What do you do for a living?

[a peepee tipi]

I test drive and help build cars for 12/hrs a day for the worst human being on earth and I hope he dies painfully and alone tomorrow and it's killing my soul and I feel it puncturing my brain, but I can afford to live on my own in one of the US's most expensive states and solely take care of my memory-scrambled maw

Anyways, how do you all sell your waking life? Considering going gay-for-pay, I have a funny cousin who exclusively posts pictures of his regular fine dining experiences on Facebook. His frankly easily identifiable sugar daddy seems sweet

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

EFL Teacher, 28 years old, it is ( the thing I do for a living).

[monkfromhavana]

Work at a university in the data & planning team, which sounds a lot fancier than it is.

[Pink Gregory]

Gardener, hesitant to say what for, not for private homes but not strictly public either.

[Alberon]

Work at a university in the Facility Management team, which sounds a lot fancier than it is.

[earl_sleek]

I co-manage the supported housing department of a housing association.

[seepage]

Ex IT <insert random job title>

[Kankurette]

I'm a freelance translator specialising in medical and scientific translations. Clinical trials, instruction manuals, audit reports, device calibrations etc. I get the odd NGO job as well, which I love. I do French and German into English - most of my French jobs are French or Canadian but a few Belgian and West/North African ones sneak in there.

[idunnosomename]

Posting

[Mr Eggs]

One of them council cunts. One of them "Oi! You! Stop it" bastards they had in 1950's films with boating lakes.

[Mr Trumpet]

Museum curator, which is interesting but pays the square root of fuck all.

[thenoise]

Test driving cars sounds fucking cool.

I sponge off my wife and look after our kid.

[thecuriousorange]

I test drive and help build cars for 12/hrs a day for the worst human being on earth and I hope he dies painfully.

When the first Tesla space rocket explodes next year with Elon inside you'll get your wish.

[Catalogue of ills]

It comes under the heading of 'public protection'. If I told you any more I'd have to slightly injure you.

It's a lot less exciting than it might sound, and I should make clear that I'm not a Pig.

[Dex Sawash]

Repair "foreign" cars in america, euro ones mostly. Fkn love it except for the struggle to get paid prop3rly for my time.

[Wonderful Butternut]

Also a Council cunt, but an office based one.

Look after the accounts on new public housings schemes. Pay our suppliers. Reconcile housing stock. Smash spreadsheets off each other. General dogsbody when something that's not strictly anyone's job comes up because everyone who's worked in Housing longer than me has become bitter and twisted and thus will not be asked to do it.

[privatefriend]

Unemployed

[shagatha crustie]

Work for an academic publisher. Hate it. Will be unemployed in 2 weeks.

[Jasha]

Work at a university in the Facility Management team, which sounds a lot fancier than it is.

"why haven't these bins been emptied Alberon?"

Currently signing on in 8 different names at 3 different job centres

[Norton Canes]

Digital service manager. You want a digital service, I'm your man.

[JaDanketies]

I may well be the UK's leading digital marketer for the events hire sector. (I've not checked). Self-employed and manage my own hours - that was the dream. I could be doing literally anything else, so low is my passion for digital marketing - and I'd be happy if I was still my own boss. But I've built something quite nice now so let's not look a gift horse in the mouth. Kinda feel like I managed the whole capitalism thing pretty well tbh, although I had a lot of luck and a good dose of privilege

I'm a freelance translator specialising in medical and scientific translations. Clinical trials, instruction manuals, audit reports, device calibrations etc. I get the odd NGO job as well, which I love. I do French and German into English - most of my French jobs are French or Canadian but a few Belgian and West/North African ones sneak in there.

Would be good if you did Spanish. I've got a few US clients who have bilingual customer bases. I assume if you were to help me, you would be translating things that are far less difficult and would be getting paid far less though.

[Buelligan]

I'm a freelance translator specialising in medical and scientific translations. Clinical trials, instruction manuals, audit reports, device calibrations etc. I get the odd NGO job as well, which I love. I do French and German into English - most of my French jobs are French or Canadian but a few Belgian and West/North African ones sneak in there.

I have a friend who does that, mostly English into French.  She phoned, asked me for help with a novel once - what does it mean to fuck next to yourself? - she asked - is it about being a wanker?.  Took me a while.

[chveik]

shitposter

[falafel]

I have a friend who does that, mostly English into French.  She phoned, asked me for help with a novel once - what does it mean to fuck next to yourself? - she asked - is it about being a wanker?.  Took me a while.

Imagine not knowing what that means!

How did you explain it to her

Out of interest

[Buelligan]

Once I'd asked her what was actually written, not her words, the words of the writer, it was obvious.  Easy to explain as a commonly used expression that doesn't translate literally, not at all surprising (to me) that the literal words are deeply confusing.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Love fucking next to myself. Best type of fucking.

[Buelligan]

You are making me fucking cross now.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Soz.

[Cerys]

When I had a job, I couldn't tell you what it was.  Now that I don't have a job any more, I still can't tell you what it was in case my former employers get cross and don't offer me new employment as a result of me being a blabbermouth.

[mattyc]

I'm also a freelance translator, French to English. I don't really like working in general, but I do enjoy being able to decide when I work.