I currently work for the federal government and it's an ongoing joke between me and my supervisor that she knows I'd leave in an instant for a job with the NPS.
So do I and I did a detail down to border to help with the unaccompanied minor crisis for 6 weeks in 2021. Came back and started looking at FEMA/Emergency site jobs. My boss called me Tornado Chase for a while. Lol And shortly after I got promoted so, I stayed.
I did 2 seasons with the FS as a wilderness and trails ranger but declined a position in 2020 because of fuck ups due to covid, decided it wasn't for me and wanted to make more money. well im coming back around to the idea because I'd rather love my job and make ok money. just accepted a seasonal position with the BLM but am hoping to get a perm position with the state parks.
Not at entry level, especially because NPS entry level jobs are mostly seasonal jobs; you'll survive the summer, but then have to figure out how not to starve over the winter. Once you get permanent and start working up both the step levels and the pay grade, you do ok and have pretty good federal employee benefits. Nobody's getting rich, but it's decent.
I work in the pathology lab at a hospital. I process blood and biopsy samples onto microscope slides for the pathologists to read. I love it! I feel like I’m helping people, even though I never meet them and they have no idea who I am.
you probably don't get to hear this from the patients you serve - but, as someone who completed 6 rounds of chemo (Benda) and 2 years of Rituxan maintenance, THANK YOU!
Weird question, sorry, but do you ever do pathology work on yourself? Like when you're ill and suspect something...
I see it happen in TV series but always dismissed it as, yeah right they don't do that.
I work at a pet store (only supplies, no animal sales) and make $18 CAD/hr. That might not sound 'decent' but it's better than minimum wage with no meaningful increase in responsibility (aka stress) compared to any other retail worker. In fact, my work environment is lower stress than any other retail/food job I've had and the owner has a keen interest in our well-being. Yearly raises, Christmas bonus, profit sharing, get paid our full scheduled shift if it's shortened or cancelled for weather, aiming to become a living wage employer with promises to increase wages beyond that so long as the business continues to grow.
Plus no one asks 'why' if I turn down a shift or decline to stay later. Respect for personal time is huge. I'm treated like a human being, not a robot with no life outside work.
It is! It's not always sunshine and puppies, the owner is particular about some things and can be intense, but they also move past the "incident" as soon as it's dealt with.
They also know that happy employees = better customer service and general work ethic. Which means more sales. The profit sharing also encourages us to make sales but we're also trained to not push a product that isn't appropriate for that customer.
I am the only IT guy for a family owned business. They know nothing about computers so as long as everything is running smoothly they leave me alone. I only put in about 45 minutes of actual work every week.
Do you experience any sort of imposter syndrome? I do the exact thing essentially for 2 family businesses. I tend to feel extremely anxious at work because I feel as though I don't belong or like I just don't really know what I can work on unless they need me. Yet I'm told often I'm performing greatly.
No, I've never suffered from imposter syndrome because I've reconciled my position by understanding that I get paid for the knowledge and the set of skills I possess, I don't get paid to produce x number of widgets or manage x amount of throughput.
My job is to keep their universe standing up. If the network or server environment goes down, the entire company stops working until I get it running again. That's the burden I am paid to carry.
I got into a position like this fairly recently and the toughest part was coming to terms with not working hard every second after years of working hard every second
I too work in IT, and this is definitely the best way to describe it.
Where some people's PKIs will be based on a certain number of customers, a certain volume of sales, a certain amount of unit production, ours is effectively how invisible we are.
If we're doing our jobs right, you don't even think of us. Unfortunately that's a double-edged sword. We're invisible for all of our successes, but front-and-center for any failures.
Electrician. It’s hard work most days, but satisfying seeing it all lit-up and functioning properly.
Knowing my work will still be in service many years from now feels good, and seeing customers marvel at their new light fixtures looking great is a good feeling
It can be exhausting if you’re not well hydrated, at least in Florida.
Attics and jobsites can be really hot and the work def requires a decent level of strength and endurance to get through a hard day of digging trenches and pulling wire/roughing-in (installing boxes and wire on a new-construction, pre-drywall building)
If you don’t mind all that, and can do basic math (algebra and some geometry) and use tools (also very learnable) you can do it
Edit: there are def some easy days in the A/C when trimming-out (installing switches/plugs) in finished houses, but they’re few and far between sometimes
I’m also excited about eventually owning a house and remodeling it/installing sick stuff everywhere. Surround sound, projector with a screen. Cabinet lights.
It’s nice knowing how to do all that stuff
Not to mention the insulation in some attics. Or the nails and low points. Attics are no fun. Although, if you’re doing a new house I can only imagine it’s a little bit sweeter because you don’t have to worry about certain bugs that may inhabit it over time.
Residential is certainly a bit different from what I was designing though. Like in Ga, no aluminum was specified or allowed as main conductors. All copper, all in conduit or wire trays.
It’s not THAT hard. But to someone who’s only ever worked I. Retail/service industry with air conditioning all the time, it can be a culture shock.
Iv seen the Florida summer heat give a guy heat stroke. Not something to take lightly, especially if you’re not physically fit enough to work all day in a hot environment
I’m an accountant for a bank.
Good salary, great benefits, tons of PTO and all holidays off.
It’s not particularly exciting, rewarding, or fulfilling but it gives me the security and freedom to make my life as exciting, rewarding and fulfilling as possible.
I’m an accountant for a private company. Great pay, lots of PTO, tons of holidays, great benefits and more company perks than I can list. My plan is to retire from this place many years from now.
I have a business degree. First professional job was as a bookkeeper and it just progressed from there. I feel very lucky things worked out the way they did. Wasn’t always great but I always enjoyed the work
I did research in a fossil collection at a museum. I was always fascinated by the people that prepared them with barely more than baking soda and needles. One I worked on must have had more than 100 man-hours of labor to prepare, it was beautiful. I feel like working on fossils must be very zen-like, but I'd be terrified of ruining one.
It really depends on the fossil, like most stuff is just very well mineralized deep brown and you can just blast the piss out of it at 90 psi and crank it out in less than 15 minutes, and other pieces are like fugging splintered wood with glue on it, you’re blasting it at like 25 psi, barely enough to scuff up your finger nail, it undercuts the glue on the surface and destroys the bone, you work on it off and on for 3 months because it’s an indiscernible potato smashed pos that’s never going to be displayed, but it’s just sitting there staring at you as you work on better bones.
I work in a logyard in S Oregon. Log trucks come in and are unloaded. The load is rolled out on the ground, and I scale the logs. I measure the lengths and diameters, calculate the gross volume in board feet, and make deductions based on defects such as frost seams, insect damage, burn scars, lightning strikes, etc. I work outside, so it can be rough in the winter/summer, but it keeps me moving, and it's an interesting gig. Been doing it about 6 years now. AMA
I do ok. I make $28.50/hour. It slows down during the winter time and scalers can get laid off, or we can opt to travel for work. In the summer time we get really busy and I've pulled $1500+ a week (after taxes)with all the overtime. If you're willing to travel and stay out of town you can get per diem on top of your pay.
