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My profession is in programming. Initially, my dad tried to teach me Javascript. It was a struggle and couldn't get it.

A few years later, I took up computer science in college and that's where it all clicked: I can imagine the end result. It's a matter of being curious and finding (or I daresay... hacking) my way to that conclusion. Programming languages have a very funny way of allowing you to do just that. In studying computer science, I discovered the art of engineering all kinds of software-based solutions.

Because my way of solving problems is more deductive than inductive, I have to consciously build foundational knowledge and routines. Constant learning and insatiable curiosity is required for me to identify when my hunches are wrong and discard them accordingly.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Wage slave and renter

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Was a cop, now I'm in EMS. Much better mentality, even with a shittier job environment.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Machinist. Over 20 years now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

College teacher/academia in music and techology.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Professional retiree for like 3 decades now ๐Ÿ˜ But I also worked a bit here and there and it was as IT-admin or freelancer or both.

[โ€“] rabber 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm a datacenter administrator and professional photographer as side hustle. I love my work so much that it barely even feels like work

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Have a bachelor's in Radio/Television/Film. Worked as a Reports Analyst for over a decade writing SQL code to pull data from databases to create reports in spreadsheets. Now for the last sixteen years I've been a hairdresser.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Storyboard/3D generalist. I work at a small animation studio from home. The good thing about this is that I basically work whatever hours I want as long as I get my work done. That means 11 or 12 start times and I also get a chance to work on my personal projects when it's a slow time. The pay could be better but that's my only complaint.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Everyone here is using Lemmy and is either in SWE, Sys Engi, Sys Admin or DevOps.

/s kinda

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Engineering Business Analyst. I need to learn SQL though

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Android programmer. Picked it up back in 2011 when I was a couple years out of school.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Data engineering. Quite a change from my undergrad path.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I work in insurance, specifically auto insurance. I used to work as a bodily injury adjuster, but moved to subro. I've been doing this for longer than I realized. My mom told me with a smile that I'll likely be in insurance the rest of my life. I went home and cried ๐Ÿคฃ

Pays alright though. And I'm (currently) able to work from home which I know is a blessing. Just wasn't what I was dreaming about as a little girl, you know?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Are you really that ugly though?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

I worked in childcare for years, was a teacher for a decade, I've been a waitress and bartender for a decade... maybe it's time to switch again.

My real vocation is as a father, though. How I make money is secondary to that, always.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Doing my BSC in Informatics atm but I am already working as a student intern network engineer for the state railway working on the internal train network and the train-to-land connection but also on stuff like the announcements and dashboards. Wherever I am needed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Online communications for an organisation that focuses on local youths. Everything they organise, do, etc... we offer them a platform and also acts as a link between them and the local politicians. Since we're an online platform, it's a very important job (or so it feels) but it's not always easy to explain. So most of the times I just describe it as: "I post a lot of things on social media and our website as well as writing a newsletter, plus I go to a lot of events"

Trying to ditch all meta/big tech apps, tho, but almost impossible with this job. We rely on Instagram and TikTok a lot (our target audience is 16-30)... That's definitely a downside. Looking to expand to fediverse as well, but it's a slow process

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

I'm a Technical IT Consultant, consulting for a large cloud IT platform company.

On the client side, I take on new implementation projects, setups + configurations, maintenance, and help desk tasks that are beyond the help desk department.

Internally, I'm involved in our DevOps and custom app development teams.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Marine fabricator, which sounds better than upholsterer. I specialize in canvas, making enclosures for boats.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

QA Manager. I started out as a test analyst, then taught myself to code with JS, C#, Python and a little bit of C++. moved into a test automation engineer role then a QA engineer at a different company before being promoted to manager

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Back-office college financial aid at a larger state college. Financial aid mostly disburses by batch process, so my job is to audit that. Some things, like external scholarships, are manual and require a quick reassessment of the financial aid package to ensure the student is still eligible for everything (if anything, loans need reduced sometimes per regulations). Some things require "professional judgement," like when a student is not yet 24 but claims to be independent due to unusual circumstances. There's more, but it's really just an accumulation of batch work, queues, and audits which require a reasonably good working knowledge of regulations.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Virtualization Engineer. Finally doing what I am passionate about. I was a stock broker 10 years ago. It was a crazy ride.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I work in travel insurance claims. I'm in a third party administrator for underwriters. When you're on a trip and you get hurt or get sick, you give us a call and we get a claim started for you.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I was in IT (sys admin) for many years. Now Iโ€™m on disability because reasons.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

professional neet

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