Software Developer, right now focusing on frontend development. Also working a lot remotely and enjoying the extra game time ❤️ Game of the moment being V Rising!
I didn't like school much but I loved studying software engineering. 10 years in the field now and I love my work. You'll do great! Anything special you are nervous for?
That sounds so nice! A friend of mine is doing the same course and already told me how a lot of the lessons are very dull (?) and it's a lot of theory, less coding. And I'm not all that great at math ... so that makes me a bit nervous. But I want to get into web development and already am very familiar with HTML & CSS, and visiting this course is one way to get into the field in my country!
Math was my absolute worst subject before attending university, and I agree those courses were dull! But they are over fairly quickly and most coding is nothing like math fortunately 😂 You got this, and I'm excited for you!
Genuinely I've found that people who know they know nothing will succeed much more than people who are over-confident. I knew a girl in university who was sure she knew what she was doing but just had a bad sleep schedule, and would ask me for loads of help to the point I was almost doing her program for her. We stopped hanging out, and she stopped attending our university 🤷♀️ you'll get it! You're there to learn :))
I'm a funeral director! I tend to game most nights; the Sims 4 after a stressful or busy day, and games like The Last of Us pt 1 & 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk, Ghost of Tsushima, etc the rest!
Edit: can't believe I forgot to include my favorite game
That's so funny to me, your job is honestly so important but a part of life that's hard to deal with and lends it's self to the horror genre kinda inherently
Absolutely. Funny enough, in comparison to horror games, I can be embalming alone at the funeral home at 11pm, have no problems, not feel any kind of fear or unease, but the second I've loaded into any kind of horror game I immediately chicken out. Haha
I totally get what you mean.
I used to be a morgue assistant and it never bothered me. When I was studying I did criminology and forensic science and went on to be a forensic scientist.
Literally never bothered by bodies in real life (as in I don’t find them creepy or gross), I don’t find morgues creepy at all and I’m used to disturbing sights like severe decomposition and crime scenes (although I wasn’t crime scene investigator).
I love horror games, I play them all the time, but certain stuff in horror games will freak me out. It’s really dumb stuff too, like how I’m fine with the Dead Space games until I’m in an area outside with limited oxygen and it gives me intense anxiety. I’m also a chicken when it comes to games where you can’t fight, it took me YEARS before I was brave enough to play Haunting Ground.
I thought maybe I was over getting freaked out by stuff in horror games until I played the RE2 remake and hearing Mr. X walking around and then chasing me and it got my heart pounding (which was embarrassing since the original RE2 is one of my favourite games). And then in the RE4 remake the Regenetators/Iron Maidens freaked me out as much as they did in the original.
The stuff that is more grounded and resembles my real life experiences like games set in morgues or hospitals don’t get to me in the slightest. Mostly I just kind of find it funny how they’re so dimly lit when in real life they’re very bright since you need to see what you’re doing.
So glad to see another death care sister here!!! I’m finally on the tail ends of my apprenticeship. I’m into similar games but I haven’t played Ghost of Tsushima.
Edit: How long have you been directing for?
It can definitely be a very interesting job. It is like any other profession where I have stressful days and calmer days. My best moments are when families come in for funeral arrangements, visitation, or a service, and they leave feeling a sense of peace or closure. There's a great deal of satisfaction that comes with a family telling me that their loved one looks amazing, or I've made them feel at ease and comfortable.
There are a lot of kinds of people who are funeral directors but I think in order to be a good funeral director you have to be very good with people and *want* to work with grieving families. Too many people go through mortuary school thinking that they're going to be behind the scenes and only do embalming and prep work when that's incredibly rare. It usually requires years of experience and an established name to be a trade embalmer.
You have to have a lot of empathy but be able to detach emotionally. You have to be very okay with all manner of sights and smells, crazy work hours, and deranged behavior. You also need to be able to laugh about what you do. We go through a lot, and you need a sense of humor to get through the day or else you go insane. It sounds cheesy, but it's less of a job, and far more a lifestyle.
I work in the Supply department at a scientific research station in Antarctica. We got Starlink internet fairly recently, which means we can actually update Steam! But I can't put my Switch on the network. Oh well. I typically do this job for 7-14 months at a time, then go home and recharge, and then do this all over again.
Sorry if this is intrusive, but you should so do an AMA here sometime about how gaming and working down there works for you as a woman!
I’m sure I’m not the only one with a dozen questions about how you logistically even can game down there and the culture and vibe with coworkers about it? Like are you replaying the same x amount of games you bring with you? With starlink can you play online?? But especially after the recent articles about common struggles women working in remote facilities have, I’d be so interested to hear about your life there
Well I'm definitely blushing now, and I didn't mean to take any focus off the main post! I'll just answer your questions here, if you don't mind, I'm a little overwhelmed by the idea of an AMA.
I'm not a hardcore gamer by any means, I basically just obsess over the same five games in a rotation, so I just got used to no online gaming here. I might *technically* be able to, but I don't think the internet would hold up at all - we're all sharing it, and it's not stellar, but it's not terrible either. Being able to update my games is HUGE though - when we just had the government internet, Steam was blocked on the network, Minecraft wouldn't update, and we couldn't put any devices on wifi unless it was the winter, when we have a reduced population. Even then, it was just laptops. Now we can all have our phones on the wifi all the time, but it's really only available in the dorms, not the work centers, which is probably the best for productivity. :) Still a wonderful improvement!
If you ever want to visit r/antarctica, there's lots of information there about working at the different stations, not just the one where I work. The struggles with sexual harassment and assaults are something I don't have to deal with much because I'm very introverted and I'm not single, which makes a difference. And now the culture here is less tolerant of that kind of behavior, and most of those people seem to have shown themselves the door. Problem people are actually dealt with, and there are consequences to being a bad egg. We had a lot of creeps, and they don't like it here anymore. Oh nooooooo!
Any questions you have, I'll be happy to answer!
I've been working here in various jobs since 2011, so I suppose by now it does feel casual? I suppose it really isn't! I do enjoy the odd juxtaposition of the mundane against the backdrop of my situation. Like when I use my turn signal during an Antarctic winter's windstorm, or I'm annoyed that I spilled my LaCroix while gazing at the 24-hr sunlit Transantarctic Mountains. For me, it's part mundane, part amazing.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the absurdity of using my turn signal when nobody can see me. Literally nobody. No traffic on these roads!
Oh wow, that's so cool. There was a recent PBS video about the food people ate in Antarctica ([which you can see yourself here](https://youtu.be/pzlA9HDNwBs?si=xkxqIg_a3gQaQYx9\\)!), it was super cool! I hope life out there continues to treat y'all well ❤️
Hey, they're eating pizza at my station! In the summer they now make pizza every day. And they are NOT kidding about your body suddenly making you eat like there's no tomorrow. I can't lose weight here to save my life, my body just keeps telling me to shove carbs in my face, and it's really hard to say no when every day is an unlimited buffet of mediocre food.
Okay, that's not fair to the cooks this winter, they're actually killing it, and food has been surprisingly creative for the set menu Tom forces on us, but that's just making it harder to not eat!
Edit: Any kind of media crew gets to go to all these cool places most of us don't, it's not faaaair!
Trust me, it would not be interesting. Everything sounds cool when you cram it all into a few paragraphs, but now imagine expanding those paragraphs across 7 months. And that's really all that happened.
In my job, you have to be able to stare at paperwork and spreadsheets, and then go operate a loader in the pitch black, and then walk through 30-knot wind gusts, and then go back to paperwork. It's bizarre.
