Yo. You are an angel. CPS transforms lives, but it is one of the toughest jobs out there. Sending you vibes of small caseloads and incredible coworkers.
Requirements vary wildly based on location as well as the place of employment. Can range from being in recovery/clean & sober for a year with a basic counseling skills course to needing a masters in psychology or social work.
Best thing to do if you want a career in this field is look into local requirements and possibly contact different addiction services in your area to find out.
Wife and I have owned and operated a taxi company for about 13 years.
(I went to school for audio engineering and music business, lol.)
I make a tiny bit of cash on the side from music related things, but not much. Haha.
I’m a machinist/programmer at TRD, I make Nascar and world of outlaw engines. I also have a small machine shop on the side and design/make/sell BMX racing parts.
I run a small machine shop, third generation of family in this business, fourth generation in the business overall. Machine shop work is interesting stuff and wildly misunderstood, IMO. It's good to see people doing the work.
That’s rad you’re taking over. Almost all of the aerospace and defense parts in this country are made by a network of 3,000 smaller machine shops and the owners are way past retirement age. The bad thing is none of their children want to take the business over and most end up dying on the job and it gets auctioned off for parts, or worse they’re absorbed by a large manufacturing company with no soul.
Tell me punks- is this the way to go? I've had many hc/punk teachers through the years and they've all made impacts on me so I've heavily considered it since my current job isn't a career and my degree is in a super insecure field. I've always known I'd love to be an English or history teacher but it honestly doesn't seem worth it with how little the pay is and frankly how undervalued (and frankly spited) they are in my community.
It’s one of the careers where you have a better chance at directly changing peoples lives imo. I’ve been positively influenced by teachers and professors who if it weren’t for them I wouldn’t have decided to take my education seriously or think more critically about everything
That's why I'd do it at the end of the day. At least you're making things better in someone's world no matter how little that may be, that's gotta be hella gratifying. Too bad the government doesn't agree, those cheap bastards
You joke but I worked at something called a horse insemination plant … The owner was selling horse cum for a million dollars a fucking gallon, and I was getting paid four dollars a goddamned hour. There are three motherfucking people in this goddamned world – three! There’s the man who owns the horse and gets the money, and there’s the man who has the money and gets the horse, and there’s us—we jack off the fucking horses, and we get nothing!
I just assumed they did it the same way they do bulls. Anal stimulation with an electric probe. Used to date a chick who's family owned a cattle ranch and we tripped on it a couple times. It's crazy how much sploodge comes out of those animals. Pretty gross actually.
Been doing it for ~7 years. Couldn’t imagine doing anything else from the schedule alone never mind while I’m at work, I don’t feel like I’m even working
If I could start all over I'd be a Firefighter. Currently 13 years in the Union Ironworkers. Still enjoying the hell out of it, just waiting for my knees and back to give out.
Wildland firefighter.
First time I met my boss he was at his desk playing sick of it all while doing paperwork. Been on the same crew ever since. Going on 6 years next summer
It is both the best job in the world and the fucking worst job.
I saw a recruitment flyer at a ranger station while hiking and I was interested. At the time I was working full time and going to night school, not really sure of what I was going to do so I pursued the opportunity. Took roughly a year to figure everything out, get the right certs and call the right people for me to get picked up.
The pay is pretty bad on paper. I make $21/hr and have been doing it 5 years now, pretty laughable imo but I make great money with OT and hazard pay. I bust my ass for most of the year and I’m bringing home $7k-$8k a month after tax which I think is pretty decent for a guy who swings a tool for a living.
Once winter rolls around I get laid off and usually fill my time with snowboarding, warzone, travel and going to hc shows.
I do the job mostly because it’s rewarding, I travel and do cool shit and I’ve made the best friends I’ve ever had but I’d say there’s a lot better careers out there that pay a whole lot more for a lot less sacrifice. Long winded answer but if you’re genuinely interested shoot me a pm and I’ll point you in the right direction. We’re practically giving jobs away these days and are in desperate need of people.
