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SlR
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I'm pretty sure this thread existed at one point and it was quite informative. Since I cannot find it, let's start it up again. What do you do (or have you done) for work or studies? :)

How long have you been doing it? What made you want to do it? What lessons have you learnt along the way? What are the pro's and cons? What is something most people don't know about your job? Any advice for others looking to pursue your chosen career path? Bob says:
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26-Dec-2022 16:29:51 - Last edited on 31-Dec-2022 10:47:29 by SlR

SlR
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Study: Photography (2 year diploma + 3 year degree)

Work: Wedding Photographer.

Length: 6 years.

Motivations: Won a regional photography competition in high-school and was hooked since. Specialised in weddings because it's an 'evergreen' industry (it'll be around a long time)

Lessons learnt: Formal qualifications mean very little when you are self-employed / your own boss. Its more about portfolio and marketing. You'll spend most of your time behind the computer, editing photos, answering emails, tweaking website, etc.

Pros: A lot of free time. If you go the photojournalist route, it's pretty chill.

Cons: Self assessment / taxes. Friends and family wanting discounts. Processing thousands of images. Stress, before and during the day (bridezilla)

Advice to others: Assist a local photographer, offer to shadow them, be their 'voice activated light stand', carry bags, etc. Eventually they'll let you take photos. Build up a portfolio. Learn web design (wordpress and elementor), learn SEO, don't look for shortcuts. Test social media paid marketing, attend a bridal fairs if you're good at in-person sales. Buy two cameras (for redundancy), plenty of batteries, enough memory cards. Back up hard-drives. Get public liability and professional indemnity insurance. Learn the basics of photoshop, mainly 'curves', don't over-process your images. Learn about bounce flash. Work on communication skills (to direct your couples during posed shots), print images to show them if you struggle with this part. Be adaptable! Follow the 80/20 rule, master fundamentals. K.I.S.S (keep it simple!)

Current: Training to be a chef in the royal air force. Still doing photography on the side. Bob says:
A bank PIN will keep your items secure.
Always check the second trade screen.
Never trade in the Wilderness!
Keep your computer keylogger-free and virus scanned.
Never give your password out to anyone.

26-Dec-2022 16:31:44 - Last edited on 31-Dec-2022 10:49:12 by SlR

Aubrey666

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I'm an electronics engineer. My title is really signal and power integrity engineer, and I mostly work on wireless technology.

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For anyone who is curious because I did not know such a job existed before I started...

What I learned in the classroom is mostly "schematic" work we just draw some representative symbols of each devices usually going on a chip or a board. It looks something like this (all examples pictures are random from the internet)



The next step is something along the lines of doing a "layout", which is where a person actually draws it in a layout CAD tool. They draw how wide the lines will be, and how big the pads will be for where these parts are assembled onto. These layouts can have many layers and different materials.



This real drawing it is a lot more complicated than the schematic because things now have physical dimensions (how wide are these lines and how thick is the metal, how close does it get to other lines), and this is really tricky it can have unwanted parasitics and doesn't behave as perfect as the schematic drawing. This is where I come in for my job.

For example if I were to plug in an 8V battery to one end of these lines and it's a really long line, then it might be a smaller number like 7.8V, and that might not be okay. Sometimes lines too close to each other they "talk to each other" so I might see part of the signal interfering or corrupting another signal line. I have to let the architecture person know what's happening because it takes too long and is too expensive to have the drawing made 3-4 times we'll try to catch the mistake first in these physics simulations and then send the drawing out.



After catching the mistakes we can send out the design and they will make it. Then someone measures it to confirm if I caught the mistakes, or if they found new ones :( usually we're pretty good though :)

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31-Dec-2022 04:45:24 - Last edited on 31-Dec-2022 04:52:10 by Aubrey666

Vead
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I am a Public Safety Charge-Officer. I assist in managing multiple sites underneath my organization's umbrella. Coming up on year five, I wouldn't rather be anywhere else :) . Within the medical field as well, it's a very rewarding job most days. - (Owner) Ornery Onions -
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01-Jan-2023 02:58:45

Vead
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Chief Elf said :
Currently, I work as a Behaviour Therapist.

I admire this. That is quite a challenging role :P . Be careful! - (Owner) Ornery Onions -
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01-Jan-2023 03:01:00

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Ms Toxicity said :
I retired from teaching after 12321 days. :)

After being a teacher for two years, I have the utmost respect for folks working in K-12 education.

I work within higher ed right now, and finishing up my doctorate degree in Educational Technology. I'm planning on working within Learning Experience Design (LXD) or User Experience Design (UXD) after finishing.
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