What kind of jobs does /g/ have or want to have? Programmer,

Artist.

gigolo

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Web developer.
Ruby on Rails backend with Angular.js front-end. Trying to move towards more backend 'stuffs'

The startup I work at is pretty small and I want to work somewhere with more problems with scaling their web services.

Been looking into Rust and Golang... Not sure which I want to learn.

>>57525634
Do you sell paintings or design things?

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>>57525675
Nice

>>57525680
Do you work for a company or take requests?

>>57525723
I make the salary at the startup I am at now.
I also have a contract with a smaller pre-seed startup.

I actually took off my day job because I thought I had contract stuff to catch up on but it turns out they're disorganized and I finished my tasks in two hours.

>>57525750
What kind of education do you have?

>>57525789
Dropped out in March of this year.

>>57525825
What were you studying?

>>57525687
No. I just like the idea of being an artist.

>>57525614
Web dev here.
I was a successful freelancer but then about 2 years ago, I tried to kill myself. Battling depression ever since, my wife supports us. I can't get a new job because of the employment gap.

shit sux. anyone need a web dev?

>>57525614
Actuary

>>57525614
Want: systems admin, network admin
Don't ever want: programmer, “devop”, web dev, etc.

Med student here. Would prefer to study something programming related though but it's too late.

>>57525846
I was halfway through my first semester of computer engineering.

>>57525614
.net + js developer (web and desktop)
hope to finish shitty IT studies after year

>>57525614
Senior in hs, going to RIT for infosec,so I want a job in that

I'd like to be a web graphics designer / video game developer. I want to make my own game. Too bad it's way too complex for me to make (would take 10 years). Don't know what to do/ how to do it. My school only has a mediocre computer science program.

What schools did/do you guys go to?

>>57525919
You dislike studying medicine or just like programming more?

>>57525680
As a currently employed web dev for a company where we mainly make sites for customers in Joomla / wordpress so they can just manage it themselves once design and code is done.

How does web Application dev look like? Every time I ever made a web app it was a shitty looking thing that usually just served up api end points for mobile applications /desktop applications.

>>57526150
I work in Rails so it is mostly Ruby code. All interactions with a database are done with ActiveRecord (Ruby ORM)

Our front-end looks really nice through.
The backend just serves as an API for the angular front-end. We also have a few "microservices." Does that answer your question?

Its fun.

In school for cs while working at a coffee shop
In my free time I study cs
Kill me

>>57526185
It sounds it. I'm bored with making company websites... But it pays the bills.

>>57526252
kek
>>57526292
Yeah, I live in the mid-west though. I want to branch out. Everythings relative I suppose.

>>57526336
I live in Eastern Europe.
Working for an American web dev company brings home the big bucks.

Writer

I am a cs student and make pizzas for money
I lurk here pretending like I know what everyone is talking about

I'm a junior web application developer (c#, .net). 4 yrs experience in IT. This is my first dev job. Prior to that I was a project manager/sales person (front-end web development startup).

Currently make minimum wage as help desk 'technician' for my university's IT services. It's ok, but I definitely do not want a full time job doing anything like this.

I honestly don't care what my official title is as long as I get to work with the tech I like and/or get to work towards the tech I want to work with. I don't even care if it doesn't pay well, I just want something that's somewhat low stress and let's me learn and progress.

What I don't want is technical support full time. Like I was interviewed a systems engineer position that was offered relocation assistance. After the phone interview they downgraded it to 'technical solutions analyst' fancy word for customer tech support. No thanks, and even if I do take that I'll have to do that shit for a solid 18 months before I could get a pay rise and the chance to switch positions.

I'd like to get into automation, work with go and/or python, but from the almost nonexistent responses I've gotten from my applications it seems like I might be better off just shooting myself in a year.

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I'm the frontman of the warranty/repair/service department a ~40ish employee company.

We sell computers, computer parts and computer related accessories.

I work with 2 other peeps in the department, they handle basic "my computer is broken, fix it" and basic PC building, I'm in charge of parts testing, sending them to importers/manufacturers for RMA and most of the email we get. I usually handle customers at the reception desk, but it is a shared duty just like answering the phone is.

Basically my days consist of parts testing and doing warranty swaps for customers, any bigger projects concerning us, I also built our two display rigs running Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in the store for clients so stuff like that usually get run by me.

I've been playing with hardware for almost 20 years for fun, so my job, albeit low paying, suits me nice.

