Just curious, what do you guys actually do for a living?

Scrolling through comments here, you can tell there’s a huge mix of people, some clearly technical, some more creative, some who sound like they’ve been in the working world for decades, others who feel like students or early in their career.

No particular reason for asking, just genuinely curious what kind of professions make up this community. Feel free to keep it as vague or specific as you’re comfortable with.

Drop your profession below, and if you want, one thing about it people usually don’t expect.

  • Bustedknuckles
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    6 days ago

    I used to be a scientist, lived the startup (hardware) dream, now thinking about next moves - world needs housing, right? Maybe reskill to civil engineering?

    Surprising thing: hardware startups face so much upfront capital cost that they’re almost impossible these days, also, I’m starting to wonder if we maybe have enough Science/Tech and that investment could be better directed to short term material needs of people and the planet

    • joelectron
      1·
      4 days ago

      I’m currently an engineer at a hardware tech startup. It is crazy how much upfront capital is needed, even just to build non-form factor test devices.

    • tristynalxander@mander.xyzEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      I’m starting to wonder if we maybe have enough Science/Tech and that investment could be better directed to short term material needs of people and the planet

      Depends on what type of science. I’m in Structural Biology, and I think medicine is so primitive that it’s a bit horrifying. Also we have all this protein design stuff and people just aren’t interested in using it to innovate.

      I’ve been thinking of doing a one-man start up because the biotech job-market is non-existent, the NIH isn’t funding much, and I can’t seem to find a position. Any tips?