Programmer. I just fucking hate writing code. Also working with stupid frameworks and having to keep up with whatever new bullshit framework or feature people want implemented would drive me insane. I would crash out if asked to implement MCP into our app.
I was a web developer for a few years, WordPress killed the joy I had. Every update could break something because the client wanted a website, but also wanted to use WordPress, so we had to customize the hell out of each install.
I burned out about 5 years ago, and I haven’t even been able to work on my side projects.
I pretty much lived your comment. Working retail now, probably wouldn’t go back…
100% agreed. I do a lot of coding as part of my job, and that is enjoyable because I don’t have to worry about whatever latest programming paradigm “everyone” uses.
My code is meant to just deal with minutia in the background and never be interacted with, and it’s rarely even seen by others than myself. Which is probably good, because my language of choice is perl.
I relate heavily to this. Feels like there’s no time for me to catch up with modern programming
YouTuber/tiktoker/etc…
I would love to be a youtuber but i suppose it can all go away just like that. I would struggle to stick to just one area for content, but j suppose the audience chooses thst bit for you based on what’s successful or not
Video editing is surprisingly fun, but i think tiktok ruins the fun - don’t you have to do it in a tiny little phone screen? It’s not right.
Depending on content and delivery, it could be very rewarding, deep and prosocial! I mean, yeah, if you’re flossing on TikTok past the age of 12, you need to reconsider your whole ideology and life choices, but there’s room to do great things as a communicator.
Bartender. Drunk people kinda suck when you’re sober.
Lawyer
Sports athlete
Movie, television, or stage actor
News anchor
Anyone famous for sure. Actor, musician, athlete, etc. all sound great until you remember that fame is a guaranteed route to no privacy, ever, for basically any reason.
No thanks, I’ll pass.
It’s not actually that part that I don’t think I would not enjoy.
I don’t think I’d enjoy the actual work for these careers.
Cybersecurity. Have been in it since before it was a thing (25+ years!) Infinite respect for the many good people and defenders who keep our world running, but I’m done and getting out.
Game dev
Anything that involves computers or sitting down all day. No thanks.
Nursing:
- They deal with nothing but shit, piss and oozes. The amount of shit they have to clean up is without measure.
Doctor:
- Paper work, paper work and yet even more paper work. Being sick sucks, being around sick people sucks.
Politician, boss or Queen, I am useless in politics. Anything like that where you have to navigate people trying to get your job, backbiting, any sort of office politics I cannot deal with at all, certainly could not handle it AS a job, no way. I just crumble. I need to be able to just do my job and understand everyone wants everyone to succeed where I work.
On the other hand, in jobs that objectively suck but are satisfying to me, I have enjoyed restaurant work and raising children. If I won the lottery and didn’t need to succeed I would open a bar; if my husband died I’d take in foster kids.
That’s awesome. Not everyone can say that they enjoyed raising kids
Hooker
I think people only regard it as good at the “escort” job title. I’m lead to believe thst the distinguishing trait of an escort is getting to choose whether they, well, escort a client or not.
Who the hell thinks that is a good job?
Yeah let people you have no sexual attraction too fuck you. Suck some guy’s cock…
Politician
This. I think I’d be a great president for example. But I’d never be able to get near it due to the politics needed. Carefully crafting a public image. Tailoring all the minutia down to even specific word choices and how you dress. I’d absolutely tell someone like an anti-vaxxer they’re a fucking idiot.
I would vote for you. The world needs more of this.