>tfw my two young redhead coworkers laugh at my dick jokes

>>57526615
Help desk sucks big time anon. Been there, done that.
But on the other hand with such experience you can get similar job at some big company and change positions (it doesn't always take 18 months; you shouldn't tell them about your plans instantly of course).
That's the way I landed my 1st dev gig. Did help desk work for 6 months until I got a chance to switch departments.

>>57525614
First year uni student, I don't work

>>57526766
No, it legit takes 18 months minimum. I read plenty of glassdoor (they have >1.5k reviews), all of them state that they were hired for [x], didn't get a pay raise until 18 month mark and were then offered to switch if they want to.

I primarily don't want to do it because it's few states over, I'd have to uproot everything, deal with moving, then pass there 6-8 week academy program (which if I don't pass I have no job), and then I'm stuck there for 1.5 yrs doing something I dislike.

I already have my degree and have done plenty of programming and shit on my own. I really just want to get an entry level or junior position somewhere so I can get started, I don't want to go from minimum wage shit desk to full time shit desk, it honestly would only make me want to shoot myself more.

>>57526449
Ex pizza bro reporting.

An old retired IBM guy once told me to stay in pizza. I laughed until he asked how much changed in pizza in 50 years vs how much has changed in computers.

If I could own a shop, I'd go back.

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>>57525614
My title is "Business Intelligence Architect", which is vague. I do lots of things.

Mostly C#/.NET backend data integrations, database administration, and development of reports/dashboards.

I love it. I've got plenty of free time to experiment with whatever I want. I might start integrating MS Cognitive Services or IBM Watson with our data to add some "cool" factor to the reports for our clients.

Spent part of yesterday programming silly things, like a racial slur generator, and a Trump quote generator. The idea is that it's practice with API integrations, text generation, and webscraping, so it's not entirely useless.

>>57526449
Deliver pizzas instead, making them is shit in comparison pay wise.

>>57525986
For the love of fuck join sparsa. It will help your so much in your career.

cs student with scholarship to finish 2 years at a community college. I want to get into IT stuff but my parents won't let me have a job until i finish college.

>>57526915
Get something on campus, you can make a little bit of money and they'll be flexible with your hours.

That or apply for some internships, don't fucking graduate without some part time job(s) or internships on your resume or finding a job will be a huge pain in the ass.

>only 4 months into college
>everyday i become deader inside
is this how its going to end, g
i dont want this
someone please save me

H-highway patrolman

If not I'll probably be a shitty computer repairman

>>57526848
I see. Given the circumstances it's not worth it.
It may be hard to get an entry level programming job at big company without proven programming experience.
If I were you I'd apply to some startups (web dev perhaps). The hiring process is faster and they pay more attention to personal projects (at least in my experience). That could be a good stepping stone. If your degree is computer science (or related) you have quite an advantage.

Trucker. Used to fix computers and install internet then realized it's a faggot job that won't pay well. It's still a fun hobby.

IT

Plan is to sneak into the the back door of the engineering field a la network engineer.

>>57527163
>network engineering is engineering
What?

>>57527121
Startups don't exist here. They just don't, my area is honestly one of the worse possible places to be for tech jobs in general. All we have is about a handful of tech companies, one aircraft manufacturer and IT work on base (which you need a clearance or sec+ for). Other than that it's pretty much impossible to get started unless you know someone.

In fact the only way I got an interview this past month was because my friend was nice enough to recommend me before he left. So now I'm sitting and waiting to hear back today or tomorrow if I have a new job or not.

If I don't get it I'm honestly not sure what I'm going to do. I'll have to pick up sec+ and probably do on base because moving doesn't appeal to me unless I am getting a substantial check to help offset all the effort of moving. That's not going to happen though, like you said, no one wants someone unproven. I don't blame them either but I'd like for places to at least talk to me for the entry level positions I've applied for. Tired of getting denied without any feedback.

>>57527173
In the sense of
>[vague job descriptor] + engineer

Title in and of itself can go a long way.

I want to get into marketing/advertising
I like the power rush from knowing someone bought something because of me

>>57527194
I suppose I'll go around and tell people I'm an architect.

Surely they won't get the wrong idea.

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Freelance web dev / uber driver

Don't quit college guys

>>57527242
bruh I'm talking about getting laid.

Is the official job title "network engineer"? y/n

>>57527178
Hope you'll get this new job shortly. One way or another, best of luck anon.

Best is programmer, which you can also do for the web in the form of web apps.