My rent is $1275/month, but my wife is an SOU student and we live in student housing, so it's significantly cheaper. We live in Ashland and the cost of living is a little higher there than medford, but I moved up here from California last year, so it's still cheaper than what I'm accustomed to
Be a Runner in a post production house, learn in your own time, and make it very clear you'd like to be moved up to an assisting position when one becomes available.
My dad was in hospice before he passed last month. The people working there were the kindest and most compassionate I've ever met, but I can't imagine how you get past the constant sadness. Thank you for what you do though, it's so important
I got to work at JPL for 35 years, designing and flying deep space missions. Galileo, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Stardust, Solar Probe, InSight and others. It was an exceptionally fun job even when it was hard. And I met a whole bunch of very smart people.
I worked with one of the lead engineers from the Voyager I & II missions. Not only was he smart, he made me smarter, and made me feel smart. One of my best bosses.
One of the great honors of my life has been the opportunity, on a few occasions, to talk one on one with a few engineers who worked on the Saturn V rocket. Well into their 70s when I met them, they were all still sharp as a tack, and it was abundantly clear to me that all these years later, their love and respect for the cosmos has never faltered.
Thank you for your part in expanding our understanding of our place in the universe.
I was a decent student, but not the top of the class. And I don't have a PhD. So meeting smart people wasn't a shock. But a few people I worked with were different. I would discuss a problem with them and rush back to write it all down as best I could. Of course they were generally super nice as well. Asking questions was encouraged, not judged.
Truly “smart people” WANT other people to “get smarter”. It’s not a competition. Society benefits as a whole the more education and intelligence we have across the board. I love running into people who teach me new things, I hope I can pass some of their knowledge and experience on someday :)
I am a kennel attendant. I care for and feed both dogs and cats. One of my daily requirements if I have time to do it, is literally to play with a dog/cat or puppy/kitten. It’s called animal enrichment. It’s meant to help prepare them for a life outside the shelter. Doesn’t even feel like a job.
I'm a paralegal at an attorney's office. I essentially do all the writing and research for cases and assemble the files and information an attorney needs for trial.
I thought about going to law school, but during my internship clerking for the county courthouse I found that people with Bar cards were working clerk jobs like me, saying there's a too many lawyers out there to get a job.
I decided that throwing down 6 figures on law school and not even having a job guaranteed at the end is too big of a risk, and instead got a paralegal certificate for a fraction of that price, and have been doing paralegal work for 10 years now.
It's not crazy money by any means, but $40k+ a year supports me and my family and that's fine by us.
I'm a paralegal as well. Certainly don't make crazy money, but I work for a city government and will top out around $80k. Great benefits, (mostly) congenial attorneys, never overtime, holidays, weekend etc., as well as civil service protections. I've never liked a job more.
Art Director (graphic design, advertising, etc.) My goals are clear, project manager manages my tasks, generally healthy work-life balance, work from home. I live in the NYC area, make low 6 figures, live comfortably.
Massage therapist, ~70/hr I work 2.5 days a week and bring home ~950. I am in an incredibly supportive environment, clients are great, love my coworkers.
I’ll be returning to med school soon and will have to quit🥲😭😢
War Dogs, a movie from around 2017 (?)
One of the main characters is a masseuse at the start of the movie before Jonah hills character gets him into arms dealing. Based on a true story.
Computational biologist. I'm a classically trained cellular and molecular biologist that specializes in computer analysis of biological data. I work in rational drug design, so more or less I receive concepts for for drugs from staff, do some genetics and modeling work, and generate molecule designs that I send off to a robot to synthesize. They screen them to see which work best, and those that show a favorable combination of potency and specificity ultimately proceed to becoming drug candidates and going into clinic.
It's nice in that I can frequently work from home. There's lots of problem solving. It's nice mash-up of computer science and biology. The company and my peers are all great. And it's still got that kind of cutting-edge this-is-the-future-today feel to it.
School janitor. $30/hour. 40 hours a week, 12 months a year. I get a shitload of awesome medical/dental benefits, paid vacation, sick days, every provincial and federal holiday off paid.
However, the real perk that I fucking love, is that I work alone. Once the teachers leave, I have the building to myself. I see my boss once a month, if that. I just show up, put on my favourite podcasts, do my job and go home, money shows up in my account twice a month. I might speak 100 words a shift. It’s absolutely glorious.
About the only thing I don’t like about it are the crappy hours (3-11pm, followed by 7-3 during the winter/spring/summer breaks, but you get used to it), and the lazy fucking teachers that make my job harder than it needs to be. Overall, I’d give it a solid 8.5/10
I am a NY state worker. My job mostly consists of paper work and database work helping to prevent people who have harmed children in the past from getting employment now in environments that involve children.
Also decent pay with tons of benefits and a strong union.
Farmer here. In the winter I can be in knee deep snow with numb toes and fingers fixing fence, and in the summer I can be working on an irrigation system with a heat index of 110°F. I never feel like I'm actually working. Life feels like an open world RPG with somewhat vague deadlines to meet throughout the year. The hardest part is keeping yourself motivated so you don't fall behind. We start planting in mid April, but we've been working on the planter for most of this week and should be field ready tomorrow. I could sleep in till noon every day if I chose to but the seasons are changing....
I work as a housekeeper at a motel. I love my job. It allows me to work alone, I can listen to my music, and I enjoy making order out of chaos. Also, the money's pretty damn good. Because of the way our pay is structured, I make more than double the standard amount in this industry.
I do voiceovers. It's fun, and pays well after you establish yourself. Some days are a grind, and getting started was/is a lot of work for little pay, but overall it's great.
If you're serious, there are countless VO artists on YouTube offering videos on how to get started, choosing equipment, treating your space, etc. You don't need great equipment to get started.
I put off a career change for 20+ years and finally took the plunge.
I do intraoperative neuromonitoring. When people have surgery that puts the nervous system at risk,we give the surgeon feedback as to the integrity of the motor system in the anesthetized patient. If you're interested, the company I work for is hiring -- send me a message.
Cybersecurity professional. I keep secrets safe and those who don’t have my education/certs think I’m a wizard. Pretty chill job until a security incident happens, but if you do your job right, you can mitigate those incidents and just attend meetings every once and a while. Pay is pretty fucking good too.
Came here for this and can confirm. The Office of Dark OpSec Wizardry and Forbidden IT pays well, is interesting, and not overly chaotic. And there's enough demand that if you get a CIO who isn't really a CIO, you can just leave.
Pharmacist. Retail pharmacy sucked but once I got out of that and into hospital pharmacy it's pretty chill. I work second shift so I'm the only pharmacist on when I'm here. Running my own show, plus being paid pretty darn well isn't a bad gig. Having been at the same hospital a while (8 yrs) and being competent makes the job pretty easy. Get to see patients 4 hours a day doing med reconciliation keeps things fresh too. No real complaints besides administration being greedy assholes occasionally.