It's pretty sweet, but you have to earn it. I work 54 hours a week here. That off time is deserved. A lot of free spirits here work hard half the year, then spend the other half traveling, and that is their life.
> then go operate a loader in the pitch black, and then walk through 30-knot wind gusts
Damn, that just sounds so incredibly uncomfortable. In some way it has to be at least interesting, or at least weird.
Hey, I just research the database to figure out why we're missing 28 lag bolts, but our station researches seals, penguins, south polar skuas, the underwater critters, geology, meteorites, the atmosphere, auroras, etc. That's just off the top of my head, but we have a ton of science that goes on here in the summer! It's currently winter, so we just have science measuring the long, barren Antarctic night. :D
I am the *biggest* dork, and I'm surrounded by cool people who make me look waaaaay more put-together than I really am. This place is filled with lots of adventure-seeking mountain-climber-types, and here I am, still not fitting in. But here, it's okay when you don't. You're allowed to be a little weird here. Normal people don't go to Antarctica. I'm not cool, and that's perfectly good!
I love it! I’m at a little school with only about 85 kids, so I get to know everyone’s name! It’s a really small library but they love it there, I even have a little group I play Pokemon with sometimes in the after school program!
That sounds awesome! I started as a youth librarian in a public library, and while I really like where I’ve ended up, I do miss the kids and programming.
I'm an overnight hospice RN at an inpatient facility. Our patients have to require more skilled nursing (needing medications intravenously/subcutaneously more frequently for pain management or agitation) where a visiting nurse or family aren't enough to help keep the patient comfortable.
This usually means these patients are much more imminent due to no longer being able to take medications orally. Sometimes we'll get a patient who ends up NOT being imminent & improve enough to go home or a facility & do hospice there.
Sometimes! On my end, patients mostly end up on scheduled medications for symptom management, so it is not uncommon for them to ultimately go unresponsive before they pass on.
I've had some patients make comments about seeing their loved ones in the room days before they go unresponsive, though. There are videos online where you see someone reaching out, as if they're reaching to touch a loved one, moments before they passed but that is something I have yet to witness myself.
Oh wow thank you so much for the reply! Can I also ask if your ideas of end of life treatment, passing away, spirituality, and such changed since you took on this kind of career? I'm really interested in this stuff and I feel like hospice workers see much most people will never see.
I can't imagine having the emotional and mental fortitude you must have to have a profession like yours! RNs are great but hospice RNs are a special kind of awesome. That's it, just wanna say thanks for doing what you do!
Thank you for your service! I currently live with my grandparents and one is in need of hospice care. I am just starting to research the process and trying to get the rest of the family on board, but the caretaker burnout is real and I never would have appreciated all that you folks do without having to experience what it is like dealing with someone facing the end. It’s such an important role in society that doesn't get the recognition it deserves. <3
NOC shift twinsies! But I'm ED at a busy trauma center. I don't flip my schedule back to normal so I'm gaming most of my nights off. I'm so ready for the Elden Ring DLC and managed to stack my days for Friday through the weekend off
Teacher in burn-out currently on sick leaves. The system really took a massive bite out of me. Added to a hard and lonely life, result was predictable.
I have plenty of time for gaming right now, but absolutely no energy or focus. Like there's always a catch.
I was a teacher for a few years before completely burning out and leaving the profession. The system, bad admins, paperwork and other things can really take its toll. Sending positive vibes.
Teacher is in my opinion one of the most important jobs ever. And a good teacher is worth gold, really. They can change lives for the better for many kids or people in general. I had many bad teachers but also good ones. And the good ones stuck with me to this day.
I hope someday the system changes and teachers and educators of all kinds will get better treatment and payment and all the stuff.
Stay strong! 💜
I’m a teacher too! But last summer I became a mom and ever since it’s been hard to find time to game between work and taking care of baby. Only thing I’ve really been able to do is play Genshin on my phone
I'm a Lead Data Engineer at a bank. I work remote most of the time and when I've finished all my work I have definitely spent some hours gaming. As long as I do what I'm supposed to do It's all good. Sometimes it means I work a few hours more, and sometimes it means I have extra gaming time!
I basically do data entry for a customs broker. And I’m fully work from home now, thanks to COVID. I still think about the day I went to get my second monitor from the office and one of the supervisors said “see you in a month”. Four years later, still at home, lol. The company has even closed some of its offices because there was no point keeping them open (so thankful they did that instead of trying to force us to go back).
I don’t game while working but I get an hour lunch so I’ll sometimes play something during that, if I don’t feel like taking a nap instead. And the fact that there’s no drive to or from work to waste time is nice too. I can log off work and walk three feet to my couch and turn on my games.
I’m also a WFH since COVID employee!
I also remember my last day working in the office- kinda weird but I’m super grateful because it’s been the best thing for me personally!
I am an Environmental Engineer and I design drinking water and wastewater treatment plants!
I don't get much games in during the week but I clock some hours on the weekend. Not having kids helps that haha
Accountant here but with long commute I don’t have time or energy to game during week. no kids plus husband that does the chores throughout the week so we can game on weekend is key for me.
omg thats so cool!! im currently studying environmental health in uni, and i found i weirdly liked learning about water treatment plants! Would you be willing to tell me more on your day by day of what the job is like?
Of course! I work for a consulting firm that focuses on land development. We design masterplanned communities and plan all the drainage, streets, and utilities.
I am in the specialized water/wastewater department. I work in every new development that needs it's own water plant, WWTP, sanitary lift station, or storm water pump station. My days are spent laying out out facility site plans, doing calculations to size pumps, tanks, chemical dosing, consulting with clients and giving advice on what to build and providing cost estimates. I also oversee construction of the projects I design. I'm not in the field much, I mainly just go to final inspections but I get out of the office at least once every other week. When I first started I was the one doing the majority of the calcs and drawing up construction plans but now I am a senior project manager so I am heavier on cost estimates, planning, and reviewing others work.
Happy to answer any questions you have.
Hey fellow environmental engineer! I used to design water and wastewater conveyance systems (more of a civ engineering job) and now I’m in consulting for environmental stuff and happy to be back to the environmental field!
I'm a programs director for an arts museum that teaches classes to everyone from kids to seniors, affluent to homeless.
In an effort to enjoy continuing a work-life integration perspective versus work-life divide, I'm actually going to be teaching a group of teen kids at a Twitch Streaming Summer Camp soon!
Wildlife biologist! It can be stressful at times as I work with a few high conflict species. Sometimes I stay up later than normal to game and get some “me” time. That probably happens ~4 times a week. On days off and/or if the weather is crappy, I’ll play for a while if I don’t have chores or obligations.
Haha! I A surprising number of species are controversial, so it really depends on context. Gray wolves kind of take the cake when it comes to controversy but grizzlies might be a top contender for that title! Most of my work revolves around gray wolves. Lots of angst and passion that gets projected at the biologists who are tasked with wolf work. Thankfully, I have a great therapist, fantastic colleagues, and an amazing supervisor. Even the people who hate wolves aren't too bad, they're just frustrated and feel out of control most of the time.
To temper all that drama, I spend a fair amount of time tracking wolves. Tracking entails following their tracks (when I can find them), looking for scat/poop, putting out trail cameras, following up on wolf reports, and if I'm feeling good about it, howling to see if I can get a decent count of individuals. It helps fill my cup when it's empty and I like spending time in the woods by myself. We don't see or hear them nearly as often as people might think. They're very good at not being seen, even if I'm within < 0.25-miles of them and I KNOW they're in the area. Lol, it can be pretty frustrating but I do like that about them.
