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New careers and professions emerge every single day. There might be jobs and career paths that weren't a thing when you were still picking your major in high school. Just like there are jobs that no longer exist, so there will be new jobs and cool career paths in a few years' time to replace the current-day professions that may soon disappear.
And unlike interesting career options that emerge with improving technologies, there are also quite bizarre jobs and weird occupations you’ve likely never heard about that currently exist. If that's something you'd be interested to learn about, RhodyRex's thread on AskReddit might help expand your horizons on what weird jobs are on offer (although not in high demand) today. They asked fellow Reddit members, "Do you have a job that the average person doesn't even know exists?" And thousands jumped on the thread to share the weird jobs nobody knows about and weird professions that are some people's bread and butter.
Below, we've compiled some of the most interesting responses from the thread, in which people shared the many weird careers and crazy jobs that exist yet not many know of. If any of the weird job titles below caught your attention, make sure to give them an upvote. Also, is there any other weird job not mentioned in the list? Perhaps you are the one doing it? Let us know in the comments!
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#1
slick519 said:
"I maintain hiking trails in our national forests. I camp out for 8 days at a time, with 6 day weekends. While out camping, I clear downed trees from the trails with chainsaws, crosscut saws, build bridges, retaining walls, drain water off the trail, fix rock/land slides, cut down large trees, etc. I hike most everywhere with my crew, although we use horses and mules to carry out camping equipment. Some places require us to ride ATVs and dirtbikes, while other places are only accessible by jetboat or airplane.
I love my job, I get paid 16.50 an hour, I get to live in nature damn near all year long, and I don't really have much time to spend my money. I work for the USFS, my job title is Wilderness Technician of Trails, and you can apply for jobs like mine, all over the country on USAjobs.gov. Search for wilderness tech, recreation tech, or trails tech."
Messor7 replied:
"Dream job."
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#2
"I'm an orthoepist! I work at an audiobook publisher, where I research the correct pronunciation of people, places, things, and foreign languages, so that the actors reading the books sound like they know what they're talking about. As far as I know, there are only two of us in the country."
#3
"I am a Travel Trainer! I teach people with learning disabilities how to use public transport independently.
It's an AWESOME job."
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Cousins travel trainer was great and the reason he can take the bus to work and even knows who and how to ask when theses a disruption (like bus is cancelled, snowstorm, etc.) Thank you for your help!
#4
zzzimcal said:
"I cut eyes out of dead people. I am an eye bank technician; I surgically remove corneas and whole eyes from donors for cornea transplants and research. I think most people don't WANT to know about my job."
hissxywife replied:
"Well, when I die, I'll be seeing you... or not."
#5
"For work I get to break into hospitals and steal things. It's referred to as a "Physical Penetration Test." It's an integral part of a risk assessment, which is required under 164.308 of HIPAA.
I routinely pick locks, steal access badges, impersonate medical personnel, harvest data and credentials, crack passwords, and utilize various social engineering tactics.
My official title is "Information Security Consultant." I have a degree in Information Systems Management, as well as; CCNA, Sec+, and CISA certifications."
Trophy Husband 1 year ago
I once met a person who did this at nuclear power plants. You don't want to hear how many times he was successful at breaking in... There is a safe word, so the plant security knows someone will be breaking in at some point this week and they will say that word of you challenge them. Because otherwise he might get shot by a guard that prefers to ask questions later. I'm in infosec, but red team is a much different job than what the rest of us do. You have to be a con man, an extrovert, and great at getting people to think you know less or more than you do, depending on the situation.
#6
giottoismyhomie said:
"I manage an adult literacy program. Most people think it is some sort of elaborate book club or that I am mistaken and meant to say that I teach children to read and write. Sadly my job exists because 1 in 6 adults are functionally illiterate (where I live)."
throw1243 asked:
"Where do you live?"
giottoismyhomie answered:
"Hawaii."
JoJo Anisko 1 year ago
I had an uncle who was functionally illiterate. He died during a hospital procedure from a reaction to the contrast material. Not only could he not read the consent form, but his family couldn't bring suit against the hospital because, you know, he signed it.
