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.
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I’m an endlessly adjuncting philosophy professor. Going back to law school in the fall at age 38.
that’s pretty rad. i have a friend who teaches in chicago, the stuff he tells me he has to go through just to secure his place in the field is just ridiculous.
all the emphasis on new publications, new ideas, new this and that – what if we already got the important ideas down years ago and now the work of philosophy is in putting it to practice? why demand that scholars demonstrate their capacity for new ideas instead of demonstrating a capacity for outstanding pedagogy of existing ones? it drives me nuts… we say all of modern philosophy is a series of footnotes to plato and yet expect our professors to focus on advancing the field rather than focusing on principles of quality education and mentoring
gah this is why i left academia to do therapy
You got this! I went back to school in my mid-30s, and now 2 years after graduating, my life is immensely better. :)
Of course, I went from no degree to an associates, so a bit different in terms of degrees, but it definitely helped.
It’s the correct move. I know a few Phd pro Ph who went this route in their 30s.
Instead of just listening to U1 students with the same bad takes/logic, they now help people with actual tangible problems in the real world.
They also went from “maybe I can afford name brand beans” to “maybe I shouldn’t eat out every day this week”.
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…
Manufacturing. Can’t sell shit if you don’t make it first.
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.
Commercial wide format print shop owner
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
I manage money and people.
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
Consulting in healthcare/public health/public safety
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.
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.
Physician associate in mental health
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.