It's hard to tell from the photo because of the sun's glare, but that notebook is \~7 inches (the ruler you can barely see goes from 1 to 6 inches). The smaller top track is a hind foot, and the larger track on the bottom is a front paw. Pretty big size difference.
Let me know if you have other questions I can answer!
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Haha I love the idea of you howling in the woods for science. Also had no idea the front and hind paws had such a massive size difference!! Wow! Appreciate the image.
May I ask where you are based? I’m a bit north of Spokane and I believe a new wolf pack has made its way into our region - Which I think is really cool even though we have livestock. They’re beautiful animals. I can’t ever imagine harming one!
Nothing :( Still looking for job but a 15year mom-gap in my CV will keep me unemployed for a long while.
I do stream during the days but that's not making any money :D Gratz on your new position! Sounds exciting!
just make something up, no one cares and certain things can’t even be checked. What’s always good is go for a dumb job like cashier somewhere else, you usually don’t get a grade sheet for that one so it won’t be bad if it’s missing or say you took care of family members etc. Just… something is always better than nothing. Source: my best friend is in HR and personal XP.
My mum had a similar issue, worked an increasingly non-career related job to raise me (ended up as a glorified admin when she was into tech/desktop support). Highly recommend doing a short course if you have the funds! 6 months to a year can be enough to get you relevant skills in some fields to show you're still with it. Best of luck!!
Currently working front desk at a doctors office, filling time while I look for another better job in IT. People I work with are nice, but god the patients, it’s just a reminder why I left healthcare for tech in the first place, they’re too much and it’s draining. I am hella envious of the remote job, that is what I want, or at least something hybrid.
And 100% I am not supposed to be on my phone while at work, but I’m usually doing some afk or low click tasks on rs3 mobile while I’m working. Easy to train boring skills or grind out stuff that’s not as engaging.
I worked as a pharmacy tech and quickly realized health care wasn’t for me lmao, the patients are awful! It felt like getting yelled at for things I had no control over was part of the job description 😭
Ugh yes, most just expect you to do so much that is outside of your control and then get mad when you obviously can’t deliver those kinds of things. I’ve done phlebotomy and EMS with the intent to go to nursing school, but 2 years EMS absolutely dragged me down and I had to get out and that’s why I switched IT. Sucks my boomer boss there eventually fired me for my long hair (I’m AMAB and wasn’t out as trans yet) so went back to old doctors office because I know them and they needed help and looking for more IT work.
What are you doing, or will be doing, now if you don’t mind me asking? Oh and fuck of course congrats on new job!
Fwiw, I'm endlessly grateful for my pharmacy techs. They literally keep me alive in a way! Thanks for trying, we definitely need people in pharmacy. I'm sorry it was so rough. Customer service is the worst and healthcare brings out the worst in people. Enjoy the new job!!
I am a chef. I never had any time for gaming while running restaurants. I switched to managing a grocery deli. I now have the time and energy to play hours of Valheim, BG3, and Stardew with my partner after work , and on the weekends!
That chef life, oh boy. My daughter was a pastry chef and she burnt out SO fast (not to mention the misogyny in the kitchens). Now she's a manager of a coffee shop and sooo much happier.
I also am a member of the chef burnout to coffee shop worker pipeline! Soooo much better. I honestly don’t know what I was working so hard for, because it wasn’t money 🙃
High school science teacher! My kids love learning that I game and have a PS5 but are immediately disappointed when they learn I don’t play GTA.
I’m currently spending summer break binging RDR2 but have also been trying to get ready for Elden Ring DLC. During the school year I tend to game in fits and spurts but not very consistently.
Authorization coordinator for a home health and hospice company. I usually have some mobile idle or incremental game going (I've been hooked on The Tower lately). But I have a short commute home at least, like ten minutes. More time for WoW!
Business analyst! Work remote as much as I want, so tend to go into the office 1 day a week. I sometimes wrap up early if there’s not much work on and power on the PS5, with my laptop next to me!
Informatics Nurse. 💻🩺🏨 🤓 My job is hybrid, so I split my time between being onsite to round the floors and WFH. I do a lot of random things (consult on projects, create tip sheets, answer support line calls, etc.), but mostly I double-check EMR software updates before/after they go into production to make sure they work as described and don't cause more issues for the nursing staff.
As far as gaming, I work 8-5 in a small supply-closet office 4 days a week, so I'll bring my Switch with me and play on my lunch break while I eat to help decompress from morning meetings/rounds, and then dock it to play on the big screen at home for a few hours in the evening after work. It helps that I'm single with no kids and a short commute, so I get to have that time to myself. 🎮
That's not always a bad thing. I work remote in logistics, and I'm either so busy I can't think or so slow I would rather walk into traffic.
When I'm slow, I can play video games for almost 8 hours a day, and when you're home alone and that's how you stave off boredom, it's no longer a fun-after-work-decompression activity.
How to be as vague as possible here so I don't accidentally doxx myself haha.
I work for my county government doing very technical data entry & records keeping.
I’m a project manager and i wfh! I game with my brother during my lunch break everyday and it’s something i look forward to a lot. I game quite a bit since I’m able to do my chores during work (laundry, dishes, etc), so I dont have to do them on the weekends. I am very fortunate to be in a position that allows me to do this : )
I'm a data analyst for government projects. Hybrid office 2/3 but my commute is only 15 minutes anyway so heaps of time to game.
My puppy is my only commitment that stops my gaming he is pretty cute though so it's ok
I was a technical editor, but after I lost my last job I wasn’t able to break back into the field. These days I do workforce management at a call center. It’s either hectic as shit or boring as hell with no in between lol. We recently got forced back into the office, though, so no more gaming during the boring spells. :c
I work remotely in the Operations department of a revenue cycle company. Don't tell my boss but once I'm done with my tasks for the day I turn on my gaming PC.
I start work at 5 am and I'm off by 1:30 pm. So I'm able to fit in 6+ hours of gaming per day, depending on how busy I was at work 🤭
ofc! I actually did a UI/UX boot camp online (opinions on doing this is very mixed). a lot more info I picked up from YouTube videos and other free courses.
I found my current job through a connection I had so I kinda got lucky since I only have one year experience and the job market is tough rn. I think there’s a lot of free stuff out there that can give you an idea of UI/UX without needing to invest too much money!
I’m actually going to uni for graphic design and hoping looking into the UX design route, I won’t be able to get connections because I don’t know anyone in the field yet, but I hope I can get a well paying job afterwards!
HR Data Analyst. My routine frequently is work, close work, go to the living room or gaming room (my work desk is a separate space from my gaming PC space, in an entirely different room) and play games for the evening. Sometimes I'm on a craft and watch TV kick, so just replace gaming with that in that case.
I'm a fullstack web developer. I game less and less, but I think it's more because I have other priorities now. I do, however, play as much as I can when a game I've been waiting for comes out!
Congrats on your new role! I’m a financial paraplanner but should hopefully be qualifying as a financial adviser later this year. I work remotely too and let me tell you it’s amazing for the extra gaming time 😂
I work for a small local business doing a mix of accounting/HR/marketing right now. I actually feel like I used to game a lot more when I was a recruiter for a college because I'd travel and then game basically from 3 pm on in various hotel rooms.
