Current Events > CE, what's your job and how would you rate it?

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Software Dev

I'd give it like a solid 7.5/10. It's pretty simple and pay is just perfect. Rarely have to do anything outside work hours that relates to work- can be a bit unfulfilling and unenergizing at points but overall is a decent intellectual challegne that very efficiently pays the bills and gives me good skills.

I haven't seen a female in decades as a result.
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Project Estimator

It's fun. Pays decent. I get to listen to podcasts and/or spotify all day while I do it.
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reconciliation analyst

id give it a 5/10. hours are nice when there isnt a fire to put out, i get to work from home sometimes, and the people i work with are pleasant so i dont dread going to work in the morning. however I have absolutely no interest in the work i do or the industry i'm in
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What do either of those things do?
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SAN/NAS Storage Engineer. Mainly NAS, but I can do SAN stuff if needed.

I'd give it a B. Get to travel a bit and work from home mostly. Wish I got paid a little more, but who doesn't. Just would like to be closer to the national average since I'm pretty good at it and feel like i should be at the upper end. I work for a larger company with large projects so I'm getting valuable experience, but don't earn as much as I could elsewhere, bit of a trade off.
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coded as: Supplier Management Manager
what i do: SAP Ariba conversion workstream lead
rated: 1/10. I have some generic interest in doing this but fuck this company and fuck this implementation. i have 1 accomplishment I want to get done coming up at the end of february/early March and then leave never to come back to this company.
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I do mine for a commercial flooring company.

Project Estimator:

Take blueprints from a job and read them. Figure out what floor coverings they want on the job and figure out how much they need and what it costs to do it. My number is turned into a company who is running the job (General Contractor) and hopefully we get the job through them based on my numbers.

It's 90 percent done on a computer.

The other 10 percent of my job is doing changes that the architect wants, or telling our installers how the 150 foot roll of carpet should be cut and installed... stuff like that.

I do ceramic wall and floor tile, carpet (roll and tile), LVT, VCT, sheet vinyl, etc.

It's a lot of math, but the computer does a lot of the harder stuff for me.
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Rathalos888 posted...

What do either of those things do?

i work for a company that leases IT equipment. basically my job is to make sure everything is cool with the way the customer's lease with us is completed (whether it's at the end of their leasing period or they want to end it early), so our AR people can get paid
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Marine
10/10 would do again
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KILBOTz posted...

coded as: Supplier Management Manager
what i do: SAP Ariba conversion workstream lead
rated: 1/10. I have some generic interest in doing this but fuck this company and fuck this implementation. i have 1 accomplishment I want to get done coming up at the end of february/early March and then leave never to come back to this company.

I feel you buddy, I just left a company I hated for brighter skies. It feels good, hope you find something you like.

WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

I do mine for a commercial flooring company.

Project Estimator:

Take blueprints from a job and read them. Figure out what floor coverings they want on the job and figure out how much they need and what it costs to do it. My number is turned into a company who is running the job (General Contractor) and hopefully we get the job through them based on my numbers.

It's 90 percent done on a computer.

The other 10 percent of my job is doing changes that the architect wants, or telling our installers how the 150 foot roll of carpet should be cut and installed... stuff like that.

I do ceramic wall and floor tile, carpet (roll and tile), LVT, VCT, sheet vinyl, etc.

It's a lot of math, but the computer does a lot of the harder stuff for me.

There's a lot of jobs in the world that would never cross my mind as necessary but totally are. How'd you get into that?
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health care policy analyst for a nonprofit

I track state and federal legislation that could have an impact on health care in my state. I am responsible for researching the likely impacts and crafting our messaging to either support or oppose or ignore legislation, depending on the impact and who else may be interested enough in the policy to expend resources to support/oppose it themselves. I produce written, audio, and visual content to this end.

As new policies become implemented, I do various kinds of outreach to give the public information and resources about how to respond to them. Sometimes it is the general public (I had a media interview and was quoted in the paper just this week, for instance), sometimes it is presentations to professional associations, sometimes it is in legislative committees.

I would give it pretty high marks, I really like my job.
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Hospital administrator. Essentially I'm in charge of making sure that everything is stocked in our hospital and I've also transitioned into essentially being in charge of staffing for non-medical positions in the hospital.

