I’m asking out of curiosity mostly.
Is anyone here into digital marketing? That’s what I’m studying for right now.
Tech support, get that dopamine solving new problems everyday
All the previous jobs were in the vein of either huge risk (pizza delivery) or puzzle solving. Got quite disheartend doing anything less demanding.
Dito, fixing interesting problems is fun. My main issue is that we have had a caroucel of bosses (4 in the last 4 years) and the current one gets a C-. Half the team does not trust them due to drama with the previous manager and the they keep trying to make it so the different team members specialize in different tasks (everyone used to be trained to do everything). I like the job and the company, but its one or two step removed from “Office Space” levels of corpo whohash.
In my office the only issue is admin stuff, time tracking, emails, case updates that sort of time sucking boring nonsense, found a way around, train the new guys, tell em’ contact me if you have problems, so now I fix their stuff and they do the emails/notes :D
I have to convince mangement I’m doing work every yearly review, so far so good!
Depending on how old you are, I’d say that you’re working with what you’re best at and delegating the things you’re not good at, to those on your team or department, that are better at them. If you’re under 45, I’d have a hard time seeing this as you doing a good thing. That you’re just passing off the things you and everyone else should be doing for the new poor schmucks. I could be biased though.
I loved doing tech support when I worked in a Verizon store. I was supposed to sell stuff, but I’d rather solve problems.
I do water maintenance. Flowing hydrants, turning water valves, leak detection etc. I keep the water in city pipes doing it’s job.
That sounds pretty cool. If you’re a fan of being an unsung hero, this seems like a good point. And with that being said, thanks for keeping your city’s hydrants in tip-top shape.
So how did you get started? Does it work well for you?
Aircraft Maintenance Controller, I coordinate and advise on the maintenance operations for a fleet of cargo 737’s and 767’s. It’s a lot of auditing and making sure everything is done right, but also troubleshooting advice and on the operations side it’s a lot of making a plan to keep the flight schedule as intact as possible while still handling maintenance issues.
Software engineer is my title but my actual role is much more … chaotic.
I love it
Same, more or less. I work with self driving cars, in software integration (for people not familiar, that is putting together the software components other teams make, and solving the interactions between them).
It’s supremely fun. Constantly changing, chaotic, requires me to see the whole picture and never keep detailed focus on a specific part for very long. I love it.
Tech lead here, but same idea. The chaos and variety is exactly what I love about my job too.
Same here. If something is on fire it’s fun to deal with and easy to hyper focus on till it’s resolved. If it’s repetitive everyday kind of stuff, ughhhh.
Process Manager in the Client Solutions Operations department
Oh, that sounds cool.
What are somethings that attracted you to that career?
Well, as back story: I started at this company as a Member Services Rep on the phones. Somehow I got promoted to Team Lead, and then again to Supervisor, before I saw this position. I like the job because I get to analyze systems and find gaps and weaknesses, and I get to help people solve problems.
Oh nice. What does a typical day look like for you?
I’m the President of the United Plates
Data Architect… also management at the moment.
Holy moly. I fantasized about working that job many years ago. From what I gathered from job research sites, it takes many years of college to get into it. That’s just not a path I can take as the way I learn isn’t very cohesive with textbook learning, lecture note taking, and the like.
Am I wrong about this?
And how did you get started?
I tripped into it… I have always been database/persistence focused and joined a rather young small company so I became THE expert - years pass and I’m now managing persistence and design for a modestly sized team.
Programming. What made you choose digital marketing?
Thanks for asking.
My strengths lay in a love of knowledge, analytics, and my inquisitive mind. I love to see how things are connected to one another and how the system(s) is laid out. I’m often a big picture kinda guy. And have a desire to help others out when I can. Something I learned about myself about a decade ago, was that I can genuinely feel excited for others when they do well. Which is kind of a hack when you’re diagnosed with depression, and perhaps for my anxiety.
Digital marketing checks off all of those things. There is always something to be learned or improved, Google’s search ranking criteria are changed a few times a year, so there seems to never be a dull moment in the field. And just like IT or programming, being specialized in a few things is great. So I’m looking to become an expert in SEO, Local SEO, keyword/phrase ranking, and backlink generation.