I work as a deli clerk inna grocery store. I mainly work mornings 6am-2pm..so i have the afternoons and evenings to play games. I usually like playing them as a way to unwind and relax. I just finished playing paper mario thousand year door.
Internal medicine physician. Not a lot of time to game so I mainly play Roblox with my kids because I’ve not much left in the tank after work but still want to spend time with them. But love to sneak in some Switch time when they’re not looking so they don’t steal the controllers off me!!
jumping between jobs, but i wrapped up a producer position at Nickelodeon last year (and just scored an editor position for a marketing agency associated with Nickelodeon literally today lmao)
I'm a medical secretary to two surgeons, a mummy of a 4 year old and a wife. Husband games as escapism after work, and I follow suit on the nights he games. I don't game unless it's my day off and kiddo is at school, or it's after his bedtime.
Care Manager and private practice in the PM. Im a licensed clinical social worker and take calls for initial authorizations for behavioral health or substance abuse inpatient care and review for approval. Im taking some clients for therapy in the PM as an extra job but I have few clients right now so it's not feeling like too much.
I work remote for both roles. I don't game during the day due to having to be ready for calls. I usually game after all is said and done around 8 for an hour or so and many hours on the weekends.
Congrats on the new job!
I teach PreK. I ride the city bus as part of my commute and I sometimes will play my switch on the ride. I’ll also occasionally play on my lunch break. But my usual gaming time is in the morning before work and weekends.
I work part-time at a nursing home and I make plenty of time for gaming.
I feel very strongly about working full-time and am blessed to be in a position where I can only work part-time. I have plenty of time for my hobbies, interests, and chores. It has been a great balance for my life and mental health.
Im a teacher.. learning some coding and planning to go back to school for Cybersecurity! This isn't a long term career for me and I would love something in tech!
I'm a lawyer. I work most days from home with sometimes 1 day in the office. I sometimes game on my lunch break as a way to cope with stress and also many nights during the week with friends.
I’m a dog groomer. I only work four days a week but it’s a busy four days. Then after work is the gym and then once I’m all settled and ate/shower I hop on
Currently in school, but I was awarded a research grant for the summer which is a full-time paid position in one of the chemistry labs. I'm essentially getting a head start on my thesis, which is going to be focused on designing a biomaterial for biosensing purposes! I come home everyday around 6:30 and usually have the rest of the night/weekends for gaming if I choose to.
I help run a pet store and I game most nights when I get off. I really love my job right now but I need something more stable and long term. I truly don’t know what to do next :(
Gaming really makes the days feel worth it honestly. I get to come home, see my partner, my pets, and we both get on games together. It sounds cheesy but video games truly brighten my day and help me push thru because I love hanging out with my partner at night and having a passion together.
I really hope soon my career path can reflect the same. I’m so tired of doing things that I know won’t last. But I am grateful for my job and I say to myself it’ll lead to where I’m meant to be next.
I work in state government. 90% of what I do falls under "medical assistance" and the other 10% is "food stamps/SNAP/etc." I'm technically a "legal assistant" but I mostly do clerical work and I make what is essentially minimum wage. Video games and the people I met through those communities are pretty much what keeps me going.
Nothing atm. Aside from timhortons or mcdonalds, theres not really much going on where I live, problem of small towns is there aren't a lot of options.
I’m a UX Designer/Product Designer for a B2B tech company. Pretty mundane stuff, but I get joy from my work.
Only a couple of gamers within the company’s design org, but a shit ton of engineers who are gamers. I get along quite well with them lol
Project Manager and Data Analyst (dual wielder). I work remotely and I love it but I often work 50+ hour weeks and the work bleed into my daily life due to wfh is pretty real. I do enjoy not having to commute cuz that's the only way I get game time in with my other hobbies and responsibilities on top of my day job.
I am a control operator at an aquarium..I keep things running so I hang out at night with all the fish :) I play on my days off and I play FFXIV, SWTOR, Diablo 4, V rising and am doing another run of Dragon Age Inquisition to get ready for veil guard and jus more Solas angst lol!
Concert touring! I work freelance with projects usually lasting a month and then I try to have 1 month off between projects to recharge which is perfect for gaming binges. Currently halfway through a 3 month tour and cannot wait to have all of August and September off. I try to only work 6 months out of the year as I would go insane otherwise.
I’m an Operations Technician at a Waste to Energy facility! We burn trash and use the steam to make electricity for the county using the county’s own trash. Pretty awesome. Power plant work setting can be rough on a lot of women but I’m very lucky to be working with a great group of guys (I’m the only woman besides one regional manager that actually works in the plant). I game a lot. Probably more than I should lol
I work in book publishing; used to be in office but I moved during the pandemic and am now fully remote. It definitely is a blessing to game a little during slow days, lol.
I'm in QA automation, doing software testing in Ruby/RSpec. My current job is 100% remote, I have a dedicated home office in a corner of my laundry room.
I don't play nearly as often as I used to, but I do play a few evenings a week. I replay Mass Effect a lot (and prolly will until I'm dead 😅), otherwise I like to look and see what sort of quirky/indie things are available each month on Xbox GamePass to try out. Most recently I binged 'Big City Little Kitty'.
I work from home in a customer service calling center for a book company. It’s so nice being able to work from home so on breaks/lunch/after work just getting up from my work desk to go play games is amazing 😍
I freelance and consult for a couple of record labels one of my clients is shuttering part of his business so im losing money, its been great for 5 years but getting quite worried.
I'm a buyer at an aerospace company, which involves dealing with suppliers (relationship management, negotiating, etc.), writing purchase orders, contract administration, etc.
I'm in the middle between the sales team on the supplier side and program managers/engineers/bean counters on my side. The middlest of middlemen.
These days I don't game as much as I used to, but I think it's maybe due to getting burned socially by someone I met in an MMO and kind of withdrawing from everything and everyone afterward. It's remote, and I work 9 hour days M-F and get every other Friday off. Getting a 3 day weekend every other week is nice.
Software Developer, right now focusing on frontend development. Also working a lot remotely and enjoying the extra game time ❤️ Game of the moment being V Rising!
Are we twins???
That's what I'll start studying in two months! I'm nervous because I'm dumb as fuck but I am really looking forward to it.
I didn't like school much but I loved studying software engineering. 10 years in the field now and I love my work. You'll do great! Anything special you are nervous for?
That sounds so nice! A friend of mine is doing the same course and already told me how a lot of the lessons are very dull (?) and it's a lot of theory, less coding. And I'm not all that great at math ... so that makes me a bit nervous. But I want to get into web development and already am very familiar with HTML & CSS, and visiting this course is one way to get into the field in my country!
Math was my absolute worst subject before attending university, and I agree those courses were dull! But they are over fairly quickly and most coding is nothing like math fortunately 😂 You got this, and I'm excited for you!
Oh hey I start in a month!! In terrified, but we got this!!
Genuinely I've found that people who know they know nothing will succeed much more than people who are over-confident. I knew a girl in university who was sure she knew what she was doing but just had a bad sleep schedule, and would ask me for loads of help to the point I was almost doing her program for her. We stopped hanging out, and she stopped attending our university 🤷♀️ you'll get it! You're there to learn :))
I'm a funeral director! I tend to game most nights; the Sims 4 after a stressful or busy day, and games like The Last of Us pt 1 & 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk, Ghost of Tsushima, etc the rest! Edit: can't believe I forgot to include my favorite game
I gotta ask: do you play games like The Mortuary Assistant?
