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.
I helped design large-ish electrical grids. 30-100k cables
Without the actual calculation bits, unfortunately.
Not very interesting. Bad software. Management didn’t really care about the problem. I was there so the problem was “managed” from their point of view.
Which partif the grid?
The boring part. Making sure that there are holes in the walls for sockets, enough capacity in the cable trays. Planning the routing, but I didn’t have access to algorithm of the software.
Collecting the ever changing inputs from people who want devices with cables in rooms and spaces. :)
Oh, okay, interesting. I do physical substation design, so there’s a lot of overlap there. Just right now I’m slogging through conduit details, lol
I’m a water engineer!
Sourcing, recycling, and transporting
water engineer
You MAKE water!? How?
One part oxygen, two parts hydrogen and squeeze.
They must have to stamp on it really hard
They contract the Cheez-it people to do it.
…I hate that I remember these commercials.
Public accountant/auditor
Category Buyer for a large manufacturing company.
Safety adviser currently in airport safety
You just clock in everyday say don’t use Boeing and then leave?
If it’s not Boeing, I’m not going… to crash. Probably.
Currently as intern at a municipality as financial advisor. Hoping to get a job from within the municipality.
I’m a Stonemason, and I work in conservation.
Nice! I’m a trim carpenter and I work in historic preservation. I’m a project manager now but I worked my way up from laborer.
Nice!
I’m a rope access industrial radiographer.
Edit: colloquially known as a “bomber”Had to look this up. So you climb up stuff to get radio data or what does that entail? Why do they call you “bomber”?
I’ve never heard of this job, but with a search or two, it sounds kind of like he rappels to points on tall structures to check for structural issues and such using X-rays.
Yep, that’s close enough. Although we mostly use a gamma radiation source as x-rays are electronically generated, we aren’t near a plug and the equipment is often cumbersome.
There are portable x-ray generators that run off a 20v dewalt battery. But their effective penetrative power means it’s only viable for very thin walled pipes.
Not quite. We climb / rappel structures, mostly oil rigs. And use a gamma radiation source to check for weld defects.
We’re known as bombers because the source container, a techops sentinel 880 or a SCAR projector look a lot like bombs and we blast radiation all over the place causing issues to the nucleonic sensors so over the place.
I work in IT and I don’t like following rules
I’m insulted that you would even ask me that. We are no longer internet friends.
(?<!MagnyusG)
Clearly not an arch user
You shall lie soulless in the wake of Debian’s righteous slaughter
Ahh, there it is. Linux user confirmed. :D
Trusts and estates for high net worth clients.
Did anyone else notice that every single one of those business cards had “acquisitions” spelled incorrectly?
Does consulting for energy utilities helping them improve their mapping systems (GIS) count as IT? I do manage cloud infrastructure but also assist with all the various pieces and parts that go into digital maps and integrations.
Yeah i would call anything actually working in GIS beyond reading what’s there or adding dots or lines to it an IT job.
Maintenance, transitioning into automation tech.
Essentially.
PLC, along with motion control.
Exactly…
Ladder logic?
The Horror, the horror.
Key Account Management
So door-to-door salesman?
Ha.
wouldn’t it be funny if I sold doors, door-to-door.
Yes but only to people who lack doors, so you can’t knock anywhere and go out of business.