I enjoy it. Some days are slow like today, other days are swamped. Pays well, great benefits, free daycare (huge with four young kids), and it brings a good deal of satisfaction and a decent amount of prestige.
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Rathalos888 posted...

There's a lot of jobs in the world that would never cross my mind as necessary but totally are. How'd you get into that?

I knew someone that worked here. That part didn't get me the job though, just an interview. The main requirement that they were looking for is the ability to pick up and learn the estimating software.

The program looks like this:



I take the blueprint PDF's and put them in the program. So instead of the designs seen in the picture above it would look like actual blueprints.



It's a little more complicated than my explanation but it's the basics.
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rocket scientist

10/10

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brewer

9/10

its what ive always wanted to do since my early 20s and im finally doing it
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ymysockwet posted...

Marine
10/10 would do again

I've heard good things, mostly.

green butter posted...

i work for a company that leases IT equipment. basically my job is to make sure everything is cool with the way the customer's lease with us is completed (whether it's at the end of their leasing period or they want to end it early), so our AR people can get paid

Sounds like you deal with frustrated people.

BuckVanHammer posted...

SAN/NAS Storage Engineer. Mainly NAS, but I can do SAN stuff if needed.

I don't know what that is! But that's dope that you get to work for a big company- pad those stats.

Balrog0 posted...

health care policy analyst for a nonprofit

That seems like a really interesting job- so is your job essentially just coming up with framing devices for your company's stance toward current healthcare happenings?

K181 posted...

Hospital administrator. Essentially I'm in charge of making sure that everything is stocked in our hospital and I've also transitioned into essentially in charge of staffing for non-medical positions in the hospital.

Damn CE has some interesting jobs lol. That sounds, potentially, very stressful. I'm glad currently you can chill out.

WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

The program looks like this:

That's pretty dope- are the blueprints designed at all with the software in mind, or is it entirely on your end to get it to function properly within the software?
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JustMyOpinion posted...

Senior Financial Analyst

6/10

But I suspect you're making bank?

Darkman124 posted...

rocket scientist

u srs?

ManSpread posted...

brewer

its what ive always wanted to do since my early 20s and im finally doing it

Fuck yeah that's awesome! Did you start brewing yourself or like... I dunno, join another brewing company? How'd you get to ditch what you were doing previous?
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It's not that stressful. I'm not a doctor making life or death decisions. It's essentially just inventory, ordering, and staffing.
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Rathalos888 posted...

WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...
The program looks like this:

That's pretty dope- are the blueprints designed at all with the software in mind, or is it entirely on your end to get it to function properly within the software?

Not really designed with that in mind. Most places don't deal with 150 page thick, 42 inch long paper, blueprints anymore. Most of it is sent in PDF copies. I have hundreds of gigs on my PC of just blueprints of jobs I did work on. There's boring jobs (hotels) and there's fun ones to mess on (literally had to sign an NDA with the federal government)

The programs aren't advanced enough to go to a print and say okay this room is 15x12 or whatever. I have to click the outline of the room with the blueprints as a background. It's kind of like a paint by number.
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I make nsfw art for commissioners (not with my sig's tumblr account). I've just started, but hey. I get to draw lewd stuff 10/10
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Rathalos888 posted...

Fuck yeah that's awesome! Did you start brewing yourself or like... I dunno, join another brewing company? How'd you get to ditch what you were doing previous?

i started at the dishpit on the brewpub side of the company with no prior brewing experience at all, moved up to being a sous chef, went from kitchen to bartending, and then eventually got pulled from the front of house to the brewery

i talked with the owner of the brewery at length about my passion for beer and how i wanted to get involved with the brewing process when i first started, got my cicerone certification (which isnt much) and been trying to get into the BJCP

all the times i talked with the bossman himself he always told me that it was nice to have someone who was working at the brewery/brewpub who actually had a passion for beer and not seeing it as just a job which he really appreciated

over time he slowly had the brewers bring me in on days i was off on to learn all the different equipment in the brewery, how to clean brite tanks, moving wort into fermenters, how to work a carbstone to accelerate carbonation in beer, how to run the bottling machine, etc etc

bossman eventually sat me down one day and told me my services were no longer needed in the taproom and asked me i wanted to move into the brewery fulltime

the hours CAN get shitty sometimes (7am-7pm if we're behind or have a big order request) but most days i usually work 7am3/4pm and it really isnt that stressful

some days all we do is bottling, some days i literally do nothing but stand in one place and control the flow and pressure of the water into tanks, clean and fill kegs, clean the fermenters/brite tanks, sit in the lab and do QA (which is basically taste testing), check on the carbonation and againg of our limited bourbon barrel releases, etc etc
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ThineEnemy posted...

