Hi! Weird request, mildly related, but does any of you fine people have any suggestions for interesting and Lefty-friendly jobs?

After a decade of undoing the universe’s work by completely annihilating my soul in IT, I want out. I’m not looking for alternative jobs in IT, I want out-out. Like, I don’t wanna be usin’ a computer for more than making Spreadsheets, and phones for more than chatting and ignoring emails. Edit here: would also use for graphical design and related, but I’d have to start from scratch. Basic Paint.net usage is my high-score.

In terms of pay, that will be a secondary concern, my priority is establishing a list of potentials in order to have a nice foothold from which to start figuring it out.

If it’s of any help, my “Major’s” QA, mostly Manual and some Automation (Cypress with JS). I’ve also officially done some Project Management, Process Auditing and Optimisation, Data Science, and Community Management (-ish on the last one, training programs/materials and project organiser for a community of freelance testers). Got a Bachelor’s in Theatre Acting, two years as a bass player in two bands, some IT/maths/phys background from high-school (Eastern European curriculum, so they really let us have it…) and I enjoy analysing and solving problems. Heavily into literature, music and visual arts, I can learn absolutely anything and I do not shy away from physical labour - kinda’ miss it, actually.

I’m super-serious about this, I can’t stand the domain anymore and I feel I’ll lose my mind if I have to keep doing this.

Thank you very much even if you’ve only read through this!

  • bizarroland@fedia.io
    49·
    3 months ago

    That guy is like, I’m getting paid $18 an hour to hold a plastic bag while they do all of the hard work. I’m just going to sit here and act like I don’t know what’s going on and let them enjoy their laugh while I collect my paycheck.

    • latenightnoir@lemmy.worldOP
      17·
      3 months ago

      Honestly, this is pretty much the opposite of what civil construction looks like in our neck of the woods. The roles are inversed, the veterans sit around, not even pretending to look busy, while the Junior works.

      Would very much like to get paid to catch sparks. How cool does that sound for a job description!

      • HobbitFoot English
        6·
        3 months ago

        A lot of veterans will raz new hires this way. One reason is to establish the social hierarchy. The other reason is to teach the new hires to not be gullible dipshits.