#7
"I didn't get it but I once applied for a job as a Heritage Officer. Sounded normal enough, but it involved basically going around cemeteries photographing graves and keeping a log of them. It was so unusual I was desperate for it, not to mention working alone and out in the fresh air.
'So what do you?'
'Oh, you know, look at graves.'"
#8
"I'm a professional prosthesis bra fitter. I fit women who have had a mastectomy. Usually, women who have/had breast cancer"
Erica Ventura 1 year ago
This is a very important job. Used to work in the lingerie department of a high-end department store, and we had a professional prosthesis fitter in our department too. She was so professional and empathetic and great at her job.
#9
ETA_was_here said:
"I am responsible for breaking toys and write reports about them how they break.
A totally different job from my previous job, using promotions from online casino's to earn a living and travel the world."
Informationator replied:
"Dear Diary: Today I choked on a toy hat."
Your Neighborhood Alien 1 year ago
OP also wrote, "Another 'incident': I actually shot my boss. I received a toy which could launch some foam darts. Normally not a real problem, but the safety standard these devices states it should only be able to launch the projectiles that are provided. In the end I found out it was possible to launch pens from it and my boss found out it hurts quite a bit being hit by a fast flying pen."
#10
"I test toilet paper. I work for a contracted company in a paper mill and test toilet paper, paper towels, and facial tissue using specialized machinery. In other words, I keep your butt happy."
#11
dannyancient said:
"I put music in movie trailers. Pretty random and pretty awesome."
Scherzkeks replied:
"Stop using 'I'm Walking on Sunshine' please."
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Next time they do a Star Wars movie, slip in some "Bushes of love" or "Hostiles on the hill" in the mix!
#12
"My field is medical illustration. I specifically do medical legal work (so for courtroom purposes). When I travel by airplane, I just claim to be a bartender again as it gets a little dull explaining over and over.
On the plus side, I know what you look like... on the inside."
#13
RodriguezLob said:
"Physical hydrogeologist, I image the ground using water flows."
nostalgia_the_great replied:
"So you're a water bender."
#14
Heathery29 said:
"I relay phone calls for deaf people. I don't know if that qualifies as a job the average person doesn't know exists but on a good proportion of the calls I handle per day people hang up on me thinking it's a wind up."
Jfersisthecatsmeow replied:
"I was wondering about this yesterday. Are you the person who relays the entire conversation? I always get really nervous when calling my sister who is deaf because these people are listening to us..."
Heathery29 replied:
"Yes I relay the entire conversation, unless the deaf person can speak themselves and not have to type, but we can still hear them. Please don't be nervous using us, there is absolutely nothing you can say that we haven't heard before, and we're not the slightest bit interested anyway, yours is just another call, we'll forget all about you when you've hung up. I mean that in the nicest possible way of course. It's like any call center, we deal with that call as best we can then it's gone and in comes the next."
Trophy Husband 1 year ago
I used to have a customer who used this service to call in when I worked tech support. It was a bit strange at first, but after the first call it seemed normal. I just had to get over the shock of not knowing that this service existed.
#15
"I make pig feed, they aren't just fed corn. A lot of science involved. Their diets change almost monthly with the weather so we are constantly changing the nutrients we give them.
Also a little nugget that blows my mind. Pigs naturally will bite each others tails off as a dominance thing. (Like squirrels do). However simply increasing their magnesium in the diet will make them not bite each other, for some reason it has a calming effect on them."
Erica Ventura 1 year ago
My therapist recommended increasing some of my supplements and magnesium was among them. Maybe it works on people too?
#16
"I put handles on coffins. That's it, most people know someone makes coffins, they don't know that you can have the job to just put the handels on."
#18
"I'm a juggler. Many times, I get the response, 'oh, you can make money doing that? Like, enough money?' Yes I can, and many times, I make a lot more than them."
StrangeOne 1 year ago
Honestly, juggling is super hard. At least to me it is. I can't even juggle 2 things at the same time without missing both. (I'm not saying balls because... eh, get ya minds out of the gutter.)