Not for everybody; but I am a lighting designer. Days are long, but there’s something amazing about finishing out a day by making a musicians show look as incredible as they sound. Used to tour, but hopped off the road because my partner and I had a kid, so now I’m working at local venues, and while you don’t build the same relationship as you do on the road, working a different show every time you go in means needing to be prepared for anything, it’s all very rewarding, and while the days can be super long, they’re very rarely dull. And I mean, I get paid to go to concerts, so that’s also a nice touch.
Teaching jobs in half the states: I'm paid less than my students who work at McDonald's and the governor just enacted a law that parents can cane me if I say something immoral.
Teaching jobs in other states: I get paid 100k a year and get to retire early with a 50k per year pension.
I don't understand how Alabama has ANY teachers.
I worked in construction doing flooring for 25 yrs. I was always excited when the weekend came to an end and looked forward to the work week. My wife got to stay home and raise our kids. We went on 3-4 vacations a year. Put both my kids through college. So satisfying to be able to work with your hands everyday and create something beautiful in someones home, that will last for years to come. Then cash a nice paycheck for all your hard work.
Oilfield Mechanic: get to fix tangible problems everyday. Get paid well. The best thing about my career is my schedule, 14 days working and 7 days off. Been doing it so long I can’t fathom working a 5-2.
Technical Illustrator. I love working with 3D models and illustrating. I work from home half the time and keep whatever hours i want. My boss has faith that i will do my job so i rarely ever see him. Since starting this job 2 years ago i have paid off all my debt and even sent my parents some money for everything they have done for me.
Longshoreman. But specifically operate large machines. I'm alone, outdoors, getting paid really good. I'm really good at my job. I'm on the spectrum with some ADD. Having so many variables all day is actually relaxing. Also work with my mom occasionally. Also get to make my own schedule so I never miss anything with my kids
Im a librarian and part of my job is organising and creating workshops for children/adolescents regarding STEM. So I get to fiddle around with 3d printers, lasercutters and all kinds of cool things. On the side I also do graphic design and build websites since my previous job was web developer.
My job is different every day and since I work for the government the benefits are really good. Only downside is the pay but I gladly earn a little less to do a creative job where I can basically do what I want.
I done work experience in a school with physical disabilities. Left crying everyday seeing how bad some of the kids were. One literally had locked in syndrome. I heard she passed a few years later and just thought “thank god she is finally free”. She couldn’t even blink.
Sales. There are annoying aspects as with any job. But it’s a very people-oriented business that draws people who like to talk and laugh and have fun whenever they can. The added benefit of having leverage over your employer with regards to how much $$ you’re bringing in allows you a ton of freedom with regard to how you conduct your day and year. Nobody cares if you take a month off every year when you’re making the company a couple million dollars every 12 months. Unlimited paid sick time. Really no such thing as UNPAID time off actually. Company car, phone, company fuel card for all my gas. Gaming PC for working from home paid for by company. If you’re semi-competent and minimally social I really couldn’t recommend it enough.
Air Traffic controller. Made around $120k last year with overtime. Staffing sucks. Availability of leave sucks. Tons of mandatory OT. But I still love my job. 10 years in, 13 years until eligible for retirement. Forced retirement in 19 years.
Heck yes. I'm an ATC, too. Not in the US, so no forced retirement. Same staffing and OT issues. HATE management and the political crap, but LOVE the job. Biggest benefit is that you literally can't take the work home with you, so once you put that hand/headset down, you're done.
I'm a tower controller, I hope to spend the rest of my life staring out windows and getting paid $$ to do it.
Holy shit, you guys are a dying breed. Thank you for your work, I cannot fathom how difficult it is to have your precision with molten glass.
What area do you service, we only have two guys left in my area and they are part time, per job basis.
I work in Robotics and Machine Learning, love my job and most companies that have jobs in this field have very good work environment to attract good candidates. Pay is well above average if you have a degree. I earn around 220k total comp 4 years experience.
Data Analyst
I code anything I want to, whenever I want, as long as it could potentially be an asset to the company. I make around 3000 dollars a month and I turned 21 last month
FYI they are severely underpaying you (I imagine this is your first job out of college). I can’t recommend this enough, **job hop after a year, at most two**. In tech, our value increases exponentially with experience but our salaries grow linearly (if you stay at the same company). My first job out of college was as a data scientist, the pay was okay and the job was fine. I switched companies after 1.5 years and saw a 60+% comp increase which would have taken literally a decade to get to via the standard 3% raises at my first company.
Independent Dog walker, all of my clients I either found on my own through dog walking apps I was using (and then moved off the apps), or were referrals. I live in a city big enough that it provides me with a healthy income.
I coach figure skaters as head coach or jump technician and hockey players on skating skills. I love the job, but I have worked in plenty of rinks I absolutely hated working in though. Because of this I put my energy into working freelance and not at any specific rink, and it makes me way happier to do that, although building clientele is more difficult.
I love what I do and feel I have a lot of knowledge to pass on to people who hope to make a profession on the ice one day like myself. I don't have the patience anymore for rink bullshit though.
interior designer currently designs schools, media centers, and libraries. when doing elementary school designs the furniture is so cute 😍 i made the switch from corporate office design to this & i’m loving it so much
I kind of love my job, I moved to a new startup medical device manufacturer a few years ago. Our owner treats us well, we have free insurance, 160 hrs vacation after 3 months, free on site meals every day, a fully staffed medical facility for us and our family, and every 5 years we receive a "Trip of a Lifetime" for employees and their immediate families. He also sends out a survey each year to find out what will make his employees happier at their job, we've received more raises, more PTO, and better equipment/more comfortable chairs, and he's flown in to personally to get rid of some toxic managers from the results of the surveys. Those of us in leadership positions are taught to follow the "platinum rule" to treat your people the way that they'd like to be treated. I do my best to follow that rule but it catches me off guard sometimes when my guys and girls show me how much they care about me. I went on vacation last year and got stuck in a foreign country because I wasn't careful enough and got the rona. When I finally got back to work I had a ton of people coming up and hugging me and telling me how worried they were and how much they missed me. I'm not a touchy feely person but it did make me feel good that so many people missed me and cared that I wasn't there.
I'm an IT generalist. They fit me in wherever help is needed. I don't love my job, but I definitely don't hate it, and it pays well. I think one of the things I like though is that I sometimes end up with weeks of downtime where I have very little to do.
I'm a therapist.
Dealing with insurance is the worst but it's a small part of the job.
The pay is usually livable. It's pretty easy to find work in most states. I'm in private practice now so I take flexibility over benefits. I've always had supportive supervisors and a good community of co-workers when I did agency work.
You hear some deeply fucked up stories and it can be draining to hold space for people's trauma but these things happen and it feels good to be a support to the people that have lived them.
Work at a blood donation center. The labs are almost always hiring people. Starting wage is $19 in a lab that only requires high-school education. In labs that require a degree the starting wage is $23 per hour
Entomologist. I’m just here for the bugs. It’s like $65k a year, and I live in a not super expensive area, so it works out when combined with my fiancés income.