-Most money
-Can work remotely
-Frameworks make this a joke
-Nobody cares if you're in the office except for a few days out of a month when you're testing with them
-Can go start own company making apps
-Almost zero phone calls
-Can make program such that people are unable to fuck it up while using it, unlike IT where people throw and kick their PCs and then don't tell you
-Get to be "real" boss of the company and tell people what they can and can't do electronically in the form of the program's rules
-Literally build own client base and get called years later and get paid to make small changes

>>57527431
Brogrammer is even better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWsAQsydzR4

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I want to work in non-profit helping craft policy that's environmentally friendly.

>>57527535
uh yeah no

public funded places like government is all crybabies and bullshit

they have HR departments 3x as big as the entire rest of the organization

public sector is literally sjw sector

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Code monkey working on an information system of the biggest real estate agency in the country.

>>57526852
shit bro...

Ive considered starting my own buisness instead of going straight into what the field of what im studying

pizza it is

>>57528427
does it suck?
do you make a lot of money?

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>>57525614

>>57525614
I'm a support engineer and partially programmer in my company.
Yes, it's related to /g/, but much, much more advanced.
>implying most people on /g/ are even mature

very related
I'm a professional NEET

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>>57528448
>does it suck?
It's alright I guess. Lots of shit to get done though.
>do you make a lot of money?
Not particularly, but I'm pretty green still.

I am a programmer at Gameloft

I work for a past-its-prime company on their new big data as a solution team

It's starting to get annoying being one of the only 2 "competent" programmers. Rest of my team is pajeet, diversity hires, and some cocksure hipster who think he's hot shit. Only one showing promise is the other new hire who's a little too humble for his own good.

I don't hate it, but the directionlessness of the project is getting annoying.


To be honest, I miss my old job doing support tickets fixing web apps. I like fixing things, but not necessarily building things from scratch. Once this gig is getting tiresome I'll probably jump ship.

>>57528659
Stop releasing shit games

I am a manager at Gameloft

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>Programmer, software developer
That is the same thing.

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>>57525614
Embedded systems engineer!

>>57525614
Still a student. Hope do I find out about different areas I could go into?

I'm doing software engineering and embedded/hardware cs at the same time because software engineering was too easy.

How much of a meme am I?

Application Security Tester

haskell programmer

walking meme desu

>>57527369
Hopefully. Thank you for kind words.

Projectionist

I'm OK with it currently. Pay could be higher.

>>57528705
I have the same story at my job. Everyone is absolutely useless, we have the diversity hires that are so slow and need help with absolutely everything, the hot shot hipster who laughably puts "senior" into his linkedin title despite having only a year of experience (personally and professionally) and the 8-5 monkeys who write nothing but shit code. Sadly the company has such a uselessly hierarchical structure that I wouldn't know who to talk to about these problems if I really cared to. It's not like they would listen anyway.

>>57529450
Does anyone actually check Linkedin? I don't think I've ever met anyone who go through the door with an "impressive" Linkedin profile.

>>57529734
No. It's a platform for old guys to show off, a fancy profile means jack shit if you screw up your interview or do shit work.

>>57526878
>fellow BI bro

Sup

>>57525680
What would you suggest to someone looking into Rails with no previous experience?

>>57525614
who FED here?

>>57525680
Rust is fucking awesome. Go for it, you won't regret, pal.

Working as a store security guard right now. It sucks, but I've got plenty of free time to do /g/-related shit.

>>57525614
translator :^)

I will either get into technical writing or start making my own shitty apps or programming related.

Studying Physics now, changed from Comp. Engineering last year because it was boring af and I'm more interested in CS anyway.

I've been learning to code since August. I never considered myself an 'arts and crafts' guy, which is what I've always related this sort of thing to, but I just want to make useful things. Never had that desire before.

A guy at a hackerspace in my city has apparently founded this company: http://www.yzoak.co/
I'd be interested in just helping them fine tune their stuff. They're offering non-paid 'founders' positions atm. If I was a little more experienced I'd do that.

I'm about to buy an RPi and use it to help voice control lighting, and as an alarm clock. A surprisingly very few people have actually attempted this. The main guy that comes to mind actually uses an Amazon Dot, which is proving to be a challenge in itself.

I'm amazed at how overhyped these digital assistants are. Speech-to-Text seems to be the main barrier to entry, and I think everyone besides Google is using Nuance. It's a physical, paid form of the digital assistants on our phone.

I went to an all day event introducing Pepper the robot, which was even more of a joke. It's a digital assistant in a robot, designed to act like a little girl lol, that can't move. The hands are purely meant to gesture with.

It's probably a good time to get into both robots and AI.

I've been working at Target for the past month lol. I explicitely want a part time job so I have more time to focus on learning to engineer / for me. I'm 24. Starting to question whether or not I'll ever be as successful as I always assumed I'd be.