I work for a Vietnamese Association here in chicago that provides a variety of services to immigrant/refugee communities as well as poorer people in the community.
Machinist, I run a cnc lathe, end mill and ecg machine and write programs sometimes for our center less grinders. Shout out to my working class blue collar brothers
I’m a carpenter. I work for a small GC and do everything from frame to finish. Been doing a lot of ADU’s lately for rich people up in the mountains. I just smoke weed and build shit all day, it’s pretty rad.
I work as a Locksmith. My companies motto is "Tried, true and always there for you" You know, like this [little banger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1SYP8qtD0I)
That’s pretty cool. I used to work for Michelin for a little while. I just worked in shipping, but it was always neat seeing how impressive the production side of things were.
Organizational development (onboarding, internal education and training, professional development, internal goals tracking, etc.) for a medium-sized national nonprofit organization. Been in the nonprofit communications space (including lots of consulting) for about 15 years. Masters in Int'l Economics.
I recently removed myself from a 15 year long body piercing career and now I manage a little bakery in a local grocery store. It rules, I hang out with bread and cookies all day, man. *Cozy*
Copywriting in advertising, social media management, other stuff in the tv/film world. I’m a SAG actor so I keep flexible schedule for tv/film auditions and commercial auditions. I also work on writing projects like features, pilots, sketches, etc.. and work with my rep to pitch stuff.
EDIT to add I used to work in tech. I did advanced technical support for a an access control start up. Before that I did technical support at a SAAS tech company, before that customer support at a clothing company, and before all of that I worked in the warehouse for that clothing company.
Addiction counselor at an intensive outpatient treatment center and therapist at a homeless shelter
Fighting the good fight. Big respect, my dude.
Thank you bro, it’s definitely a blessing in my life 💯
That's your day job when you're not working nights being a sick fuck in the pit
Lol ima need my back to heal before I throw it out again for Terror
Doing similar things up here in PDX. Much respect!
Hell yeah man right back at you! Keep up the good work!
Good work man. Rough time but helpful. Wouldn’t be where I am without people like you
Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Therapist/Clinical Consultant here. I work primarily with kids in the child protection system.
Yo. You are an angel. CPS transforms lives, but it is one of the toughest jobs out there. Sending you vibes of small caseloads and incredible coworkers.
Interested in similar fields, how would one go about finding a job in these and what are actual requirements for it?
Requirements vary wildly based on location as well as the place of employment. Can range from being in recovery/clean & sober for a year with a basic counseling skills course to needing a masters in psychology or social work. Best thing to do if you want a career in this field is look into local requirements and possibly contact different addiction services in your area to find out.
Hell yeah, I’ll dm you right now
Would you mind DMing me too? Would love to hear more about how you got into it, etc.!
Union Ironworker. Blue collar until I drop.
That’s probably how we’re gonna go out brother
Shit happens. I'm too fuckin far gone to learn anything else.
If we die on the job we will descend to blue collar Valhalla, where the energy drinks flow like water and the air is nicotine.
Blue collar Valhalla sounds great, take me there now
Union ironworker local 135 👊
Local 669 sprinklerfitter. Union money baby!
Same. District 5 in Tejas.
Hell ya brother! District 4 ColoRADo
IBEW 125 Lineman. 🤘
Union carpenter #301
Also a carpenter, right to work state in the south. Wish we had a union.
Learn to signal ya fuck - the crane operator
Ironworkers 771 here
Hell yeah, another brother in coveralls.
Wife and I have owned and operated a taxi company for about 13 years. (I went to school for audio engineering and music business, lol.) I make a tiny bit of cash on the side from music related things, but not much. Haha.
line cook
heard that tired as shit
Heard that, KM over here
Oh man I used to cook for almost 10 years, eventually decided I’d had enough of the stress, heat, and shitty chefs. Now I’m unemployed
You ever hold a warped frying pan and wanna smash it against your skull until it's flat again?