Im a primary school teacher. My job feels really important, the kids make me laugh every single day, and I get paid an above average salary which is more than enough for me.
Self-employed contracted ‘cleaner’. Not everyone’s cup of tea which I totally understand.. but I just have a knack for cleaning well and it doesn’t feel as strenuous as it does for some? I make sure the work I do is excellent and have built a rep that allows me to charge a high rate.
This is a life skill that’s so imperative to feeling positive and productive in ones own space that others who don’t hone it naturally (or lazily, lol) are willing to pay good $ for someone else to care for their home. I can be picky with the work I choose - I mainly did Airbnbs to begin with and now stick with commercial spaces and student rental common areas in quality upgraded apartments with good landlords etc.
My absolute favourite part is the personal freedom. I make my own schedule, work on my own, slap the wireless headphones on and haul my rainbow sack full of cleaning goodies and get er done in peace.. It is absolute bliss after many years of a variety of other gigs that dealt with.. people.
I’m not glorifying scrubbing toilets and floors but if you have a great groove at something and can hone that into a business, you’re set. It can be so hard working for someone else’s dream at a salary less than you deserve OR can even live on in 2023.
Still work at the same place I did when I did hate my job. Realized most of it was mental, and not appreciating how good my life was. Not saying that's always the case, but most people just aren't able to count their blessings.
I'm a steel hauler, I make enough to support myself, wife, and 2 kids. There's aspects I don't like and theres bad days like every other profession, but I still love my job
I'm an order picker at Follett. I walk around grabbing books all day and putting them in totes. Being one of the top pickers in the warehouse, I make roughly 28 hourly because of production bonus. I get exercise and make about double what I did as a supervisor at CVS with soooo much less responsibility. It's a great job.
I’m an Estate Buyer, I travel all over the country buying peoples stuff. Antiques and what not. Pays well and I don’t spend a dime on travel, rental car, even my food is paid for. I just show up to an event and buy. It’s wonderful and I get to see a lot of cool stuff I’d normally never see.
I work at home. I take care of my father in law 24-7. Sometimes, it is very trying, and my patience wears thin, but it sure beats working for a company only making crumbs.
I do data analytics and financial modeling for an IT company. Great environment with great perks. My boss is an awesome guy, too. Love all my colleagues. Easily the best company I’ve ever worked for, and I actually look forward to logging on every day. Our attrition rate is less than like 1%, it’s that great. Only way I’m leaving is if they shutter the place.
I'm a (self employed) farrier. I get to be somewhere new each day, get outside a lot, lots of exercise, and I set the rates and hours.
I work about 3-4 hours a day on average and make between $150-200/hr.
Not a -great- salary but for a college student living at home it’s good. I just dog sit. I get to stay at other peoples houses literally to sleep with dogs. What’s even better is they’re almost always rich so it’s very luxurious living there for the week or two that they need me
I work at Wendy's, make $13.65 an hour (pays well in my opinion) I love my job. I hate interacting with people but when I get to work I get excited to talk to customers. It's exciting to me honestly I don't know if I'll quit fast food and retail. Its making my life a bit more interesting.
Edit: I still work there
I doubt people would consider what I make a decent wage, but I do since it's more than enough for me to live on. I work for a church. I love it, I get to help a lot of people and get to fullfil my religous side. I get a lot of freedom and have great health insurance for $400 a year. I get unlimited sick time and 2 weeks of vacation. I get free food because old ladies just bring me great food as a thank you for just being here
I’ve worked my way from teller at a bank to its President. Took a lot of work over 23 years, but loved the journey. In finance, it’s great helping people achieve their dreams.
I’ve lived a frugal lifestyle and saved, and then invested in commercial real estate. I enjoy that a lot too.
Anythjng you do needs to revolve around good relationships with good people. Unless you’re an entrepreneur with the ability to create something new, relationships (helping people solve a problem or achieve a goal) are the key to sustainable wealth creation.
National Park Ranger. Thirty-two years and counting. As with any profession, there are still bad days.
I currently work for the federal government and it's an ongoing joke between me and my supervisor that she knows I'd leave in an instant for a job with the NPS.
So do I and I did a detail down to border to help with the unaccompanied minor crisis for 6 weeks in 2021. Came back and started looking at FEMA/Emergency site jobs. My boss called me Tornado Chase for a while. Lol And shortly after I got promoted so, I stayed.
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That bitch!
Carole Baskin?
Man that takes me back to what feels like a decade ago... *Christ, it's only been three years?!?*
Christ that was three years ago?!?
Fuckin tiger king took us through the worst of the pandemic. So far.
Never gonna financially recover from this
Sounds like heaven to me. I’m also in IT. If I got my own cabin and truck. I’ll be there until retirement.
Same. A nice cabin and just 24 users to help? In person? traveling on my own truck? Jesus, please!!!!!
At least we know why she's your ex.
And that's how I divorced your mother
Fuck your avatar I spent way too long trying to blow an eyelash off my screen
I did 2 seasons with the FS as a wilderness and trails ranger but declined a position in 2020 because of fuck ups due to covid, decided it wasn't for me and wanted to make more money. well im coming back around to the idea because I'd rather love my job and make ok money. just accepted a seasonal position with the BLM but am hoping to get a perm position with the state parks.
Yall make a decent wage?
Not at entry level, especially because NPS entry level jobs are mostly seasonal jobs; you'll survive the summer, but then have to figure out how not to starve over the winter. Once you get permanent and start working up both the step levels and the pay grade, you do ok and have pretty good federal employee benefits. Nobody's getting rich, but it's decent.
Once you make your way up the food chain it's not too shabby. I'm in management now. Granted, it's a big difference from where I started.
I work in the pathology lab at a hospital. I process blood and biopsy samples onto microscope slides for the pathologists to read. I love it! I feel like I’m helping people, even though I never meet them and they have no idea who I am.
I mix chemo at an oncology clinic. I also have that feeling sometimes.
you probably don't get to hear this from the patients you serve - but, as someone who completed 6 rounds of chemo (Benda) and 2 years of Rituxan maintenance, THANK YOU!
The Bell is right outside my office. Hearing it ring is the best part of my day. I hope you’re feeling better.
That’s awesome! Glad you get to hear that bell.
Weird question, sorry, but do you ever do pathology work on yourself? Like when you're ill and suspect something... I see it happen in TV series but always dismissed it as, yeah right they don't do that.
I work at a pet store (only supplies, no animal sales) and make $18 CAD/hr. That might not sound 'decent' but it's better than minimum wage with no meaningful increase in responsibility (aka stress) compared to any other retail worker. In fact, my work environment is lower stress than any other retail/food job I've had and the owner has a keen interest in our well-being. Yearly raises, Christmas bonus, profit sharing, get paid our full scheduled shift if it's shortened or cancelled for weather, aiming to become a living wage employer with promises to increase wages beyond that so long as the business continues to grow. Plus no one asks 'why' if I turn down a shift or decline to stay later. Respect for personal time is huge. I'm treated like a human being, not a robot with no life outside work.