One thing that's encouraging is the devices we use to manage inventory. There's a ton of room for improvement with the software that would save time. Computer imaging can be used to count the number of items left above a barcode. I'm convinced that if George Hotz can make car autopilot in his garage, computer imaging for inventory count would be cheap and quick to develop. This cuts down on labor costs and eliminates the number of items that people forget to restock.

>>57525614
Formally application developer (Java, Python, C++).

Realistically more of a project manager. The department bloated to the point it needs dedicated person just for scheduling and communication with the rest of the infrastructure. Turns out I'm the only one around here with both passable English and some basic social skills, so I've been volunteered.

I would like to get into research eventually. I don't care for money (as long as it's at least two times national median wage), I want to work on cool and exciting things.

>>57528714
You can be developing software without being programmer yourself. It's normal for bigger teams to have dedicated people that don't actually produce any code yet are still part of the development process (eg. architects, testers, front-end designers).

>>57530710
you ever fuck up any shoplifters?

I work at Walmart.

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social/political/economic management combined into a single position is the dream job.

>>57531350
I just started learning programming myself (27) what language are you learning and what resources are you using? Python and "Learn Python the Hard Way" for me

>>57532328
Udacity for basic html, css, python, and a few random things (debugging, unix).

Javascript via Eloquent Js, Codewars and google.

Soon to be Raspberry Pi for Python / unix / general computing

And I go to meetups.

Are you neet? What is Python the hard way and what have you done?

I'm pretty sure I'm going to at least get a decent job at the end of this but I hate the fact that I've wasted so much time. The end goal is just to enjoy life, so I'm going to try to do that now while I learn. I start training for boxing tomorrow at a gym and I'm starting to buy some clothes. Our 20's are almost over. I need to get laid and paid lol

When I was a kid I would hear 'dot com millionair' and not have any idea what it meant other than alluding to a time of easy money. I remember being around 10 and feeling regret for having missed out.

And now? We're going through the largest startup boom in history and whether or not it's passed its peak (I think it's just getting started) investors aren't just going to pack up and go any time soon. There's still time to carve a piece of the pie.

There are women out there that aren't particularly smart that have gotten funding and built successful companies.Women don't even play videogames in the same league men do.

In any case computer technology is the place to be. The technlogies of tomorrow are in their infancy today. Join that shitty robot startup now and you will likely be an exective at one of the first geniune robotics companies.

I felt like ranting today for some reason.

>>57532264
I worked at Walmart a couple months ago

Did a semester of CS and it wasn't really my cup of tea, dropped out after that semester and have been pretty for NEET for half a year now.

I got accepted, and I'm pretty keen to start studying Data Science next year. More statistics/math orientated than just pure CS, but still keeps some of the interesting elements in.

Also I've heard that Data Science graduates are very, very successful in finding employment and quite highly paid once employed as well.

Any Data Science grads/proffessionals here? It is quite a new major so I doubt it

>tfw programming used to be connecting wires and holepunching punch cards for 5 days just to make a hello world program
>tfw all i do is type on a keyboard and use an IDE
software was a mistake
i should've done electronics like my uncle instead of falling for the programming meme

>>57533188
wow, you're really going all in. I've been working full time in a management position at a non-profit, but I hate it, and since it's a non-profit, the pay is weak.
Learn Python the Hard Way is book for people with no previous programming experience, although you can read it in its entirety for free on the authors website, https://learnpythonthehardway.org/ . I basically just read it and do the exercises for a couple hours a day after work. It's pretty good, the only caveat is that he teaches python 2.
I realized very late that my 20's are ending, so I'm paying catchup. I'm not looking to be a startup millionaire or anything, though, I'd be happy with an upper middle class life. So I'm just learning python to get a foundation in programming so I can go back to college and get a second degree in a tech related field. Still a long ways off though. Good luck to you!

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Graduated a Technologist degree in Electrical Engineering 6 years ago. Been hopping between bullshit IT jobs since then and getting sick of it.

Currently unemployed. Learning Java and planning to go to University next fall to get my bachelors in software engineering.

>>57525614
Professional shitposter

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I'm a forklift driver/labourer

>>57525870
No but my killfloor needs slaughterman. Interested?

>>57525890
Sound so comfy

>Want
Data science, predictive analytics, economics research
>Have
Research assistant (I'm paid to run analyses, present stuff, and write papers as an undergrad)

It's pretty good for now.

>>57527227
This is THE most crowded field

Is it possible to make money doing WP themes on themeforest? Alone?

If yes then thats what I have in mind.

>>57527227
don't do it, work hard and build software instead. You don't want to be replaceable like a marketing squad is.