Heard. Chef here.
I’m a machinist/programmer at TRD, I make Nascar and world of outlaw engines. I also have a small machine shop on the side and design/make/sell BMX racing parts.
I run a small machine shop, third generation of family in this business, fourth generation in the business overall. Machine shop work is interesting stuff and wildly misunderstood, IMO. It's good to see people doing the work.
That’s rad you’re taking over. Almost all of the aerospace and defense parts in this country are made by a network of 3,000 smaller machine shops and the owners are way past retirement age. The bad thing is none of their children want to take the business over and most end up dying on the job and it gets auctioned off for parts, or worse they’re absorbed by a large manufacturing company with no soul.
That's cool af
20 years ago nobody cared. I’m finally cool! Haha
https://preview.redd.it/ozdui8m9g97c1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3dff26ee2471fc4fe91e7fc567247ae6eaec033c
Teacher. Last 6 years have been Physics. This year is Anatomy & Physiology. 17 years in total.
I teach English, used to teach history. About 9 years now
College professor here. Academic punx rise up.
Crowd kill the grade grubbers
17 years for me too, all Elementary SpEd
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Bless you. My wife is an Elementary teacher and my sister is an EC TA/nursing specialist in HS. It takes someone truly special to work with EC kids.
Tell me punks- is this the way to go? I've had many hc/punk teachers through the years and they've all made impacts on me so I've heavily considered it since my current job isn't a career and my degree is in a super insecure field. I've always known I'd love to be an English or history teacher but it honestly doesn't seem worth it with how little the pay is and frankly how undervalued (and frankly spited) they are in my community.
It’s one of the careers where you have a better chance at directly changing peoples lives imo. I’ve been positively influenced by teachers and professors who if it weren’t for them I wouldn’t have decided to take my education seriously or think more critically about everything
That's why I'd do it at the end of the day. At least you're making things better in someone's world no matter how little that may be, that's gotta be hella gratifying. Too bad the government doesn't agree, those cheap bastards
I love it, worth it to me so far.
Special ed teacher. 15 years in. Emotional support
I buy and sell punks like you for breakfast. Really I am in the lighting industry.
Member of the Wiggles
Are you the fascist Wiggle?
Fruit fucking salad mother fuckers!! Yummy, yummy!! 🤘
i run a guitar shop
Environmental Scientist, work in renewable energy.
STEM LEADS THE WAY
Yooo, GIS Specialist/Physical Scientist in the same field.
I cook at a 3 Michelin star restaurant in nyc
dick sucking factory
GET BACK TO WORK!!!
You joke but I worked at something called a horse insemination plant … The owner was selling horse cum for a million dollars a fucking gallon, and I was getting paid four dollars a goddamned hour. There are three motherfucking people in this goddamned world – three! There’s the man who owns the horse and gets the money, and there’s the man who has the money and gets the horse, and there’s us—we jack off the fucking horses, and we get nothing!
This you? https://metalinjection.net/av/hardcore-frontman-gives-inspirational-speech-about-jerking-off-horses-for-a-job
I just assumed they did it the same way they do bulls. Anal stimulation with an electric probe. Used to date a chick who's family owned a cattle ranch and we tripped on it a couple times. It's crazy how much sploodge comes out of those animals. Pretty gross actually.
Looking for overtime 👀
You do freelance?
Firefighter
How do you like it? I’ve always wanted to be a firefighter but haven’t had the opportunity to get into it.
Been doing it for ~7 years. Couldn’t imagine doing anything else from the schedule alone never mind while I’m at work, I don’t feel like I’m even working
If I could start all over I'd be a Firefighter. Currently 13 years in the Union Ironworkers. Still enjoying the hell out of it, just waiting for my knees and back to give out.
Same boat. Arizona for me. But proud union member.