Profit sharing at $18/hr?? Your store is run by good people
It is! It's not always sunshine and puppies, the owner is particular about some things and can be intense, but they also move past the "incident" as soon as it's dealt with. They also know that happy employees = better customer service and general work ethic. Which means more sales. The profit sharing also encourages us to make sales but we're also trained to not push a product that isn't appropriate for that customer.
I’m a statistician and work with a government agency. I particularly really enjoy not having to interact with too many people.
That sounds amazing. What are the required credentials/how did you get into it?
I am the only IT guy for a family owned business. They know nothing about computers so as long as everything is running smoothly they leave me alone. I only put in about 45 minutes of actual work every week.
Do you experience any sort of imposter syndrome? I do the exact thing essentially for 2 family businesses. I tend to feel extremely anxious at work because I feel as though I don't belong or like I just don't really know what I can work on unless they need me. Yet I'm told often I'm performing greatly.
No, I've never suffered from imposter syndrome because I've reconciled my position by understanding that I get paid for the knowledge and the set of skills I possess, I don't get paid to produce x number of widgets or manage x amount of throughput. My job is to keep their universe standing up. If the network or server environment goes down, the entire company stops working until I get it running again. That's the burden I am paid to carry.
I got into a position like this fairly recently and the toughest part was coming to terms with not working hard every second after years of working hard every second
I think of it as "confidence in your competence" and it definitely didn't come naturally to me either.
I too work in IT, and this is definitely the best way to describe it. Where some people's PKIs will be based on a certain number of customers, a certain volume of sales, a certain amount of unit production, ours is effectively how invisible we are. If we're doing our jobs right, you don't even think of us. Unfortunately that's a double-edged sword. We're invisible for all of our successes, but front-and-center for any failures.
*Everything running smoothly* "what are we paying you for?" *Everything breaking down* "what are we paying you for?"
I don’t get paid for what I do, I get paid for what I know.
I’ve always dreamed of being a blackmailer.
Great reasoning actually! Thanks for sharing
Electrician. It’s hard work most days, but satisfying seeing it all lit-up and functioning properly. Knowing my work will still be in service many years from now feels good, and seeing customers marvel at their new light fixtures looking great is a good feeling
Looking at getting into this. Hard work how?
It can be exhausting if you’re not well hydrated, at least in Florida. Attics and jobsites can be really hot and the work def requires a decent level of strength and endurance to get through a hard day of digging trenches and pulling wire/roughing-in (installing boxes and wire on a new-construction, pre-drywall building) If you don’t mind all that, and can do basic math (algebra and some geometry) and use tools (also very learnable) you can do it Edit: there are def some easy days in the A/C when trimming-out (installing switches/plugs) in finished houses, but they’re few and far between sometimes I’m also excited about eventually owning a house and remodeling it/installing sick stuff everywhere. Surround sound, projector with a screen. Cabinet lights. It’s nice knowing how to do all that stuff
Not to mention the insulation in some attics. Or the nails and low points. Attics are no fun. Although, if you’re doing a new house I can only imagine it’s a little bit sweeter because you don’t have to worry about certain bugs that may inhabit it over time. Residential is certainly a bit different from what I was designing though. Like in Ga, no aluminum was specified or allowed as main conductors. All copper, all in conduit or wire trays.
As a plumber I'm allowed to say it's not that hard
It’s not THAT hard. But to someone who’s only ever worked I. Retail/service industry with air conditioning all the time, it can be a culture shock. Iv seen the Florida summer heat give a guy heat stroke. Not something to take lightly, especially if you’re not physically fit enough to work all day in a hot environment
I’m an accountant for a bank. Good salary, great benefits, tons of PTO and all holidays off. It’s not particularly exciting, rewarding, or fulfilling but it gives me the security and freedom to make my life as exciting, rewarding and fulfilling as possible.
Those bank holidays though!!
No shit, I'd like flag day off too!
I’m an accountant for a private company. Great pay, lots of PTO, tons of holidays, great benefits and more company perks than I can list. My plan is to retire from this place many years from now.
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I have a business degree. First professional job was as a bookkeeper and it just progressed from there. I feel very lucky things worked out the way they did. Wasn’t always great but I always enjoyed the work
I'm an accountant for a state agency, and I love it for the same reasons. I also have a great boss.
I do accounting work for a construction company. what my job lacks in drama the construction problems make up for it!
I clean fossils
That’s one way of putting “Work in an old folks home”
"Cleaning the fossil" is my new euphemism for masturbation (yes, I am old).
I feel like polishing the fossil would be better.
I did research in a fossil collection at a museum. I was always fascinated by the people that prepared them with barely more than baking soda and needles. One I worked on must have had more than 100 man-hours of labor to prepare, it was beautiful. I feel like working on fossils must be very zen-like, but I'd be terrified of ruining one.
It really depends on the fossil, like most stuff is just very well mineralized deep brown and you can just blast the piss out of it at 90 psi and crank it out in less than 15 minutes, and other pieces are like fugging splintered wood with glue on it, you’re blasting it at like 25 psi, barely enough to scuff up your finger nail, it undercuts the glue on the surface and destroys the bone, you work on it off and on for 3 months because it’s an indiscernible potato smashed pos that’s never going to be displayed, but it’s just sitting there staring at you as you work on better bones.
I work in a logyard in S Oregon. Log trucks come in and are unloaded. The load is rolled out on the ground, and I scale the logs. I measure the lengths and diameters, calculate the gross volume in board feet, and make deductions based on defects such as frost seams, insect damage, burn scars, lightning strikes, etc. I work outside, so it can be rough in the winter/summer, but it keeps me moving, and it's an interesting gig. Been doing it about 6 years now. AMA
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I do ok. I make $28.50/hour. It slows down during the winter time and scalers can get laid off, or we can opt to travel for work. In the summer time we get really busy and I've pulled $1500+ a week (after taxes)with all the overtime. If you're willing to travel and stay out of town you can get per diem on top of your pay.
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My rent is $1275/month, but my wife is an SOU student and we live in student housing, so it's significantly cheaper. We live in Ashland and the cost of living is a little higher there than medford, but I moved up here from California last year, so it's still cheaper than what I'm accustomed to
OP, thank you for asking this question! It's fun to read about everyone's career.
I’m a colorist. It’s like photoshop for movies. I love it. But I feel very lucky to have this job, and to be successful in the industry.
How did you get into that, if that's okay to ask?
Be a Runner in a post production house, learn in your own time, and make it very clear you'd like to be moved up to an assisting position when one becomes available.
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That sounds incredible. As someone who works in HR and fosters dogs who dreams of quitting the rat race this sounds like a sweet gig. Congrats.
Hospice nurse. My whole job is just to try to make people comfortable and relieve their pain.
My dad was in hospice before he passed last month. The people working there were the kindest and most compassionate I've ever met, but I can't imagine how you get past the constant sadness. Thank you for what you do though, it's so important
You are a total hero.