#19
Sudsybutts said:
"I'm a sign artist at a well known 'neighborhood' grocery chain. EVERYTHING in the store is drawn/written by hand, even down to the price tags on the shelves. I'm the one that wakes up at the crack of dawn to do this. Cute illustrations on the displays? Me. Awesome window paintings outside? Me. Hilarious cartoons and wall murals? ALL ME. When I mention it to people, they have never noticed."
Commenter replied:
"I'm assuming Trader Joes? If so, bravo. I assumed most of that stuff was printed to look hand-written."
Sudsybutts replied:
"That's what most people assume. The worst is when I've spent hours of my morning working on a chalk pastel display, only to have a customer walk by and wonder if it's printed, so they run their fingers along the entire drawing, effectively ruining it."
Commenter replied:
"Make a little sign that says 'yes, it's real.'"
#20
"I work for a company that takes people on expeditions to Peru and Chile to use the extremely hallucinogenic Ayahuasca tea in ceremony with the indigenous Q'ero Shamanic peoples of the Andes Mountain Range. You also get to see Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley but it mostly revolves around the Shamanic work. And I'm in marketing, this is what I sell and analyze."
Thay Cavalcante 1 year ago
"Extremely hallucinogenic " is a questionable expression. People normally use the word "entheogenic" and the reason is worth searching :)
#21
Thrasymachus said:
"I'm an anthropologist.
Yeah... I'm not even sure what I do, but apparently it matters to someone."
thebambiraptor replied:
"Oh hey. I'm a paleontologist and everyone thinks that what I do is what you do."
Neuridivergent 1 year ago
This is depressing. Anthropology informs WHY history continues to affect events decades and centuries later..
#22
"I sell Lego pieces. I buy bulk Lego sets (normally from Amazon or whoever else online has the best deals), part out the pieces, and list them individually on my online store. My customers are generally one of two people:
-Adults who want 1,000 of something, but don't want to buy 100 of a set to get it (such as a red 2x4 brick to build an enormous structure).
-Parents whose kid wants a specific minifigure that happens to only come in a set that costs a lot of money. The kid doesn't want "super duper playset number 12," he wants "The gold ninja!" - so instead of spending $130 for the big set, they can spend $15 on just the figure, and it works out well for both of us.
Generally I can part out a set for around 200-250% of its purchase price--more if I find it on clearance or in a really good sale. My wife and I also make monthly trips to our nearest Lego store one state over to buy hundreds of dollars of "Pick a Brick" pieces to put into our inventory.
Our store is still pretty small, but there are many people who have become wealthy doing it after a LOT of hard work. It requires some initial investment, willingness to run to the post office to occasionally ship a three-cent part, and excellent customer service skills.
The largest hazard of the job? Your chances of stepping on a Lego in the middle of the night go up substantially when you have over 100,000 pieces in the house."
Trophy Husband 1 year ago
I have over 100,000 pieces of Legos wants I'm not a reseller... I just love Legos and I have kids! Kids are the best excuse to own Legos as an adult.
#23
"I bounce on a pogo stick in a clown outfit.
I was a professional pogoer BEFORE I got this job. I have been doing it for 8 years, and my current boss found my video on Youtube and offered me a job. Luckily I was located only about an hour and a half away and had no job at the time he contacted me."
#24
"ATM Technician, no one seems to understand that the money box sometimes doesn't want to give out money."
Neuridivergent 1 year ago
Night manager at my grocery store was coming over to a customer complaint and her body language was screaming. Check out clerk said the lottery machine was stealing money all day and she wanted to body block it.
#25
hoboscout02 said:
"I start on Friday as a Standardized Patient. Essentially, med students practice their bedside manner on me."
memwad replied:
"They practice a lot more than bedside manner on some standardized patients. We have one guy locally who is the go-to for DREs. He gets paid to have a class of med students locate his prostate."
RyanRyanRyan 1 year ago
I worked for a company that made software that manages these programs; 120+ medical schools worldwide. Some schools have amazing training and are so proud of their patients. The weirdest are the schools that brag about having a gynecological standardized patient program. Like going for a pelvic exam? How about having 15 of them in one day with 15 different doctors. Plus it's probably each doctor's (student) first time ever doing the procedure. All while being recorded from multiple angles. Crazy experience sitting in the control room wa with multiple people watching live. It's surreal sitting in the control room watching 40 video screens showing multiple angles of the same 20 women getting examined by very nervous students for hours. The patients were paid extremely well.