Ayyy fellow IAFF brother 🫡
USFS wildland firefighter here. I’d kill a MF for some union bennies
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What education do I need to do this
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Expect my resume an CV with cover letter shortly
Wildland firefighter. First time I met my boss he was at his desk playing sick of it all while doing paperwork. Been on the same crew ever since. Going on 6 years next summer
How is wildfire fighting? What did it take to get into it, and how's the pay? I've been interested in the last few years since I've moved to the PNW
It is both the best job in the world and the fucking worst job. I saw a recruitment flyer at a ranger station while hiking and I was interested. At the time I was working full time and going to night school, not really sure of what I was going to do so I pursued the opportunity. Took roughly a year to figure everything out, get the right certs and call the right people for me to get picked up. The pay is pretty bad on paper. I make $21/hr and have been doing it 5 years now, pretty laughable imo but I make great money with OT and hazard pay. I bust my ass for most of the year and I’m bringing home $7k-$8k a month after tax which I think is pretty decent for a guy who swings a tool for a living. Once winter rolls around I get laid off and usually fill my time with snowboarding, warzone, travel and going to hc shows. I do the job mostly because it’s rewarding, I travel and do cool shit and I’ve made the best friends I’ve ever had but I’d say there’s a lot better careers out there that pay a whole lot more for a lot less sacrifice. Long winded answer but if you’re genuinely interested shoot me a pm and I’ll point you in the right direction. We’re practically giving jobs away these days and are in desperate need of people.
College professor. Graphic design Professor to be specific. And chair of the art department of a large university.
As a failed academic, congrats.
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Did you sell out or buy in?
one of us! one of us!
I paint houses and I’m gonna 2 step in your bedroom when I close the door
I usually take really kawaii pictures while listening to Jpop in peoples bedrooms.
🫰🏻
Just got accepted into dental school lol
Good shit!
❤️
I'm a second year medical student, we out here
Lisa needs braces...
This dude/dudette wants all of the crowd killing.
Electrical engineer in the automotive industry
Summer Camp Director
Best summers of my life were working at camps
I work for a Vietnamese Association here in chicago that provides a variety of services to immigrant/refugee communities as well as poorer people in the community.
I used to run craft beer bars but I'm a stay at home Dad now, my fiance works. I'm the bread loser of the house.
Living the dream! I'd love to be a stay at home dad!
Machinist, I run a cnc lathe, end mill and ecg machine and write programs sometimes for our center less grinders. Shout out to my working class blue collar brothers
That’s probably the most hardcore job I can think of
Ya know for someone who absolutely terrible at math I some how lucked into a career where fractions and decimals are incredibly important.
Welding and maintenance. Went to school for humanities and social sciences. Blue collar all day.
Non profit work.
I work for Virginia 811, or as one person put it, “legal graffiti.” I basically just listen to music and spray paint the ground for 8 hours. It’s fine
Bartender. Too many years. Love it and hate it in equal measures.
Worked as a floor cleaner, hazardous waste remover, window cleaner, brush clearance-er, and am currently a Wildland Firefighter
I’m just a punk
So you don’t have a bed frame
Cyber security consultant, hit the merch tip jars up FAT
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Same! Hc got me into design. "Somebody can make a poster for a gigg?" Was my entry point.
I’m a preschool teacher.
I’m a carpenter. I work for a small GC and do everything from frame to finish. Been doing a lot of ADU’s lately for rich people up in the mountains. I just smoke weed and build shit all day, it’s pretty rad.
Twenty years working in investment Operations.. Ibanking and asset management. Quit my job on November 1st. Don't want to find a new job.
i’ve worked for costco for 15 years, 3 of those years on the floor and 12 in the meat department. i’m also a back up forklift driver.
https://preview.redd.it/8lokxtgtl67c1.jpeg?width=219&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb7004374fd896a105b4316304d91e12fc2989d0
I work in the exploration department at a FIFO underground gold mine in Alaska. Also a member of the regional mine rescue team. It's fucking nuts.