>>57533272
>data science
>excel on a mac

>>57525614
well I just arrived at my workplace, made a coffee and decided to news myself up so thats why i am here.

currently doing the frontend for a javafx app. its not that great to be honest and i much rather would do the web. HOWEVER at least I learn something new.

>>57534915
Hey man, don't be a sad cunt. You have a job and you probably get paid some $20+ USD an hour, maybe less but that's still not bad.

Use your non working hours to improve yourself, meet new people, and live a happy life. There's not much fun in being upset with your situation.

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>>57525614
TPF developer for Visa.

I wanna move to Seattle and join a trendy tech company but at the same time one that does not want to use buzzwords. I swear to Christ if I hear the word "swarm" in regards to a fucking sprint.

>>57535401
>Tyrone it's midnight put down the MacBooks and leave the office before we call the police

>>57525614
Embedded Software Dev for an aviation company. I wana work a remote job so I can bum around Europe on visa's.

>>57535418
what are you talking about its literally 7 am.

>>57525890
>>>57525614 (OP)
>Want: systems admin, network admin
>Don't ever want: programmer, “devop”, web dev, etc.


But why?

>>57535414
>I swear to Christ if I hear the word "swarm" in regards to a fucking sprint.


>mfw I have to hear our QA team bitch and moan about us doing our tasks in such small chunks that they have trouble figuring out how to QA it and they always use the word swarm to describe the work they do.

Fuckin' QA cunts. The only thing automated in their entire department is the bullshit times they put in on their time sheets. Even their regression testing isn't automated.

>>57535452
You should see what QA are like on a killfloor.
Most unproductive cunts going.

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>>57535480
At my place they're mostly old ladies. I remember we included them in our sprint planning meetings so help us gauge the difficulty and they were having trouble using the application we use to assign points to it.

When we asked what web browser she was using she "i'm on the web". We're a fucking multinational company.

>>57535533
Our QA consist of old ladies too who have no fucking idea on any slaughterman job they are meant to be scrutinising. They stop the chain for trivial bullshit and it costs the company money.
I typically lose about 25-50 head of cattle a day because these cunts think things are wrong.
When the cattle is "MSA grade" for American restaurants we are talking big losses. Each beast is worth about $6000 AUD atm.
I cant do much because they are above my head. 99% of the time it boils down to them simply not ever being slaughterman in the past.
Just recruited from other dumbass jobs that they probably sucked at equally in the passed in other departments.

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>>57535411
In all likelihood, given clickbait responses that don't actually answer the OP, him and the Walmart guy are probably lying. I'm not.

I worked there for almost two months until I was fired for missing work, then I applied at Target.

Earlier this year I was a plant tender at a weed nursery.

>>57533541
Honestly I've only had like 3 weeks where I can say I actually worked hard; which was 3 weeks of tackling Codewars challenges desu. Really liked that site when I found it. I'm getting a Raspberry Pi in the hopes that it'll kindle some motivation, and I'm looking for volunteer opportunities at a few meetups.

There was a thread on Hacker News where people were talking about reading technical books. One guy said that he basically considers the first book to be his introduction to the subject. I think this is how you really learn.

When what you're learning is a programming language though, there's the added benefit that you can learn by doing.

On that note, you might want to checkout Codewars btw https://www.codewars.com/
They're essentially programming puzzles that you can solve with an algorithm (typically a single function does the trick).

I live in the Bay Area and I have a WeWork membership, where startups have offices. You see how founders act. Many are shitty, they are constantly 'pivoting' to find traction. Some have a shitty product and better competition. Some have no idea what they do (a guy actually gave me this answer. 'Pivoting'). Others feel completely alone in the low paid, small team they've hired and will likely fail. Some are doing good. I can think of only one company that was growing fast and had its main location there. The founder had also been the cofounder of Trulia and he's the only one to my knowledge that seems passionate about the space (Virta Health)

Just humanizing what a startup founder looks like. I wouldn't discount yourself from ever finding a potentially lucrative problem that you were interested to solve.

>>57525614
>What do you guys do for a living? Is it related or unrelated to /g/?

>Current
Infrastructure technician for the federal government.
>Want
IT guy for a school district or small business. I'd like to handle both servers and routers/switches, not chase down latency issues because some fuckstick loaded up their shop's sharepoint homepage with 1G of videos and pictures, yet still blame the network for the slowdown.

Maybe I just don't like being confined to the cisco world.

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Patrimonial advisor. I'm an evil banker!

>>57526393
Unemployed then?

>>57525614
NEET

>>57534915
And a dumb frogposter too