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[–] Redknots 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I absolutely agree with this. It's a pretty thankless and very underpaid job.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Garbage collectors/sanitation workers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah garbage collectors are very valuable. The world without them would be terrible.

Just take a look at that awful C++ where you have to manage memory by yourself.

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

Lol. I'm gonna actually be learning C++ pretty soon so I guess I'll learn all about that

[–] Action_Bastid 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] wheresyourshoe 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I admire a librarian's ability to connect people to books they'll enjoy. Seems like a talent.

[–] demesisx 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Special education teachers.

[–] sharpsphere 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

honestly, any kind of teachers

[–] demesisx 1 points 2 years ago

undefined> but the problem is that we don’t really have “middle scale” instances yet to fill that niche between what amount to very small friend/interest groups in a little microniche and the giant beh

agreed.

[–] thesilencenoise 13 points 2 years ago

Hospice Nurses.

[–] j4k3 10 points 2 years ago

Ambulance medic and drivers. I've seen what it is like when they can't get a person stable enough to transport despite trying desperately hard with a 36yo mom in front of her 2 kids. I've heard stories of trips that just didn't make it. I was once one of those stories. I was told they stuck around hoping I would make it because I was difficult to stabilize and barely made it. I've been told, the incidences involving kids are the hardest. Anyone that can do that job has my deepest respect.

[–] Ace_Addams 8 points 2 years ago

Fire fighters and people who work for hospice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
  • Climatologists. I took a fair number of undergraduate climatology courses, and witnessed first hand how researchers have to wade through the intense politicization of their discipline. I don't know how they do it? They must have nerves of steel.
  • Veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Vets have to learn more medicine than most doctors and apply it across a wide range of species, because just having to deal with human physiology would be too easy. And yet it's not a high-paying profession and they often have to deal directly with angry pet owners feeling they're being overcharged. It's a high burnout profession. Vet techs, for their part, do everything a nurse practitioner would do, plus add a bunch of extras like anesthesiology, basic surgeries, and so on.
[–] LizardKing15 3 points 2 years ago

Kid's teachers. That job is HARD. Tried it and couldn't do it. College, on the other hand, is relatively chill; as long as you stay out of drama and politics.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 2 points 2 years ago

Stunt people.

[–] Arinshot 2 points 2 years ago

Janitors, the crap they have to deal with I couldn't even handle. But somehow almost all of them are really nice people once you get to know them.