#26
"There are things in the world that could happen and cause civilizations to flip upside down. I write those plans for people to follow to prevent things from going tits up. Emergency Management woo."
Con O Cuinn 1 year ago
Given the response to COVID, Ukraine, Ohio, Australian bushfires, etc, you guys need to up your game
#27
"I'm a Channel Manager at a YouTube Network. I basically get paid to watch and maintain YouTube channels all day. My job didn't exist when I was in college."
StrangeOne 1 year ago (edited)
I would like them to explain why some of the most heinous, horrible videos are allowed to stay up while deleting videos and channels that are not really that bad.
#28
"Wildfire Firefighter. I fight forest fires, and although most people in the province that I live in are very aware that these people exist I have met lots of people that thought that regular structural fire fighters did all that.
Also lots of people really don't understand how MANY fires there are every year. From the statistics we get its still about 50/50 Human/natural starts. People need to learn how to figure their sh*t out in the forest."
#29
"For a while I repaired books at a library. I think most people assume that when books get old they are thrown away and bought new unless they are collectible. Well the composition of books in a research universities library is very different from a local branch library, and almost everything we had was collectible in some way. Not necessarily monetarily valuable, but often rare. Many early 1900s books about local economic policies, and proceedings from city council meetings, and a whole lot of grad thesis that had not been checked out once since their publication.
Tl;dr: I once spent 4 hours gluing pictures of sad clowns into a book."
StrangeOne 1 year ago
This one used book store owner I worked for fixed books. I asked if I could try but she said it takes a lot of practice. Still kinda bummed she didn't want to teach me.
#30
Commenter said:
"Equine sports massage therapist. Not quite my job yet, but finishing certification in May."
alextrex replied:
"Okay you are in the top 2 of jobs I didn't know existed so far."
StrangeOne 1 year ago
This is a very important job for the health of middle aged and elderly horses. My mom does this on her own but also brings in a massage therapist now and then for her old boy. Poor horse has arthritis.
#31
"I'm a board certified music therapist! Music therapists are highly trained musicians who use music to address the physical, mental, and emotional needs of various populations. To become board certified, MTs need to have a bachelors degree in music therapy, complete a 6 month internship, and pass the national board certification exam. This certification requires continuing professional education, much like social workers/nurses/etc.
I LOVE what I do. In my practice, I have used music to address issues like pain management, respiratory distress, socialization, cognitive stimulation, sensory stimulation, and emotional/creative expression with populations like adult/pediatric hospice and addiction recovery."
#32
"I spent a summer balancing beer trucks.
The object of job is to make sure that the beer truck is as full as possible at all times, ideally picking up on skid of empties when delivering one skid of beer.
Beer Truck Tetris, it's a thing."
#33
"When you miss your lecture and decide to listen to the online recording instead - I'm the guy who the university sends the online recording to, so I can make it sound nice, add compression, equalize it properly, make sure it's mono, remove pops/crackles and so on."
#34
"I work at a manufacturing plant called Industries for the Blind where around half the employees are totally blind and most of the people that work there (including me) have some sort of vision problem."
#35
"I work in nuclear power plants around the country when they shut down every 18 months or so. I go inside reactors and refurbish and test motor actuators on valves to ensure safe operating conditions. A few quick things in case anyone is curious. NO its nothing like The Simpsons. Yes, I am exposed to radiation and, no, I don't glow at night. this exposure is constantly monitored and relatively safe. It is a very well paid job but somewhat dangerous due to safety concerns and high levels of quality we must adhere to. I've considered the idea of doing an AMA if anyone would be curious."
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Oh, I have questions about the safety gear for any potential ama, like after seeing the 'egg baskets' in Chernobyl (the tv series) I, like Donkey boi want to know about potential areas with extra safety. (I'd guess thyroid, brain and the baby makers are the ones)
#36
"I make all of McDonald's infrastructure signs. We ship to every McDonald's in the US. No shirt, no shoes, no service? That's me!"
