Yes, i love my job. I design substations. I feel like my work matters, and I get a thrill that I have a hand in bringing our electricity power grid to life.
We’re building a data lake which is pretty boring. I try to keep myself inspired that maybe just maybe the optimizations gained from these data analytics will lead to a drop in our greenhouse gas emissions from this organization.
Can you give a practical example of what sort of data might be stored? And is all the data 'owned" by the company you work for, by one client, or by many clients?
It’s all maintenance and parts data for an airline. Which is why if we do things right, there’s a chance we could improve efficiency and lower carbon emissions. We own most the data as we’re creating it, rest may be vendors
It is if you focus on the ultimate end state, which is a very serious net human good.
But jesus, the path to making that happen can grind you down. Canyon-like process gaps in some areas, poor integration of the different business lines, every area has been short-staffed since the pandemic with no end in sight, taking on more work without an appropriate allocation of resources, etc.
Have said “Fuck this, I quit” to myself more than once, only to come back because my memory of times where I was involved in something positively life changing for some random human in my country.
Yes! I work for a non-profit, providing a highly in-demand service to my community, for free or at a reduced cost. Nobody is getting rich doing what we do, but we are actively enriching and supporting our community. It is also a fantastic foot in the door for other forms of cooperation, community support, and mutual aid.
Not all non-profits are on the level, but no company with a profit motive will ever provide the kind of environment that a good non-profit can.
Fairly well paid (I can work parttime and still pay the bills).
I’m ridiculously self-disciplined and stress-resistant so I find it quite easy.
I get to see behind the curtain at a lot of restaurants.
I’ve built something of a local reputation and a circle of friends in the industry.
Being good at cooking, organising, and leading people is in itself very satisfying.
People find me more attractive because of it, haha.
I’m just sick of making money for other people and sort of sick of working evenings. Oh, and people are always asking me to cook for them. Otherwise, I’m fulfilled. It’ll be time for me to look at setting up my own place soon enough.
Ish? I run machines at a steel tube/chromed bar processing plant in the Midwest which is kinda neat but also mind-numbing, but the money is really good for what I do. They just offered me an outside sales position over my whole state so… I like doing new things and my background is in food and bev so I’d much rather be dealing with people than pushing buttons on a CNC or hone all day plus for a pay increase and not being all gross and oily when I get off work? No-brainer
Yes! Self-employed, four-day work weeks, 4-6 hours a day. Enough money to be comfortable and to put some away for later. I have to clean the place by myself on that weekday off, but that’s fine. Cathartic even.
I’m an ESL instructor in South Korea. My situation did not happen overnight. I’d worked in quite a few different private and public schools before this opportunity presented itself.
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