If you don't work IT, retail, or food service what do you do for work?
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.
Prep school teacher for international middle school kids hoping to go to an English-speaking high school.
Teach all the basic intro classes in an accelerated high school curriculum the semester before they attend high school so that when they get there the language barrier, new facts and different educational style doesn't crush them mercilessly.
My "job" (I put it in quotes because it's more like a gig that's paid) is experimental and doesn't have a direct name, but I often shorten the explanation as working with media/reporting/archiving/charity.
I work as a theatre tech (light and sound) at a college(theatre arts department). I do however use Linux and made some scripts in Python to control my ligtdesk and sound table. So a bit of IT related work. But also talk with students about the creative part of lights, sound and projection and how they can use it during and after there study in there shows.
I also do some shows for them in the small Theatre in the college and outside the college.
And give them a workshop teaching them the basics and how they can tell to a tech what they want and how they can do somethings themselves.
It's my experience in technical professions that many people consider their improvised solutions to be clever and thoughtful, and other peoples' to be shoddy and dangerous.
Are these side jobs under the table or things you actually have to get permits for? I've known a few people who do the former and it can be really lucrative
Well, we have never had a first cut as early as this year. But at least it is not dry as last year or 2018. Some say it is natural variations, but I thilk co2 has to have a part in it
Screenprinting. I also did work as a quality tech for machining. Manufacturing jobs in general do not seem to get any public recognition even though they can be some of the most engaging and can cater to a lot of people that don’t enjoy the employee-customer relationship.
That being said, finding the sweet spot for management can be a challenge.
It’s a career path that’s practically ignored in schools and I wish math classes used more examples from engineering and manufacturing to answer the age-old “Where am I ever going to use this?” question.
Is your job really a dangerous as they make it out to me? Like I understand the lights and trying to rush through traffic can be dangerous but don't most people just kind of pull off to the side like you're supposed to?
Just my opinion here, but once the thrill of driving lights and sirens wears off (which is unfortunately quite soon) you realise that the benefit to risk ratio isn't what you thought. People are supposed to pull over (this varies by jurisdiction), but in reality people panic and do a lot of irrational and unexpected things. Which is why are probably a lot more choosy about it's use than people realise, at least here (heading to the hospital - heading to a call is based on the caller's description and dispatch, but we are allowed to nope for safety). It also doesn't save the time one thinks it does (but it's pretty slick for getting through lights - this is the time saver).
I don't blame drivers though. They're trying to do the right thing but everyone has a different idea of that even if it's to full-stop in place. There was no formal training for me as a driver on what to do when sirens approach, and if there was it was changed since and muddied by countless buddy tales. For example, here you are supposed to pull to the closest side, but used to be the right IIRC. Sirens are HARD to hear when driving and blaming drivers for loud music is kinda bullshit when sirens aren't actually that effective. Lights are ineffective in some environments. Other environments have multiple sirens going on.
And it doesn't have a watermark, or most of the other stuff described. Bateman and everyone else at that table are a bunch of idiots who have no clue what they are talking about.