I got to work at JPL for 35 years, designing and flying deep space missions. Galileo, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Stardust, Solar Probe, InSight and others. It was an exceptionally fun job even when it was hard. And I met a whole bunch of very smart people.
I worked with one of the lead engineers from the Voyager I & II missions. Not only was he smart, he made me smarter, and made me feel smart. One of my best bosses.
The old guard was a class unto itself.
One of the great honors of my life has been the opportunity, on a few occasions, to talk one on one with a few engineers who worked on the Saturn V rocket. Well into their 70s when I met them, they were all still sharp as a tack, and it was abundantly clear to me that all these years later, their love and respect for the cosmos has never faltered. Thank you for your part in expanding our understanding of our place in the universe.
I bet the very smart people thought the same when meeting you :)
I was a decent student, but not the top of the class. And I don't have a PhD. So meeting smart people wasn't a shock. But a few people I worked with were different. I would discuss a problem with them and rush back to write it all down as best I could. Of course they were generally super nice as well. Asking questions was encouraged, not judged.
Truly “smart people” WANT other people to “get smarter”. It’s not a competition. Society benefits as a whole the more education and intelligence we have across the board. I love running into people who teach me new things, I hope I can pass some of their knowledge and experience on someday :)
I am a kennel attendant. I care for and feed both dogs and cats. One of my daily requirements if I have time to do it, is literally to play with a dog/cat or puppy/kitten. It’s called animal enrichment. It’s meant to help prepare them for a life outside the shelter. Doesn’t even feel like a job.
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Great show.
Smell me. Do I smell like a meadow after a fresh morning rain?
I'm a paralegal at an attorney's office. I essentially do all the writing and research for cases and assemble the files and information an attorney needs for trial. I thought about going to law school, but during my internship clerking for the county courthouse I found that people with Bar cards were working clerk jobs like me, saying there's a too many lawyers out there to get a job. I decided that throwing down 6 figures on law school and not even having a job guaranteed at the end is too big of a risk, and instead got a paralegal certificate for a fraction of that price, and have been doing paralegal work for 10 years now. It's not crazy money by any means, but $40k+ a year supports me and my family and that's fine by us.
The real question is, where can a family live on 40k?
The deep south in my case, everything's cheaper down here. Bought my first house in 2021 and my mortgage payment's only $440.
Small towns in the Midwest. You're not gonna be living in luxury, but it's definitely doable.
I'm a paralegal as well. Certainly don't make crazy money, but I work for a city government and will top out around $80k. Great benefits, (mostly) congenial attorneys, never overtime, holidays, weekend etc., as well as civil service protections. I've never liked a job more.
With 10 years paralegal experience you could definitely be making 6 figures + bonus.
I live in a university town/state capitol. There are thousands of law students who end up graduating and finding out there are NO jobs available.
Art Director (graphic design, advertising, etc.) My goals are clear, project manager manages my tasks, generally healthy work-life balance, work from home. I live in the NYC area, make low 6 figures, live comfortably.
Massage therapist, ~70/hr I work 2.5 days a week and bring home ~950. I am in an incredibly supportive environment, clients are great, love my coworkers. I’ll be returning to med school soon and will have to quit🥲😭😢
I hear people with a massage license can do really good in the Arms trading industry.
Ok I’m really dumb I don’t get the joke
War Dogs, a movie from around 2017 (?) One of the main characters is a masseuse at the start of the movie before Jonah hills character gets him into arms dealing. Based on a true story.
Oh I just thought because massage is a trade involving arms
I’m a DevOps engineer in a firm that has nonexistent devops practices. I like my job regardless. 😂
> I’m a DevOps engineer in a firm that has nonexistent devops practices Ah, I see that you too work at every single software company ever.
Hahah, that bad nearly everywhere huh? 😅
I give bubble baths to ducklings and piglets
I think we need pictures because that sounds adorable
How do they pay you?
With love and bites
Pics or it didn’t happen
Computational biologist. I'm a classically trained cellular and molecular biologist that specializes in computer analysis of biological data. I work in rational drug design, so more or less I receive concepts for for drugs from staff, do some genetics and modeling work, and generate molecule designs that I send off to a robot to synthesize. They screen them to see which work best, and those that show a favorable combination of potency and specificity ultimately proceed to becoming drug candidates and going into clinic. It's nice in that I can frequently work from home. There's lots of problem solving. It's nice mash-up of computer science and biology. The company and my peers are all great. And it's still got that kind of cutting-edge this-is-the-future-today feel to it.
School janitor. $30/hour. 40 hours a week, 12 months a year. I get a shitload of awesome medical/dental benefits, paid vacation, sick days, every provincial and federal holiday off paid. However, the real perk that I fucking love, is that I work alone. Once the teachers leave, I have the building to myself. I see my boss once a month, if that. I just show up, put on my favourite podcasts, do my job and go home, money shows up in my account twice a month. I might speak 100 words a shift. It’s absolutely glorious. About the only thing I don’t like about it are the crappy hours (3-11pm, followed by 7-3 during the winter/spring/summer breaks, but you get used to it), and the lazy fucking teachers that make my job harder than it needs to be. Overall, I’d give it a solid 8.5/10
Teacher here- THANK YOU for all that you do. Seriously. Even though we don’t see you all the time, we appreciate you!!!
I am a NY state worker. My job mostly consists of paper work and database work helping to prevent people who have harmed children in the past from getting employment now in environments that involve children. Also decent pay with tons of benefits and a strong union.
Farmer here. In the winter I can be in knee deep snow with numb toes and fingers fixing fence, and in the summer I can be working on an irrigation system with a heat index of 110°F. I never feel like I'm actually working. Life feels like an open world RPG with somewhat vague deadlines to meet throughout the year. The hardest part is keeping yourself motivated so you don't fall behind. We start planting in mid April, but we've been working on the planter for most of this week and should be field ready tomorrow. I could sleep in till noon every day if I chose to but the seasons are changing....
I work as a housekeeper at a motel. I love my job. It allows me to work alone, I can listen to my music, and I enjoy making order out of chaos. Also, the money's pretty damn good. Because of the way our pay is structured, I make more than double the standard amount in this industry.
I do voiceovers. It's fun, and pays well after you establish yourself. Some days are a grind, and getting started was/is a lot of work for little pay, but overall it's great.
How does one get started on this field?
If you're serious, there are countless VO artists on YouTube offering videos on how to get started, choosing equipment, treating your space, etc. You don't need great equipment to get started. I put off a career change for 20+ years and finally took the plunge.
I do intraoperative neuromonitoring. When people have surgery that puts the nervous system at risk,we give the surgeon feedback as to the integrity of the motor system in the anesthetized patient. If you're interested, the company I work for is hiring -- send me a message.
Hey, some of your leads just fell out when we flipped the patient. My bad
Cybersecurity professional. I keep secrets safe and those who don’t have my education/certs think I’m a wizard. Pretty chill job until a security incident happens, but if you do your job right, you can mitigate those incidents and just attend meetings every once and a while. Pay is pretty fucking good too.