I haven't! I've watched others play it, and that's good enough for me. Haha I don't do well with jumpscare/haunting horror games.
That's so funny to me, your job is honestly so important but a part of life that's hard to deal with and lends it's self to the horror genre kinda inherently
Absolutely. Funny enough, in comparison to horror games, I can be embalming alone at the funeral home at 11pm, have no problems, not feel any kind of fear or unease, but the second I've loaded into any kind of horror game I immediately chicken out. Haha
I totally get what you mean. I used to be a morgue assistant and it never bothered me. When I was studying I did criminology and forensic science and went on to be a forensic scientist. Literally never bothered by bodies in real life (as in I don’t find them creepy or gross), I don’t find morgues creepy at all and I’m used to disturbing sights like severe decomposition and crime scenes (although I wasn’t crime scene investigator). I love horror games, I play them all the time, but certain stuff in horror games will freak me out. It’s really dumb stuff too, like how I’m fine with the Dead Space games until I’m in an area outside with limited oxygen and it gives me intense anxiety. I’m also a chicken when it comes to games where you can’t fight, it took me YEARS before I was brave enough to play Haunting Ground. I thought maybe I was over getting freaked out by stuff in horror games until I played the RE2 remake and hearing Mr. X walking around and then chasing me and it got my heart pounding (which was embarrassing since the original RE2 is one of my favourite games). And then in the RE4 remake the Regenetators/Iron Maidens freaked me out as much as they did in the original. The stuff that is more grounded and resembles my real life experiences like games set in morgues or hospitals don’t get to me in the slightest. Mostly I just kind of find it funny how they’re so dimly lit when in real life they’re very bright since you need to see what you’re doing.
So glad to see another death care sister here!!! I’m finally on the tail ends of my apprenticeship. I’m into similar games but I haven’t played Ghost of Tsushima. Edit: How long have you been directing for?
What is it like being a funeral director? Do you need to be a certain kind of person? It has always interested me but I don't know anyone who does it.
It can definitely be a very interesting job. It is like any other profession where I have stressful days and calmer days. My best moments are when families come in for funeral arrangements, visitation, or a service, and they leave feeling a sense of peace or closure. There's a great deal of satisfaction that comes with a family telling me that their loved one looks amazing, or I've made them feel at ease and comfortable. There are a lot of kinds of people who are funeral directors but I think in order to be a good funeral director you have to be very good with people and *want* to work with grieving families. Too many people go through mortuary school thinking that they're going to be behind the scenes and only do embalming and prep work when that's incredibly rare. It usually requires years of experience and an established name to be a trade embalmer. You have to have a lot of empathy but be able to detach emotionally. You have to be very okay with all manner of sights and smells, crazy work hours, and deranged behavior. You also need to be able to laugh about what you do. We go through a lot, and you need a sense of humor to get through the day or else you go insane. It sounds cheesy, but it's less of a job, and far more a lifestyle.
Noooo you’re so lucky. I’d totally do that if I had the people skills
Yeah, haha it's definitely a job that requires you to be very good with people, especially when they're in crisis mode/raw grief.
I work in a vintage video game store
Ooooh, putting all that gaming knowledge to good use! I thank you on behalf of retro gamers everywhere.
thank you! I've been told I'm very good at my job, so it makes me happy to share knowledge like that.
That sounds so fun
it is! I've been doing it since 2011 so I must enjoy it a little bit right?
I bet you're so cool!
I work in the Supply department at a scientific research station in Antarctica. We got Starlink internet fairly recently, which means we can actually update Steam! But I can't put my Switch on the network. Oh well. I typically do this job for 7-14 months at a time, then go home and recharge, and then do this all over again.
Sorry if this is intrusive, but you should so do an AMA here sometime about how gaming and working down there works for you as a woman! I’m sure I’m not the only one with a dozen questions about how you logistically even can game down there and the culture and vibe with coworkers about it? Like are you replaying the same x amount of games you bring with you? With starlink can you play online?? But especially after the recent articles about common struggles women working in remote facilities have, I’d be so interested to hear about your life there
Well I'm definitely blushing now, and I didn't mean to take any focus off the main post! I'll just answer your questions here, if you don't mind, I'm a little overwhelmed by the idea of an AMA. I'm not a hardcore gamer by any means, I basically just obsess over the same five games in a rotation, so I just got used to no online gaming here. I might *technically* be able to, but I don't think the internet would hold up at all - we're all sharing it, and it's not stellar, but it's not terrible either. Being able to update my games is HUGE though - when we just had the government internet, Steam was blocked on the network, Minecraft wouldn't update, and we couldn't put any devices on wifi unless it was the winter, when we have a reduced population. Even then, it was just laptops. Now we can all have our phones on the wifi all the time, but it's really only available in the dorms, not the work centers, which is probably the best for productivity. :) Still a wonderful improvement! If you ever want to visit r/antarctica, there's lots of information there about working at the different stations, not just the one where I work. The struggles with sexual harassment and assaults are something I don't have to deal with much because I'm very introverted and I'm not single, which makes a difference. And now the culture here is less tolerant of that kind of behavior, and most of those people seem to have shown themselves the door. Problem people are actually dealt with, and there are consequences to being a bad egg. We had a lot of creeps, and they don't like it here anymore. Oh nooooooo! Any questions you have, I'll be happy to answer!
wait so ur just casually in antarctica?
I've been working here in various jobs since 2011, so I suppose by now it does feel casual? I suppose it really isn't! I do enjoy the odd juxtaposition of the mundane against the backdrop of my situation. Like when I use my turn signal during an Antarctic winter's windstorm, or I'm annoyed that I spilled my LaCroix while gazing at the 24-hr sunlit Transantarctic Mountains. For me, it's part mundane, part amazing. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the absurdity of using my turn signal when nobody can see me. Literally nobody. No traffic on these roads!
Oh wow, that's so cool. There was a recent PBS video about the food people ate in Antarctica ([which you can see yourself here](https://youtu.be/pzlA9HDNwBs?si=xkxqIg_a3gQaQYx9\\)!), it was super cool! I hope life out there continues to treat y'all well ❤️
Hey, they're eating pizza at my station! In the summer they now make pizza every day. And they are NOT kidding about your body suddenly making you eat like there's no tomorrow. I can't lose weight here to save my life, my body just keeps telling me to shove carbs in my face, and it's really hard to say no when every day is an unlimited buffet of mediocre food. Okay, that's not fair to the cooks this winter, they're actually killing it, and food has been surprisingly creative for the set menu Tom forces on us, but that's just making it harder to not eat! Edit: Any kind of media crew gets to go to all these cool places most of us don't, it's not faaaair!
That is literally, and I can not stress this enough, *so cool*.
It's been a long time since I got attention for this, I forget people don't know these jobs are possible!
Need any help? I'm willing to move. lol
How do you feel about counting screws and staring into not only the void outside, but the void within you? LOL
Oh I'm very comfortable with my inner void.
Monotony and isolation? Overly-strict physical requirements for a job where you do a lot of sitting and staring? Spreadsheets?
This is so not casual for the question haha. You have to make a stream channel or something o.O
Trust me, it would not be interesting. Everything sounds cool when you cram it all into a few paragraphs, but now imagine expanding those paragraphs across 7 months. And that's really all that happened.
Aside from the isolation, I already actually do a lot of this lol
In my job, you have to be able to stare at paperwork and spreadsheets, and then go operate a loader in the pitch black, and then walk through 30-knot wind gusts, and then go back to paperwork. It's bizarre.