James Edwards 1 year ago
But...but when i show up in shoes and a shirt but no pants they throw me out!
#37
eastcoast709 said:
"I make people do a shot of screech, kiss a cod fish and say funny thing, my official job title is "screecher-inner". Its a tourism job for the province of Newfoundland and I do it everyday over the summer, twice a day. Its a tradition here for welcoming people to the island and is basically the best job ever."
memwad replied:
"I saw the words 'Screech' and 'Cod' and didn't need to go any further to know where you were from. Ha."
Old Roadie 1 year ago
Had a lot of weird jobs in my life... but I've never been a screecher-inner. Time to book a trip to Newfoundland.
#38
"I'm a commercial photographer... It's become apparent to me that everyone thinks a photographer is a photographer is a photographer, which is why I've turned down about $25,000 of weddings in the past year alone."
RyanRyanRyan 1 year ago
I love when people find out I'm a web developer and ask if I'll build them a site for $5k or whatever. There are plenty of good developers that will do a great job at that. I would do a horrible job, but make $500k a year building complex internal corporate"sites" (applications really). Very different.
#39
dtothe said:
"I make products look pretty for a home shopping television station."
CharlemagneInSweats replied:
"So you label butterfly pictures 'horse' right before they go on air?"
Old Roadie 1 year ago
Happened to catch one where guy with manicured hands tried to sell tools. He didn't know the difference between sockets and ratchets, metric or SAE, standard or Philips or hex. His most emphasized point was how *shiny the ratchets (no... they're sockets!!) looked under the display lights. I laughed until I fell off the bed and my kids came running in to see what happened. They laughed at him, too. We almost needed paramedics by his 15th utterance of 'look how they sparkle!' (Dang it... maybe I'm doing it wrong? I have maybe 6 rolling toolboxes of SnapOn and nothing sparkles...)
#40
"Met a guy last week who buys the used metal dentists use for fillings and crowns, etc. Apparently dentists use a lot of precious metal...."
Erica Ventura 1 year ago
My dad was a dentist and did some of my root canals and crowns and always gave me gold ones because he could. He also did some jewelry work using dental gold and we all have beautiful rings with our names on them. A true Renaissance Man!
#41
5howtime said:
"I write instruction manuals for installing various equipment. Even the people I work with do not know what I do."
dlmcleo1 asked:
"Man, I bet that's a genuinely difficult job. How much do you have to dumb stuff down?"
5howtime answered:
"I receive technical drawings from engineers in the form of ProE diagrams. I build the manuals from those. Some manuals are easy 'replace and paste' types of projects. Others require building manuals from scratch.
The job is obscure for sure."
Valden 1 year ago
I had a job making computer manuals for older ( Silent Generation ) workers. This was in the late '90s. The level of detail had to be meticulous. Nothing could be assumed, and every step, no matter how insignificant, needed to be explained. The manuals were for specific software they would use for work. I would also take calls when someone needed help with the software. That is how I learned to be so precise.
#42
"I work in audio post. When you watch a movie/tv show, almost all the sounds you hear were not captured by the mics on set. Also, about half the dialogue you hear was added months later during sessions called ADR sessions. When you see booms on set, they are typically only used as a reference. We'll try to use as much production audio as possible, but it's not always possible. Well spend hours just working with a scene where two people are sitting at a table adding the tiniest details.
Last but not least, all the sounds you hear in cops (engine noise, heli blades, gun shots, sirens, maneuvers) are all fake typically. Sorry."
Con O Cuinn 1 year ago
Then fix the balance between background and dialogue. I shouldn't have to turn up the volume to hear dialogue only to be deafened by a gunshot in the next scene
#43
"I am a Range Safety Officer.
I walk endless miles up and down a firing line full of grown children with loaded guns and correct them when they do stupid sh*t. Having a loaded gun pointed at me doesn't phase me anymore, partly because I'm desensitized, partly because I hate my job and the sweet release of death would be the next best thing to just punching my manager and quitting.