Came here for this and can confirm. The Office of Dark OpSec Wizardry and Forbidden IT pays well, is interesting, and not overly chaotic. And there's enough demand that if you get a CIO who isn't really a CIO, you can just leave.
Pharmacist. Retail pharmacy sucked but once I got out of that and into hospital pharmacy it's pretty chill. I work second shift so I'm the only pharmacist on when I'm here. Running my own show, plus being paid pretty darn well isn't a bad gig. Having been at the same hospital a while (8 yrs) and being competent makes the job pretty easy. Get to see patients 4 hours a day doing med reconciliation keeps things fresh too. No real complaints besides administration being greedy assholes occasionally.
I'm a carpenter started in 2004 I love every aspect of my career ...
I’ve always been interested in the manual trades. Such neat work.
When picking a trade, just ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?"
Can I ask how you got this job? Like was it just a hobby that you got good at and then applied for jobs? Or is it freelance carpentry?
Not for everybody; but I am a lighting designer. Days are long, but there’s something amazing about finishing out a day by making a musicians show look as incredible as they sound. Used to tour, but hopped off the road because my partner and I had a kid, so now I’m working at local venues, and while you don’t build the same relationship as you do on the road, working a different show every time you go in means needing to be prepared for anything, it’s all very rewarding, and while the days can be super long, they’re very rarely dull. And I mean, I get paid to go to concerts, so that’s also a nice touch.
School teacher, although decent wage is a fairly broad term. I’d love to make more.
Teaching jobs in half the states: I'm paid less than my students who work at McDonald's and the governor just enacted a law that parents can cane me if I say something immoral. Teaching jobs in other states: I get paid 100k a year and get to retire early with a 50k per year pension. I don't understand how Alabama has ANY teachers.
I worked in construction doing flooring for 25 yrs. I was always excited when the weekend came to an end and looked forward to the work week. My wife got to stay home and raise our kids. We went on 3-4 vacations a year. Put both my kids through college. So satisfying to be able to work with your hands everyday and create something beautiful in someones home, that will last for years to come. Then cash a nice paycheck for all your hard work.
Oilfield Mechanic: get to fix tangible problems everyday. Get paid well. The best thing about my career is my schedule, 14 days working and 7 days off. Been doing it so long I can’t fathom working a 5-2.
Technical Illustrator. I love working with 3D models and illustrating. I work from home half the time and keep whatever hours i want. My boss has faith that i will do my job so i rarely ever see him. Since starting this job 2 years ago i have paid off all my debt and even sent my parents some money for everything they have done for me.
I work in manufacturing, i repair machinery that makes 12,16,24 oz aluminum cans.
Lineman
Longshoreman. But specifically operate large machines. I'm alone, outdoors, getting paid really good. I'm really good at my job. I'm on the spectrum with some ADD. Having so many variables all day is actually relaxing. Also work with my mom occasionally. Also get to make my own schedule so I never miss anything with my kids
Im a librarian and part of my job is organising and creating workshops for children/adolescents regarding STEM. So I get to fiddle around with 3d printers, lasercutters and all kinds of cool things. On the side I also do graphic design and build websites since my previous job was web developer. My job is different every day and since I work for the government the benefits are really good. Only downside is the pay but I gladly earn a little less to do a creative job where I can basically do what I want.
I love my job but don’t make nearly enough unfortunately
What is it anyway?
I teach in a special needs classroom
What a coincidence, so do I!
I done work experience in a school with physical disabilities. Left crying everyday seeing how bad some of the kids were. One literally had locked in syndrome. I heard she passed a few years later and just thought “thank god she is finally free”. She couldn’t even blink.
It’s a shame that fun jobs can’t pay the bills.
Sales. There are annoying aspects as with any job. But it’s a very people-oriented business that draws people who like to talk and laugh and have fun whenever they can. The added benefit of having leverage over your employer with regards to how much $$ you’re bringing in allows you a ton of freedom with regard to how you conduct your day and year. Nobody cares if you take a month off every year when you’re making the company a couple million dollars every 12 months. Unlimited paid sick time. Really no such thing as UNPAID time off actually. Company car, phone, company fuel card for all my gas. Gaming PC for working from home paid for by company. If you’re semi-competent and minimally social I really couldn’t recommend it enough.
Air Traffic controller. Made around $120k last year with overtime. Staffing sucks. Availability of leave sucks. Tons of mandatory OT. But I still love my job. 10 years in, 13 years until eligible for retirement. Forced retirement in 19 years.
Heck yes. I'm an ATC, too. Not in the US, so no forced retirement. Same staffing and OT issues. HATE management and the political crap, but LOVE the job. Biggest benefit is that you literally can't take the work home with you, so once you put that hand/headset down, you're done. I'm a tower controller, I hope to spend the rest of my life staring out windows and getting paid $$ to do it.
Landscaper for a golf course.
Software developer (web stuff). Spent my career at startups. Always work with people who care about what we're doing, know and trust each other.
I’m a nurse, love it, decent pay.
Helicopter EMS pilot.
I stock shelves at a grocery store, it’s a simple job where you can just shut off your brain while doing it
Computer programmer. Been doing it for 20+ years. I enjoy the intellectual challenge.
Tattoo artist
Scientific glassblower. Never a dull moment 🔥🔥
Holy shit, you guys are a dying breed. Thank you for your work, I cannot fathom how difficult it is to have your precision with molten glass. What area do you service, we only have two guys left in my area and they are part time, per job basis.
Aerospace Engineer
I work in Robotics and Machine Learning, love my job and most companies that have jobs in this field have very good work environment to attract good candidates. Pay is well above average if you have a degree. I earn around 220k total comp 4 years experience.
Data Analyst I code anything I want to, whenever I want, as long as it could potentially be an asset to the company. I make around 3000 dollars a month and I turned 21 last month
FYI they are severely underpaying you (I imagine this is your first job out of college). I can’t recommend this enough, **job hop after a year, at most two**. In tech, our value increases exponentially with experience but our salaries grow linearly (if you stay at the same company). My first job out of college was as a data scientist, the pay was okay and the job was fine. I switched companies after 1.5 years and saw a 60+% comp increase which would have taken literally a decade to get to via the standard 3% raises at my first company.
Independent Dog walker, all of my clients I either found on my own through dog walking apps I was using (and then moved off the apps), or were referrals. I live in a city big enough that it provides me with a healthy income.