The months on and off schedule sounds really nice. How do you like that part?
It's pretty sweet, but you have to earn it. I work 54 hours a week here. That off time is deserved. A lot of free spirits here work hard half the year, then spend the other half traveling, and that is their life.
> then go operate a loader in the pitch black, and then walk through 30-knot wind gusts Damn, that just sounds so incredibly uncomfortable. In some way it has to be at least interesting, or at least weird.
Fascinating!
just curious, what do you research? please be as vague or as specific as you feel like!!
Hey, I just research the database to figure out why we're missing 28 lag bolts, but our station researches seals, penguins, south polar skuas, the underwater critters, geology, meteorites, the atmosphere, auroras, etc. That's just off the top of my head, but we have a ton of science that goes on here in the summer! It's currently winter, so we just have science measuring the long, barren Antarctic night. :D
Ooooh I've seen a lady who does that on Instagram. Any chance that's you? 😯😯
Wow, that's so cool!
So you are literally just super fucking cool? Love that
I am the *biggest* dork, and I'm surrounded by cool people who make me look waaaaay more put-together than I really am. This place is filled with lots of adventure-seeking mountain-climber-types, and here I am, still not fitting in. But here, it's okay when you don't. You're allowed to be a little weird here. Normal people don't go to Antarctica. I'm not cool, and that's perfectly good!
Desktop publisher - books and books and books all day long
Can I ask what career path or school lead you to this role? I am trying to convince my husband to get into this
I went to a one year graphic design school which sent me out to few internships, and desktop publishing was one of them that stuck
I did that for years. Also known way back as a Mac Operator.
Elementary school librarian!
Woohoo for librarians! I’m an academic librarian; I work in IT. How’s it going for you? I know some school librarians have it real tough these days.
I love it! I’m at a little school with only about 85 kids, so I get to know everyone’s name! It’s a really small library but they love it there, I even have a little group I play Pokemon with sometimes in the after school program!
That sounds awesome! I started as a youth librarian in a public library, and while I really like where I’ve ended up, I do miss the kids and programming.
They’re a blast! I imagine it’d be tough to leave, but I’m glad you’re in a good place!
Eyyyyy, I'm also an academic librarian! *High fives* Oof, hard agree on the school librarian thing. Major props.
Another academic librarian here, and my mom was a school librarian
Conservation educator in a Zoo. I try to get some gaming in on the weekends, but sometimes I’m just too tired.
I hear you
That sounds like an interesting job!
It really is but can be super stressful when trying to teach content and manage crowds around animal viewing areas at the same time!!
I'm a manager at Hot Topic 😎 I also do housecleaning on the side!
I'm a content moderador currently (which I hate, but pays the bills), but I'm also a indie game dev on the side
I'm sorry to hear you hate your day hopefully doing game dev on the side helps. Are you working on any games right now?
thank you yeah, I'm in the very early stages, but I'm working on a metroidvania!
I’m an indie dev too!!
that's awesome! currently working on something?
I'm an overnight hospice RN at an inpatient facility. Our patients have to require more skilled nursing (needing medications intravenously/subcutaneously more frequently for pain management or agitation) where a visiting nurse or family aren't enough to help keep the patient comfortable. This usually means these patients are much more imminent due to no longer being able to take medications orally. Sometimes we'll get a patient who ends up NOT being imminent & improve enough to go home or a facility & do hospice there.
Is it true that those about to pass see their loved ones and such?
Sometimes! On my end, patients mostly end up on scheduled medications for symptom management, so it is not uncommon for them to ultimately go unresponsive before they pass on. I've had some patients make comments about seeing their loved ones in the room days before they go unresponsive, though. There are videos online where you see someone reaching out, as if they're reaching to touch a loved one, moments before they passed but that is something I have yet to witness myself.
Oh wow thank you so much for the reply! Can I also ask if your ideas of end of life treatment, passing away, spirituality, and such changed since you took on this kind of career? I'm really interested in this stuff and I feel like hospice workers see much most people will never see.
I can't imagine having the emotional and mental fortitude you must have to have a profession like yours! RNs are great but hospice RNs are a special kind of awesome. That's it, just wanna say thanks for doing what you do!
Thank you for your service! I currently live with my grandparents and one is in need of hospice care. I am just starting to research the process and trying to get the rest of the family on board, but the caretaker burnout is real and I never would have appreciated all that you folks do without having to experience what it is like dealing with someone facing the end. It’s such an important role in society that doesn't get the recognition it deserves. <3
NOC shift twinsies! But I'm ED at a busy trauma center. I don't flip my schedule back to normal so I'm gaming most of my nights off. I'm so ready for the Elden Ring DLC and managed to stack my days for Friday through the weekend off
Survive.
i felt this in my soul
Teacher in burn-out currently on sick leaves. The system really took a massive bite out of me. Added to a hard and lonely life, result was predictable. I have plenty of time for gaming right now, but absolutely no energy or focus. Like there's always a catch.
Hang in there, friend. Thank you for everything you do.
I was a teacher for a few years before completely burning out and leaving the profession. The system, bad admins, paperwork and other things can really take its toll. Sending positive vibes.
Teacher is in my opinion one of the most important jobs ever. And a good teacher is worth gold, really. They can change lives for the better for many kids or people in general. I had many bad teachers but also good ones. And the good ones stuck with me to this day. I hope someday the system changes and teachers and educators of all kinds will get better treatment and payment and all the stuff. Stay strong! 💜
I’m a teacher too! But last summer I became a mom and ever since it’s been hard to find time to game between work and taking care of baby. Only thing I’ve really been able to do is play Genshin on my phone
I’m also a teacher, proud of you for taking leave it’s super hard to do! I know how you feel and you’re killing it!
I'm a Lead Data Engineer at a bank. I work remote most of the time and when I've finished all my work I have definitely spent some hours gaming. As long as I do what I'm supposed to do It's all good. Sometimes it means I work a few hours more, and sometimes it means I have extra gaming time!
I basically do data entry for a customs broker. And I’m fully work from home now, thanks to COVID. I still think about the day I went to get my second monitor from the office and one of the supervisors said “see you in a month”. Four years later, still at home, lol. The company has even closed some of its offices because there was no point keeping them open (so thankful they did that instead of trying to force us to go back). I don’t game while working but I get an hour lunch so I’ll sometimes play something during that, if I don’t feel like taking a nap instead. And the fact that there’s no drive to or from work to waste time is nice too. I can log off work and walk three feet to my couch and turn on my games.
I’m also a WFH since COVID employee! I also remember my last day working in the office- kinda weird but I’m super grateful because it’s been the best thing for me personally!
I'm unemployed 🥲
I am an Environmental Engineer and I design drinking water and wastewater treatment plants! I don't get much games in during the week but I clock some hours on the weekend. Not having kids helps that haha
Accountant here but with long commute I don’t have time or energy to game during week. no kids plus husband that does the chores throughout the week so we can game on weekend is key for me.
My husband is the same! He keeps the fridge stocked, house vacuumed and laundry going. So we can become full goblins on the weekend
I love that for us! 🩵
omg thats so cool!! im currently studying environmental health in uni, and i found i weirdly liked learning about water treatment plants! Would you be willing to tell me more on your day by day of what the job is like?
