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Tell me about your work life! (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been in and out of so many different jobs. Usually I get to a point where I burn out and just can't go in anymore. Best job I ever had was as a tour guide in a distillery telling people facts all day and working with what I now realise was a whole bunch of other neurodivergent people. Only left that because I wasn't paid enough to live. Honestly could have stayed there forever otherwise. Such is life!

Currently in the middle of a career change after realising the whole 9-5 office job life isnt sustainable for me. I'm hoping to be able to work for myself soon and not be beholden to other people's schedules!

What jobs have you tried out over the years? What has worked well for ye?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not far off my CV in terms of length and variety!! Seeing stuff like this makes me feel better about my chequered employment history. Glad to hear things sound settled for you now! Hoping that'll be me soon too. I actually quite like training people so I'm hoping that's where I end up. Especially if it means management leave me alone haha.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Management leaving me alone is a double-edged sword.

On the one hand, I have a level of autonomy that I appreciate. I can have days where my stupid brane won't play ball, so I can get away with doing fuck all and no one will care. No one can see my screens, so I could spend the whole day playing Stardew Valley if I wanted.

But with that comes not enough accountability to actually get shit done. I don't have to meet specific targets, so I have no real way to focus my attention where it needs to be, unless I'm really into whatever task it is I've set myself. To be honest, I need to chat to my line manager about it when he's back from his holiday, because I'm not really enjoying myself at the moment.

Trouble is, that's a conversation I have to instigate, and doing it will almost certainly mean that I bring oversight to what I do, and I won't react well to that. So I probably won't...