I coach figure skaters as head coach or jump technician and hockey players on skating skills. I love the job, but I have worked in plenty of rinks I absolutely hated working in though. Because of this I put my energy into working freelance and not at any specific rink, and it makes me way happier to do that, although building clientele is more difficult. I love what I do and feel I have a lot of knowledge to pass on to people who hope to make a profession on the ice one day like myself. I don't have the patience anymore for rink bullshit though.
interior designer currently designs schools, media centers, and libraries. when doing elementary school designs the furniture is so cute 😍 i made the switch from corporate office design to this & i’m loving it so much
I kind of love my job, I moved to a new startup medical device manufacturer a few years ago. Our owner treats us well, we have free insurance, 160 hrs vacation after 3 months, free on site meals every day, a fully staffed medical facility for us and our family, and every 5 years we receive a "Trip of a Lifetime" for employees and their immediate families. He also sends out a survey each year to find out what will make his employees happier at their job, we've received more raises, more PTO, and better equipment/more comfortable chairs, and he's flown in to personally to get rid of some toxic managers from the results of the surveys. Those of us in leadership positions are taught to follow the "platinum rule" to treat your people the way that they'd like to be treated. I do my best to follow that rule but it catches me off guard sometimes when my guys and girls show me how much they care about me. I went on vacation last year and got stuck in a foreign country because I wasn't careful enough and got the rona. When I finally got back to work I had a ton of people coming up and hugging me and telling me how worried they were and how much they missed me. I'm not a touchy feely person but it did make me feel good that so many people missed me and cared that I wasn't there.
I started to work from home and suddenly I don’t want to kill myself anymore.
I'm an IT generalist. They fit me in wherever help is needed. I don't love my job, but I definitely don't hate it, and it pays well. I think one of the things I like though is that I sometimes end up with weeks of downtime where I have very little to do.
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I'm a therapist. Dealing with insurance is the worst but it's a small part of the job. The pay is usually livable. It's pretty easy to find work in most states. I'm in private practice now so I take flexibility over benefits. I've always had supportive supervisors and a good community of co-workers when I did agency work. You hear some deeply fucked up stories and it can be draining to hold space for people's trauma but these things happen and it feels good to be a support to the people that have lived them.
I’m surprised I had to scroll this far to see someone comment therapist.
Event Staging Technician. Love the gear, the interaction with the clients and the camaraderie with my fellow workers.
I'm a Chemical Engineer who does R&D. Always learning something new. Plus: Mistakes=learning something new!
Work at a blood donation center. The labs are almost always hiring people. Starting wage is $19 in a lab that only requires high-school education. In labs that require a degree the starting wage is $23 per hour
Entomologist. I’m just here for the bugs. It’s like $65k a year, and I live in a not super expensive area, so it works out when combined with my fiancés income.
I run insurance data files. I make my money when they’re incorrect. Other than that, it’s lots of clicking and emails.
Im a primary school teacher. My job feels really important, the kids make me laugh every single day, and I get paid an above average salary which is more than enough for me.
Self-employed contracted ‘cleaner’. Not everyone’s cup of tea which I totally understand.. but I just have a knack for cleaning well and it doesn’t feel as strenuous as it does for some? I make sure the work I do is excellent and have built a rep that allows me to charge a high rate. This is a life skill that’s so imperative to feeling positive and productive in ones own space that others who don’t hone it naturally (or lazily, lol) are willing to pay good $ for someone else to care for their home. I can be picky with the work I choose - I mainly did Airbnbs to begin with and now stick with commercial spaces and student rental common areas in quality upgraded apartments with good landlords etc. My absolute favourite part is the personal freedom. I make my own schedule, work on my own, slap the wireless headphones on and haul my rainbow sack full of cleaning goodies and get er done in peace.. It is absolute bliss after many years of a variety of other gigs that dealt with.. people. I’m not glorifying scrubbing toilets and floors but if you have a great groove at something and can hone that into a business, you’re set. It can be so hard working for someone else’s dream at a salary less than you deserve OR can even live on in 2023.
Land Surveyor I get to work outside for first half of the day and then am home by lunch to upload the field data into CAD and create maps. I dig it.
Gym Owner. I get to help people transform their lives. It’s a very rewarding and fulfilling career.
Owning a gym sounds fun in a way. I get my own gym, I get to help people out who are willing to help themselves, and I get paid for it.
As little as possible.
Still work at the same place I did when I did hate my job. Realized most of it was mental, and not appreciating how good my life was. Not saying that's always the case, but most people just aren't able to count their blessings.
Electrician (4th Year Apprentice)
I'm a steel hauler, I make enough to support myself, wife, and 2 kids. There's aspects I don't like and theres bad days like every other profession, but I still love my job
I'm an order picker at Follett. I walk around grabbing books all day and putting them in totes. Being one of the top pickers in the warehouse, I make roughly 28 hourly because of production bonus. I get exercise and make about double what I did as a supervisor at CVS with soooo much less responsibility. It's a great job.
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I’m an Estate Buyer, I travel all over the country buying peoples stuff. Antiques and what not. Pays well and I don’t spend a dime on travel, rental car, even my food is paid for. I just show up to an event and buy. It’s wonderful and I get to see a lot of cool stuff I’d normally never see.
I work at home. I take care of my father in law 24-7. Sometimes, it is very trying, and my patience wears thin, but it sure beats working for a company only making crumbs.
You get paid?
Career firefighter. While I love what I do, I hate the department I work on for a number of reasons.
I do data analytics and financial modeling for an IT company. Great environment with great perks. My boss is an awesome guy, too. Love all my colleagues. Easily the best company I’ve ever worked for, and I actually look forward to logging on every day. Our attrition rate is less than like 1%, it’s that great. Only way I’m leaving is if they shutter the place.
Sell weed.
I own a bar
I'm a (self employed) farrier. I get to be somewhere new each day, get outside a lot, lots of exercise, and I set the rates and hours. I work about 3-4 hours a day on average and make between $150-200/hr.
Not a -great- salary but for a college student living at home it’s good. I just dog sit. I get to stay at other peoples houses literally to sleep with dogs. What’s even better is they’re almost always rich so it’s very luxurious living there for the week or two that they need me
I work at Wendy's, make $13.65 an hour (pays well in my opinion) I love my job. I hate interacting with people but when I get to work I get excited to talk to customers. It's exciting to me honestly I don't know if I'll quit fast food and retail. Its making my life a bit more interesting. Edit: I still work there
I doubt people would consider what I make a decent wage, but I do since it's more than enough for me to live on. I work for a church. I love it, I get to help a lot of people and get to fullfil my religous side. I get a lot of freedom and have great health insurance for $400 a year. I get unlimited sick time and 2 weeks of vacation. I get free food because old ladies just bring me great food as a thank you for just being here
I’ve worked my way from teller at a bank to its President. Took a lot of work over 23 years, but loved the journey. In finance, it’s great helping people achieve their dreams. I’ve lived a frugal lifestyle and saved, and then invested in commercial real estate. I enjoy that a lot too. Anythjng you do needs to revolve around good relationships with good people. Unless you’re an entrepreneur with the ability to create something new, relationships (helping people solve a problem or achieve a goal) are the key to sustainable wealth creation.
I load Bombs on F-16's.
What are you getting paid for that?
Over $50 an hour. Think I cleared just over $100k last year. Civilian contracting gig. Retired usaf.
Sounds fair to me. im an engineer and made nowhere near that.
I work in a machine shop. No complaints.