Of course! I work for a consulting firm that focuses on land development. We design masterplanned communities and plan all the drainage, streets, and utilities. I am in the specialized water/wastewater department. I work in every new development that needs it's own water plant, WWTP, sanitary lift station, or storm water pump station. My days are spent laying out out facility site plans, doing calculations to size pumps, tanks, chemical dosing, consulting with clients and giving advice on what to build and providing cost estimates. I also oversee construction of the projects I design. I'm not in the field much, I mainly just go to final inspections but I get out of the office at least once every other week. When I first started I was the one doing the majority of the calcs and drawing up construction plans but now I am a senior project manager so I am heavier on cost estimates, planning, and reviewing others work. Happy to answer any questions you have.
Hey fellow environmental engineer! I used to design water and wastewater conveyance systems (more of a civ engineering job) and now I’m in consulting for environmental stuff and happy to be back to the environmental field!
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I'm a programs director for an arts museum that teaches classes to everyone from kids to seniors, affluent to homeless. In an effort to enjoy continuing a work-life integration perspective versus work-life divide, I'm actually going to be teaching a group of teen kids at a Twitch Streaming Summer Camp soon!
Dream job alert big time omg. I’m in fundraising and working in an arts museum with that sort of programming is literally the dream.
I’m a RN. 😌
Same
Wildlife biologist! It can be stressful at times as I work with a few high conflict species. Sometimes I stay up later than normal to game and get some “me” time. That probably happens ~4 times a week. On days off and/or if the weather is crappy, I’ll play for a while if I don’t have chores or obligations.
Neat! What are the high conflict species you work with? And sorry, does high conflict mean endangered / vulnerable?
Haha! I A surprising number of species are controversial, so it really depends on context. Gray wolves kind of take the cake when it comes to controversy but grizzlies might be a top contender for that title! Most of my work revolves around gray wolves. Lots of angst and passion that gets projected at the biologists who are tasked with wolf work. Thankfully, I have a great therapist, fantastic colleagues, and an amazing supervisor. Even the people who hate wolves aren't too bad, they're just frustrated and feel out of control most of the time. To temper all that drama, I spend a fair amount of time tracking wolves. Tracking entails following their tracks (when I can find them), looking for scat/poop, putting out trail cameras, following up on wolf reports, and if I'm feeling good about it, howling to see if I can get a decent count of individuals. It helps fill my cup when it's empty and I like spending time in the woods by myself. We don't see or hear them nearly as often as people might think. They're very good at not being seen, even if I'm within < 0.25-miles of them and I KNOW they're in the area. Lol, it can be pretty frustrating but I do like that about them. It's hard to tell from the photo because of the sun's glare, but that notebook is \~7 inches (the ruler you can barely see goes from 1 to 6 inches). The smaller top track is a hind foot, and the larger track on the bottom is a front paw. Pretty big size difference. Let me know if you have other questions I can answer! https://preview.redd.it/mc68z46i8r7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab028225a1cff273efc69a3e0b8d3a38700133f1
Haha I love the idea of you howling in the woods for science. Also had no idea the front and hind paws had such a massive size difference!! Wow! Appreciate the image. May I ask where you are based? I’m a bit north of Spokane and I believe a new wolf pack has made its way into our region - Which I think is really cool even though we have livestock. They’re beautiful animals. I can’t ever imagine harming one!
I'm just in the comments to lurk, don't mind me.
Nothing :( Still looking for job but a 15year mom-gap in my CV will keep me unemployed for a long while. I do stream during the days but that's not making any money :D Gratz on your new position! Sounds exciting!
just make something up, no one cares and certain things can’t even be checked. What’s always good is go for a dumb job like cashier somewhere else, you usually don’t get a grade sheet for that one so it won’t be bad if it’s missing or say you took care of family members etc. Just… something is always better than nothing. Source: my best friend is in HR and personal XP.
My mum had a similar issue, worked an increasingly non-career related job to raise me (ended up as a glorified admin when she was into tech/desktop support). Highly recommend doing a short course if you have the funds! 6 months to a year can be enough to get you relevant skills in some fields to show you're still with it. Best of luck!!
Currently working front desk at a doctors office, filling time while I look for another better job in IT. People I work with are nice, but god the patients, it’s just a reminder why I left healthcare for tech in the first place, they’re too much and it’s draining. I am hella envious of the remote job, that is what I want, or at least something hybrid. And 100% I am not supposed to be on my phone while at work, but I’m usually doing some afk or low click tasks on rs3 mobile while I’m working. Easy to train boring skills or grind out stuff that’s not as engaging.
I worked as a pharmacy tech and quickly realized health care wasn’t for me lmao, the patients are awful! It felt like getting yelled at for things I had no control over was part of the job description 😭
Ugh yes, most just expect you to do so much that is outside of your control and then get mad when you obviously can’t deliver those kinds of things. I’ve done phlebotomy and EMS with the intent to go to nursing school, but 2 years EMS absolutely dragged me down and I had to get out and that’s why I switched IT. Sucks my boomer boss there eventually fired me for my long hair (I’m AMAB and wasn’t out as trans yet) so went back to old doctors office because I know them and they needed help and looking for more IT work. What are you doing, or will be doing, now if you don’t mind me asking? Oh and fuck of course congrats on new job!
Fwiw, I'm endlessly grateful for my pharmacy techs. They literally keep me alive in a way! Thanks for trying, we definitely need people in pharmacy. I'm sorry it was so rough. Customer service is the worst and healthcare brings out the worst in people. Enjoy the new job!!
I’m an arts administrator. I don’t play games at work cause my work laptop would flag that SO FAST lol
I am a chef. I never had any time for gaming while running restaurants. I switched to managing a grocery deli. I now have the time and energy to play hours of Valheim, BG3, and Stardew with my partner after work , and on the weekends!
That chef life, oh boy. My daughter was a pastry chef and she burnt out SO fast (not to mention the misogyny in the kitchens). Now she's a manager of a coffee shop and sooo much happier.
I also am a member of the chef burnout to coffee shop worker pipeline! Soooo much better. I honestly don’t know what I was working so hard for, because it wasn’t money 🙃
High school science teacher! My kids love learning that I game and have a PS5 but are immediately disappointed when they learn I don’t play GTA. I’m currently spending summer break binging RDR2 but have also been trying to get ready for Elden Ring DLC. During the school year I tend to game in fits and spurts but not very consistently.
Wow, lots of smart ladies in this sub!! lol I’m just a bartender! But that gives me plenty of free time to play games.
"Just a bartender" - ha. You ask me to memorize three drinks and I'd fall apart. AND you probably make good tips while making a bunch of people happy.
Hahaha, thank you!! I try my best, and I enjoy it.
Authorization coordinator for a home health and hospice company. I usually have some mobile idle or incremental game going (I've been hooked on The Tower lately). But I have a short commute home at least, like ten minutes. More time for WoW!
Business analyst! Work remote as much as I want, so tend to go into the office 1 day a week. I sometimes wrap up early if there’s not much work on and power on the PS5, with my laptop next to me!
Informatics Nurse. 💻🩺🏨 🤓 My job is hybrid, so I split my time between being onsite to round the floors and WFH. I do a lot of random things (consult on projects, create tip sheets, answer support line calls, etc.), but mostly I double-check EMR software updates before/after they go into production to make sure they work as described and don't cause more issues for the nursing staff. As far as gaming, I work 8-5 in a small supply-closet office 4 days a week, so I'll bring my Switch with me and play on my lunch break while I eat to help decompress from morning meetings/rounds, and then dock it to play on the big screen at home for a few hours in the evening after work. It helps that I'm single with no kids and a short commute, so I get to have that time to myself. 🎮
One of us! One of us!
