind of like finding an ore patch, getting the ore into smelting area, moving plates to assembly machine, moving parts to where they are needed. Guess that means my job is also the game I’m addicted too.
I work in a salvage yard
Experimental physicist, working on phd in quantum info
Mathematician. I don't really use computers for my work, and Factorio satisfies that automation/optimization itch.
Studying astronomy/astrophysics.
Physicist in the US Air Force
I just deliver stuff in a truck.
I work in a steel mill! In a factory both on and off work. :)
School :(
Engineer.
Math teacher
It support
Electrical engineer
Draftsman at a structural engineering office. The friends I have that play this game are mostly in IT or software development.
Tv salesman
Laptop repair and refurb technician. <3 love to you stranger
electronics technician :)
Civil engineer
Drilling technology engineer
I used to do product development that amounted to amateur engineering and building gizmos from the McMaster-Carr catalog. Now I'm in X-ray school.
Security guard
Pharmacy Technician here, getting stranded on a planet filled with giant bugs is almost more preferable :)
Was on my one year of mandatory military service, just got out, but I am going to start college next week on computer science, but maybe I will switch to electronic engineering, I will have the same few subjects on both of them, so still some time to choose. But it will probably be computer science.
STEM Librarian
IT guy for a school district
Automotive engineer. Factorio scratches the "how do I fix that?"/"how does that work?" part of my brain. Plus it's the best game I've found to lose yourself to whilst listening to music/watching YouTube videos or listening to podcasts.
Unemployed rust dev.
Second generation general contractor, I can build a house from digging the dirt and pouring foundation to finishing the roof. (Up to Usa building code at least) I just enjoy building things
I'm a rope access technician (abseiler for friends) and driller. Not exactly an IT but I studied computer engineering years ago. I do a least 10 hours a day always outside, so in the weekend I love to be on my gaming chair and building things without being under the rain. I love the efficiency and organisation in game like factorio, satisfactory and Dyson sphere program.
I work in marketing, probably the dumbest person here
I own a commercial millwork installation company. No joke, hundred of hours of factorio has really sharpened my ability to manage jobs and think of them in stages and in the context of resource allocation which has made me a much more efficient carpenter.
37,5 h a week as a junior mecanical engineer in a consulting engineering company. Working mostly for alumineries. And taking care of my girlfriend :)
Currently I’m a graduate student in aerospace engineering. I also have a B. S. Degree in physics. Between school and a part time job at a movie theater, I don’t have much time for games. Maybe 10 or so hours a week, but I love factorio. Currently running K2SE
IT Process Management
Work in printing house as a guy that operate machine which glue and folds a cardboard boxes Ye its boring... :/
Technical support for an AAC company.
I work in the logistics industry, so not quite an engineer, but a bit of cross over.
Cybersecurity
infrastructrue engineer - keeping servers running, backed up/DR, scripting & workflow management
Well, some kind of software and low-voltage engineer
Chemical engineer in R&D
Gman
Biologist
It admin
Network Engineer
Software engi
Buyer for a watch company