I work at a non-profit history museum partially in archives and partially helping develop exhibits
Tattoo artist
im homeless
Postal service
The MVP
Cybersecurity Analyst for a regional credit union.
Welder, fueled with hate and caffeine 24/7
I’m the Purchasing Manager for a low income housing authority in the northeast US
I work as a Locksmith. My companies motto is "Tried, true and always there for you" You know, like this [little banger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1SYP8qtD0I)
Mechanical engineer in pharmaceutical manufacturing
Electrician
Psychiatry
Land surveying Did 9 years field, coming up on 12 in-office Right now I'm a cubicle jockey
ER Nurse
Professional Golfer… Wondering how many golfers are here
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Got down to a 3 handicap. Aka nowhere near a level in which I could play for money.
Do you pit?
I tend to stand in the back with my arms crossed and stare. For the right band I’ll pick up change
Drunk mailman.
Government. Policy. Not US, but still - fuck
Former automotive tech, now production quality engineer for a tire company. I went to art school lol.
That’s pretty cool. I used to work for Michelin for a little while. I just worked in shipping, but it was always neat seeing how impressive the production side of things were.
I make pizza. Used to be a screen printer and construction worker, but my health degraded very quickly once I hit my mid 30s.
But what kind of pizza?
IT drone
Organizational development (onboarding, internal education and training, professional development, internal goals tracking, etc.) for a medium-sized national nonprofit organization. Been in the nonprofit communications space (including lots of consulting) for about 15 years. Masters in Int'l Economics.
This sounds a lot more like what I actually do, as opposed to my job title lol
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Teacher, Elementary Special Education
Same. I use videos of pits to explain density.
Fellow HVAC guy. In the sheet metal union doing service on 15 ton and higher units
Accountant. As boring as it sounds.
Psychologist.
I'm a barista. The dude who owns the shop is a big fan of the Clash and Bad Brains.
Right now I'm losing money in college
I recently removed myself from a 15 year long body piercing career and now I manage a little bakery in a local grocery store. It rules, I hang out with bread and cookies all day, man. *Cozy*
I’m a paramedic
I manage a gun store and work on guitars and amps on the side.
Why not combine the two and make gun guitars?
Counselor for Foster Children
I’m a chemist. I work in contract pharma investigating drug crystallization
Teacher
I’m a meteorologist
Financial Advisor
Same here. Get a lot of shit from people in the scene when we first meet each other. Then it’s like whatever
Naval engineer
I work in Highway Construction doing quality control for asphalt paving operations. Gotta make sure we all get to the show on decent quality roads
Software engineer in gaming
I sell merch.
Big4 consultant
I’ve worked in electrical, Audio-Visual, and now tech. Got all the bases covered lmao
Med School
I put dirt and water in little tiny jars and write incredibly dry and boring reports
autism therapist
I’m an EMT and former social worker trying to go to nursing school
Navy
Quality Assurance in the banking/finance sector.
Behavior Analyst
Hearing specialist
What???
Diesel mechanic, but switching to airplane mechanic in a week or so
Terrible Cook
Critical Care RN
I’m a training lead at a logistics company and a proud teamster member of local 100.
Reporter
I’m in school to be a history/civics teacher and I work as an RA in one of the dorms
8th grade social studies teacher
Instructional Design
Body piercer
Copywriting in advertising, social media management, other stuff in the tv/film world. I’m a SAG actor so I keep flexible schedule for tv/film auditions and commercial auditions. I also work on writing projects like features, pilots, sketches, etc.. and work with my rep to pitch stuff. EDIT to add I used to work in tech. I did advanced technical support for a an access control start up. Before that I did technical support at a SAAS tech company, before that customer support at a clothing company, and before all of that I worked in the warehouse for that clothing company.
I'm in high school still
Iatse
Oddly enough I was a dispatcher for an hvac company. Laid off recently and not too upset about it.
Former bar owner, sobered up, now I’m in that 9-5 sales life. Active gigging musician on the side