I love this stuff, really. I am teaching someone to take their own safety into their hands and become technically proficient in something not a lot of people fully understand. The downside is a shooting range with rentals is tantamount to working at a mini-golf course."
Old Roadie 1 year ago
"...tantamount to working at a mini-golf course." Yikes! I'd just go ahead and cut both shoelaces to facilitate my escape.
#45
"I edit sky diving videos, not sure how known that is..."
JoJo Anisko 1 year ago
Have you ever been asked to splice a successful landing onto an unsuccessful dive?
#46
we_got_caught said:
"I write manuals for tanks. How to operate them, how to repair them, etc."
Edwardian replied:
"Fish tanks, pressure tanks, or M1-A2SEP tanks..."
#47
"[Insert type of job here] Manager.
ex: I manage a group of incredibly smart people. I'm not super smart or anything myself, but those who are are generally just hopeless at interacting with others in a normal way, getting work done on time, or generally following directions. They always need one "normal" person to keep them on track. I'm not personally changing the world, but they would never manage it without me.
Managers get a bad rap a lot because the term gets used for anyone who is in charge of a team - when in fact that person is generally there because the company doesn't trust the other people. That's not managing, that's supervising - and a good manager is often a terrible supervisor (Managers are in it for their team, supervisors for the company). Actual management is extremely difficult but very rewarding in the end - and it's not a degree you need, just a skill set you can pick up almost anywhere."
Apps 1 year ago (edited)
Yes! I manage talent, projects and calendars. I'm not as smart or as gifted as the people I manage, but I can do what they can't. I can see a year in advance, estimate R & D costs and keep everyone on track to meet deadlines and launch times. I also keep tract of certificates, licenses, and contracts. Most of all, I managed expectations and department relations so that the whole team looks good and everyone gets the recognition they deserve. I like being the manager without being the supervisor. I'm your professional colleague that helps you look good but I'm not your boss, your mom or HR.
#48
"I'm an industrial hygienist. It's a type of health and safety consultant. I'm a woman in my twenties and before clients meet me (like only discuss quotes or need consultation via email), they refer to me as "the mold guy," "the asbestos guy," "the insect guy" etc. I'm the person your insurance company hires to investigate losses, you call when you have mold and don't know what to do. or when your factory may be violating a health and safety code I come out - I'm not from OSHA! I'm a consultant! I don't care what you do on the job, but best believe I will make a recommendation in my report based on your unsafe practices! But seriously. that's all i can do - make recommendations."
#49
"Permit Expeditor; I get plans from architects and sign contractors and apply for permits to the city or county planning departments.
We're a nationwide company but it's literally just me and my brother running it (him mostly)."
Old Roadie 1 year ago
Sounds like a great gig... pulling together so many skilled professionals. Dealing with bureaucracy might be a pain, though.
#50
"I am a Dairy Nutrition Consultant, I balance and formulate rations for dairy cows. I also formulate mineral packages for dairy cows. You like extra creamy milk? I can make that happen."
#51
chicitygirl46 said:
"I am an analyst at an engineering company. I run to the store get cookies and lime diet coke every day for my boss."
PinballWizrd replied:
"As an engineer, wouldn't it be more efficient to just stock cookies and lime diet coke at the workplace than going to get them every day?"
Con O Cuinn 1 year ago
What kind of idiot would design his way out of getting to leave the office every day?
#52
Commenter replied:
"I string tennis racquets. My only clients are the 1%s in town."
meatclaw asked:
"I really don't mean any offense with this question, but how hard is your job?"
insomnic answered:
"As a stringer at a mass market sporting goods store, the fuction itself is not mentally difficult but time consuming and lots of little movements with your fingers and setting things to manufacturer defaults for the string "tightness".
I assume for a dedicated stringer like GreekWannabe it is probably more of a custom job because people who play tennis a lot get particular about their strings."
#53
"I work for a company that conducts online investigations using Social Media. So when a person who claims they're hurt and cannot work - we try to catch them in a lie by monitoring their online activity."
James Edwards 1 year ago
If you were monitoring my online activity you would think i was dead!
