Sometimes on Lemmy these seem like the only jobs that actually exist, but I’m sure there’s a lot of people here with different and unusual lines of work.

  • Vandals_handle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    After a long and lucrative IT career I got a certificate in Ecological Restoration. I now do land stewardship, monitoring and maintaining habitats. Literally outstanding in my field, or marsh, or scrubland…

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    My primary job is IT.

    But I am also a fully licensed pyrotechnic operator in California and put on large public displays throughout southern California. I also help with safety seminars showcasing special effects used in the film industry to local fire authorities so they are familiar if a production films somewhere under their jurisdiction.

  • Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I do cosplay erotica for a living. I make awesome costumes, I take them off, and just post to Patreon. I suppose it’s kindof retail, as I’m giving the photos to people, as a reward for subscribing, but I set my own schedule and choose what goes out. The freedom is incredible

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I guess DevOps or whatever the eff DevSecOps is

    I’m the guy who helps our coders figure out how to build their stuff, our testers figure out how to automate their stuff, and help them follow good app security practices. Somehow im the expert in Java when they can’t figure it out, the expert in JavaScript, the expert in python, etc, based mostly on my Google skills. Luckily we hired someone else for Kubernetes because I just don’t have time to stay ahead of them. Today someone tried asking for help with Ruby and I had to draw the line

    My manager tried to stick me on Windows when I started, but it’s really not supported for Engineering. Our products are all on variations of Red Hat and Amazon Linux, all our technical staff has Mac laptops, and management uses Windows for their presentations and stuff

  • Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Environmental engineer. I clean up chemical messes like oil spills, and make sure that the resulting land is safe enough for people to live on it.

    It’s fun and challenging, if somewhat depressing at times. Some things take a LONG time to clean up. On the plus side, I have great job security.

  • Deadful@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Just by the numbers I would assume quite a few Lemmings work in utilities companies and healthcare.

    For me it’s healthcare. I am an EEG tech and sleep tech.

  • FrowingFostek@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Sound and communications technician. I put cables in the walls, floors or ceilings for structured cabling projects.

    Not glamorous work but, I get to be in large buildings and, most of the time I work in climate controlled occupied space.