I make nsfw art for commissioners (not with my sig's tumblr account). I've just started, but hey. I get to draw lewd stuff 10/10

That's rad. How's it been going so far? Is the income sustainable?

ManSpread posted...

bossman eventually sat me down one day and told me my services were no longer needed in the taproom and asked me i wanted to move into the brewery fulltime

Good shit, congrats again man. Do you think you'll stay at that brewery for a while?
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Rathalos888 posted...

ThineEnemy posted...

I make nsfw art for commissioners (not with my sig's tumblr account). I've just started, but hey. I get to draw lewd stuff 10/10

That's rad. How's it been going so far? Is the income sustainable?

ManSpread posted...

bossman eventually sat me down one day and told me my services were no longer needed in the taproom and asked me i wanted to move into the brewery fulltime

Good shit, congrats again man. Do you think you'll stay at that brewery for a while?

yes

last year we won a medal at the GABF (largest beer festival in the world, had over 2200 different breweries there) so we definitely have a bright future ahead of us
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Im a barber. I would rate it 9/10 because its my own shop. I get to cut hair, talk to people about cool shit, and then sit down and browse CE.
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Rathalos888 posted...

That's rad. How's it been going so far? Is the income sustainable?

Currently no. When I say just started, I mean like at the start of this month lmao

But my following's growing, and I do think it'll become sustainable in the foreseeable future. And there's also Patreon to help me (which I need to start working on as well).

I'm also gonna try to work on the sfw side of my art and see where that leads me, but I'm optimistic honestly. It's scary, but hey we all gotta start somewhere.
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Lab Equipment Coordinator

I keep all of our lab equipment running, calibrated, qualified, etc.

7/10
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internal auditor for a company in the automotive industry

8/10

ok pay but i enjoy what i do and i get to travel to cool places
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Lawyer.

6/10. I'm lucky because I went to a decent school and got into the specialized area of law I went to law school to get into. I still only partially like my job though. I couldn't imagine having to work in an area of law in which I had no interest or hated.
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I feel like a peasant compared to all these dudes smh
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Hairy-man posted...

Im a barber.

What do you do when you make a mistake?

ThineEnemy posted...

It's scary, but hey we all gotta start somewhere.

Living off of your art is really cool, and you will only get better. Getting paid to draw lewd shit is both hilarious and really cool lol, good luck!

beacraft posted...

Lab Equipment Coordinator

What does your lab specialize in?

Vamp_Aubrey posted...

internal auditor for a company in the automotive industry

I got nothing as to what this is lol. There's a lot of fucking different jobs out there.

whitelytning posted...

Lawyer.

6/10

Surprising. What area of law do you practice?

Hairy-man posted...

I feel like a peasant compared to all these dudes smh

Lol what the fuck would we do without barbers? That's an interesting career that we need, and with the growing trend of dude's caring about their hair I only see it as a growing industry
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Rathalos888 posted...

u srs?

yes
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I do research with robots

Love the job, kinda don't like how it's a sausage fest or that 80% of the people here are older than my parents, but it's the kind of job I'd like to do for the rest of my life
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Rathalos888 posted...

That seems like a really interesting job- so is your job essentially just coming up with framing devices for your company's stance toward current healthcare happenings?

Plus promoting that stance in various public arenas, yeah.
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I supervise a team of therapists that work with the families of kids on juvenile probation; our goal is help the caregivers regain their role as authority over the children so they aren't reliant on formal agencies like probation, police, and school to change behavior.

8/10
I really like being able to apply my therapy skills, teach/develop therapists, and see them having an effect on the community around me. Plus the model of therapy we use is systemic and empirical, so I get to tap into some of my old statistics/number crunching love.

I'm in my 3rd year of medical school. Gearing up to specialize in anesthesiology.

My "job" right now is 1 month rotations working in different specialties. So basically it's like starting a new job every month and right when I've gotten the swing for things, I'm uprooted into a new environment with new people, new patient population, etc. Some months I get a fair bit of autonomy and act as a sort of sub-intern. Others are basically glorified shadowing.
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