The selfish part is that I realized that nearly all of the digital marketing things were things that I would benefit from knowing since I desire to start my company sometime soon. It also benefits my plan to be able to make a few hundred dollars a month through online sales of items.
What kind of programming are you into? Do you enjoy it?
I’m working part-time as a Software Engineer and I’m doing a Master’s degree in Software Engineering at the same time. 😵💫
I’m an engineer. I don’t usually spend more than a few hours on a single job, and there’s always something to do. My favorite thing is finding out how to do an unusual job and becoming the go-to guy for it.
What kind of engineering are you in? What aspects of your job do you like the most?
tl;dr: software developer
Software developer. Unable to thrive at school or university, I had phases ever since I had a PC where I self-improved with more or less intensity. A few years where I had neither energy nor motivation, but discipline to do a little bit most days. Just a solid hobby-level. Then out of nowhere It became an obsession for 5 years, like it usually does for a substance or gaming addiction. Just wake up, immediately study, trying to get everything perfect, to understand all the competing approaches and their reasons to every problem, only sleep when I can’t keep my eyes open. Finding mentors online, big names in their niche. Most people think that these people are annoyed from hundreds of “fans” who want to learn, but actually, that rarely happens, and when they see how much effort you put in, they are happy to help. One day, the phase ended as quickly as it had started. But I still had the knowledge. That was 20 years ago. Much of the stuff from back then is still relevant, but there are the massive changes to web clients, and there are “clouds”. In relation to relevant frameworks and standards, I’m far less skilled now, but I have two decades of reference projects which make me LOOK better. A problem is that working away from home really doesn’t work for me, thus having to refuse > 95 % of offers (they just come, I don’t apply). But since 2020, that is no longer an issue.
I work disability support…
I find the nature of ADHD can really help some people with other mental health issues as I tend to think about all the things, all possibilities etc and my guys are well looked after because of this
What kind of disabilities are you handling? Physical or mental?
Either way, I’m glad there are those out there willing to do that kind of job for those people. I surely couldn’t do it for long or well.
All kinds
We do creative arts based disability support
I assist people with cerebral palsy, autism, blindness, downs etc etc
Anyone and everyone :)
DevOps / Linux sys admin / user support / “it has buttons and plugs into a wall socket” support guy
Holy dang man! All of that sounds big brained to me.
How did you get started?
Started as a tech at a computer shop back in uni, doing diagnostics and assembly for custom PC builds. After I got my bachelor, I started as an IT guy in a factory, and for the next ~20 years worked as a sys admin at a bunch of different companies. Over the last 5 years or so I moved more and more towards Linux, automation, IaC, ansible, docker, k8s, terraform… and now I work as a devops engineer. I work for a small company, so I double as a backup sysadmin/user support guy, because I’m the one that “knows what active directory even is”. 🤷
Holy moly. That’s got to be one heck of a full resume you’ve got.
What would you say to someone who wants to get into DevOps?
Tinker, play, break, fix. Start with docker, a couple virtual machines, use the terminal, even switch to linux. Start automating/scripting mundane or repetitive tasks. For me, this is fun, I actually enjoy the work I do. I have a homelab, a few mini-pcs that I play with, and that I’m not afraid to break. I use ansible and terraform to manage them. Completely overkill for just a few apps and services I run for me and my family, but that’s how I learned a bunch of things.
Getting a job in devops might need a few years of experience as either a sysadmin or a developer, but it’s in high demand.
Sound Designer/Creative Director. Audio post production for TV. Mostly commercials but some film and TV.
I work at a small company where I wear a lot of hats.
I audit chats, supervise a team of agents, answer billing and sales tickets as well as the phone for sales.
When theres downtime i also work on spreadsheets which we use to track agent performance and make tools to help us work. Thats probably the msot fun part. Its a good job.
Pay is way under what we should be getting but i like the company and they treat me well. Plus wfh so cant complain too much.
