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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] 4 points 3 weeks 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] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Jerk.

(me, not OP)

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Electronics Technician and cryostat hall manager. I'm currently assisting in the moving of about 30 cryostats from various places in our current lab into the cryostat hall of our new building.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Dropship Door Nerf Gunner

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I was an electrician for 15 years in the canadian military and for the last 3 years an instructor. I got really tired of using my whole body all the time and working outside all year round. I also got really tired of the military lifestyle and how bad the leadership got.

Quit my old job 2 years ago and took up programming. Now im about to graduate from college(canada) with a 4.0gpa and hopefully have a job with i right away.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks 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] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks 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] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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€“] JadenSmith 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I straighten below hairs for Japanese adult entertainment employees. Usually a Philips does the job, however for some folks I've had to whip out the ironing board. It's a tough job.

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

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

/s kinda

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I don't appreciate that sentence starting with "when" rather than "if."

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Electronics Technician and self taught programmer. My career has been building equipment to test locomotive traction motors and alternators. Lots SQL and PLC programming, electrical drawings, web programming for reports.

[โ€“] thelsim 3 points 3 weeks ago

My job title is data engineer, but the organization I work at is small enough that it basically ranges from business intelligence to cloud engineering to data architecture to data science to whatever other thing is even slightly related to data :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Also developer. Been writing code since around 1985. I wrote a system in the logistics field back in 1999 and I've been expanding it ever since.

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

Architectural lighting designer. I love it and hate it. Love the complexity and endless learning about science and tech, and how to apply it creatively. Hate the contractors who put forward alternates and mess up the entire design intent only to pocket the difference.

Currently studying to change careers to be a game dev as a generalist for indie games.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm currently a Site/Processing manager that dabbles in data, got there through beekeeping. I got a summer job working for a beekeeper (over 30 years. ago now) while doing a BSc in organic chemistry and never went back to uni - I was planning to go into lab work/food science in the dairy industry.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

911 call taker

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Software engineer. In the past mostly C++, now it's mostly C#. Lots of databases too.

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