#54
"I work for a super store and they send me to a competitor across the street in plain clothes. I take a device, pda, that holds a list of items on it. I locate the items and record the price. Every week. I'm a competitive shopper."
#55
Tugboat_Lady said:
"I drive tugboats. It's fun."
Pikkupyykki replied:
"Fightin' 'round the world!"
the_k_i_n_g replied:
"Come on Tugger!"
#56
zcwright said:
"I am a graduate student. Even my adviser doesn't know I exist."
qwyley replied:
"Me too, though really I just see it as a stopgap between 'college student' and 'unemployed.'"
Trophy Husband 1 year ago
I'm trying to decide if you can call student a job. I mean, you pay them to do it. When I was a grad student I had 3 volunteer jobs at the same time, and I called those my job and being a student my reason for not being forced by my parents to find a real job yet!
#57
"I install fake vaults in people's homes."
#58
"I'm a study start-up specialist. Drug companies pay me to start up a drug trial. I do all the legal ethics and regulatory submissions and find doctors to run the studies. Everything up until the patient gets the drug."
#59
"I graduated with a degree in Political Science and minored in Economics. I ended up becoming a compliance advisor for a registered financial firm (the good kind). I deal with securities regulation all day and make sure we don't screw over our clients. It is a job that I really enjoy doing, has great growth opportunities, and is kind of easy to get into (since not many people know about it and are interested in it). My career has really taken off with all the regulation coming out (Dodd Frank) and scandals (Madoff). I make six figures."
What do you think ?
Mia Black 1 year ago (edited)
I always say I'm an upholsterer because there are often misunderstandings when I use my real title. in German it is the "Raumausstatter - Room Decorator" but it has nothing to do with design/ decorating. we are the craftsmen who have learned during the training all the things ( but specialize in one of them which get tested harder): how to lay floor coverings, upholster furniture, attach sun protection (curtains, awnings, etc.) and textile wall coverings - an old technique in which fabric and padding are attached to the wall using wooden strips, without seeing the bars. just the fabric. except for my exam and at home, I've never done it in the last ten years. there are also modern strips where you can easily change fabric to quickly have a new pattern on the wall while washing the old one for example.
Old Roadie 1 year ago
This sounds like so much fun! Where can I learn more about it?
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T.O.S.o.R. 1 year ago
You know that door that opens automatically when you walk up to it or push the little button with a wheelchair on it? If it doesn't open, that's where I come in.
Old Roadie 1 year ago
" If it doesn't open that's where I come in." What marvelous word play!
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MoMcB 1 year ago
I'm a quality & compliance manager for a food wholesale group. I do a lot of paperwork, but I also test and sign off product. Some days we have 18 different cakes to try.
Old Roadie 1 year ago
Paid to try cake?! That's just threatening me with a good time.
Load More Replies... Mia Black 1 year ago (edited)
I always say I'm an upholsterer because there are often misunderstandings when I use my real title. in German it is the "Raumausstatter - Room Decorator" but it has nothing to do with design/ decorating. we are the craftsmen who have learned during the training all the things ( but specialize in one of them which get tested harder): how to lay floor coverings, upholster furniture, attach sun protection (curtains, awnings, etc.) and textile wall coverings - an old technique in which fabric and padding are attached to the wall using wooden strips, without seeing the bars. just the fabric. except for my exam and at home, I've never done it in the last ten years. there are also modern strips where you can easily change fabric to quickly have a new pattern on the wall while washing the old one for example.
Old Roadie 1 year ago
This sounds like so much fun! Where can I learn more about it?
Load More Replies... T.O.S.o.R. 1 year ago
You know that door that opens automatically when you walk up to it or push the little button with a wheelchair on it? If it doesn't open, that's where I come in.
Old Roadie 1 year ago
" If it doesn't open that's where I come in." What marvelous word play!
Load More Replies... MoMcB 1 year ago
I'm a quality & compliance manager for a food wholesale group. I do a lot of paperwork, but I also test and sign off product. Some days we have 18 different cakes to try.
Old Roadie 1 year ago
Paid to try cake?! That's just threatening me with a good time.
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