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.

    • criticon@lemmy.ca
      8·
      2 years ago

      I disagree, I’m an engineer and I prefer it over not engineering positions. My only ragret is not keeping up with coding since it was my favorite subject in college

      • Karmmah@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 years ago

        Do you feel like you could use coding in your daily business or is it just an interest you would like to pursue?

        • Zonetrooper@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 years ago

          Not that guy, but also a (not-software) engineer. Coding is really great for a few things:

          • Software stuff is in really vogue right now. Like there’s demand for all engineering disciplines in my area, but software guys are the hot position, with pay to match.
          • Even if you’re not software, knowing a little is helpful for other stuff - e.g., whipping up some quick and dirty test interfaces, or interacting with older systems with non
          • It also really, really helps for little things at home.

          Unfortunately I cannot actually write code to save my life, but it’d be real useful if I could!

    • sunzu@kbin.run
      3·
      2 years ago

      Ain’t that how all professional service are nowadays.

      Doctors is the last gig and it is getting gutted as we speak.

      • Bearbie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Facts. I was talking to my doctor who is moving to Denver for another job soon. He was telling me how bad it was getting.

        The hospital+clinics are forcing them to spend less time with patients,overbooking their schedules, and ordering tests that aren’t medically necessary to get the most out of a patient.

        He’s leaving for a private practice job that’ll allow him to have more say so, it’s sad those who have been with him for the last 10+ years won’t benefit from him being around anymore.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      That’s why I went backwards from SE back to IT. I enjoy working with people directly and helping them. It’s also a hell of a lot easier in terms of hours and crunches (we have no crunches).

      Basically, I had to decide whether I wanted the money and “glamour” of working on a well-known hot project or to be generally happy with my life. I’m a lot happier now.