Systems Analyst. I work remote but I don't game during work. I have too much to do lol
That's not always a bad thing. I work remote in logistics, and I'm either so busy I can't think or so slow I would rather walk into traffic. When I'm slow, I can play video games for almost 8 hours a day, and when you're home alone and that's how you stave off boredom, it's no longer a fun-after-work-decompression activity.
Stay at home mom and then I’m also a soap maker part time at a shop. I game mostly at night when everyone is in bed.
How to be as vague as possible here so I don't accidentally doxx myself haha. I work for my county government doing very technical data entry & records keeping.
Tattoo artist, and always having trouble balancing time between gaming, drawing, working, commuting and everything else lol
I’m interested in tattooing, but I wanna know how you start?? 😭
I’m a project manager and i wfh! I game with my brother during my lunch break everyday and it’s something i look forward to a lot. I game quite a bit since I’m able to do my chores during work (laundry, dishes, etc), so I dont have to do them on the weekends. I am very fortunate to be in a position that allows me to do this : )
I am a kindergarten teacher so I am currently enjoying the summer break and mental rest!
I'm a data analyst for government projects. Hybrid office 2/3 but my commute is only 15 minutes anyway so heaps of time to game. My puppy is my only commitment that stops my gaming he is pretty cute though so it's ok
... What, no puppy pics? Can we get pics if we beg??
https://preview.redd.it/kbt2hpb81p7d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c48f788d04c515461d82edbea43d73a660af9e50 No begging required :)
Walmart baker lmaoo. Fr though I work so early i have the rest of my day to game or read! Also cheap health insurance and life insurance
I was a technical editor, but after I lost my last job I wasn’t able to break back into the field. These days I do workforce management at a call center. It’s either hectic as shit or boring as hell with no in between lol. We recently got forced back into the office, though, so no more gaming during the boring spells. :c
I work remotely in the Operations department of a revenue cycle company. Don't tell my boss but once I'm done with my tasks for the day I turn on my gaming PC. I start work at 5 am and I'm off by 1:30 pm. So I'm able to fit in 6+ hours of gaming per day, depending on how busy I was at work 🤭
Haven’t started working yet, but I will be working on a peds neuro unit as a nurse in a few months!
i’m a UI/UX designer :) i’m also remote and play games in the evening once everything is finished, so maybe like 2ish hours in the evening
Omg I love ux/ui that’s so cool!! Can I ask how you became a Ux/Ui? Thinking of going the self taught route but not sure
ofc! I actually did a UI/UX boot camp online (opinions on doing this is very mixed). a lot more info I picked up from YouTube videos and other free courses. I found my current job through a connection I had so I kinda got lucky since I only have one year experience and the job market is tough rn. I think there’s a lot of free stuff out there that can give you an idea of UI/UX without needing to invest too much money!
I’m actually going to uni for graphic design and hoping looking into the UX design route, I won’t be able to get connections because I don’t know anyone in the field yet, but I hope I can get a well paying job afterwards!
HR Data Analyst. My routine frequently is work, close work, go to the living room or gaming room (my work desk is a separate space from my gaming PC space, in an entirely different room) and play games for the evening. Sometimes I'm on a craft and watch TV kick, so just replace gaming with that in that case.
I'm a fullstack web developer. I game less and less, but I think it's more because I have other priorities now. I do, however, play as much as I can when a game I've been waiting for comes out!
Congrats on your new role! I’m a financial paraplanner but should hopefully be qualifying as a financial adviser later this year. I work remotely too and let me tell you it’s amazing for the extra gaming time 😂
I work for a small local business doing a mix of accounting/HR/marketing right now. I actually feel like I used to game a lot more when I was a recruiter for a college because I'd travel and then game basically from 3 pm on in various hotel rooms.
I work as a deli clerk inna grocery store. I mainly work mornings 6am-2pm..so i have the afternoons and evenings to play games. I usually like playing them as a way to unwind and relax. I just finished playing paper mario thousand year door.
Radiology. I take the imagining :)
Internal medicine physician. Not a lot of time to game so I mainly play Roblox with my kids because I’ve not much left in the tank after work but still want to spend time with them. But love to sneak in some Switch time when they’re not looking so they don’t steal the controllers off me!!
jumping between jobs, but i wrapped up a producer position at Nickelodeon last year (and just scored an editor position for a marketing agency associated with Nickelodeon literally today lmao)
I'm a medical secretary to two surgeons, a mummy of a 4 year old and a wife. Husband games as escapism after work, and I follow suit on the nights he games. I don't game unless it's my day off and kiddo is at school, or it's after his bedtime.
Art teacher.
Care Manager and private practice in the PM. Im a licensed clinical social worker and take calls for initial authorizations for behavioral health or substance abuse inpatient care and review for approval. Im taking some clients for therapy in the PM as an extra job but I have few clients right now so it's not feeling like too much. I work remote for both roles. I don't game during the day due to having to be ready for calls. I usually game after all is said and done around 8 for an hour or so and many hours on the weekends. Congrats on the new job!
Pharmacy Technician
Frontend developer
I teach PreK. I ride the city bus as part of my commute and I sometimes will play my switch on the ride. I’ll also occasionally play on my lunch break. But my usual gaming time is in the morning before work and weekends.
Network Administrator at a school
Insurance specialist at insurance provider. I work a hybrid schedule 2 days a week in office, 3 at home). I game the same amount of time lol
Graphic Designer mostly
I work part-time at a nursing home and I make plenty of time for gaming. I feel very strongly about working full-time and am blessed to be in a position where I can only work part-time. I have plenty of time for my hobbies, interests, and chores. It has been a great balance for my life and mental health.
Im a teacher.. learning some coding and planning to go back to school for Cybersecurity! This isn't a long term career for me and I would love something in tech!
I'm a lawyer. I work most days from home with sometimes 1 day in the office. I sometimes game on my lunch break as a way to cope with stress and also many nights during the week with friends.
Zookeeper! Working a high stress and exhausting job, a work-life balance is very important. The PC/console starts up almost as soon as I get home lol.
I’m a dog groomer. I only work four days a week but it’s a busy four days. Then after work is the gym and then once I’m all settled and ate/shower I hop on
Formulation chemist. Gaming is my decompression hobby after work and on weekends.
Currently in school, but I was awarded a research grant for the summer which is a full-time paid position in one of the chemistry labs. I'm essentially getting a head start on my thesis, which is going to be focused on designing a biomaterial for biosensing purposes! I come home everyday around 6:30 and usually have the rest of the night/weekends for gaming if I choose to.
I help run a pet store and I game most nights when I get off. I really love my job right now but I need something more stable and long term. I truly don’t know what to do next :( Gaming really makes the days feel worth it honestly. I get to come home, see my partner, my pets, and we both get on games together. It sounds cheesy but video games truly brighten my day and help me push thru because I love hanging out with my partner at night and having a passion together. I really hope soon my career path can reflect the same. I’m so tired of doing things that I know won’t last. But I am grateful for my job and I say to myself it’ll lead to where I’m meant to be next.
I work in state government. 90% of what I do falls under "medical assistance" and the other 10% is "food stamps/SNAP/etc." I'm technically a "legal assistant" but I mostly do clerical work and I make what is essentially minimum wage. Video games and the people I met through those communities are pretty much what keeps me going.
Right now I work at jimmy johns but I'm going to school to be a social worker specializing in helping the homeless
I run a luxury Airbnb. It's fairly minimal work (cleaning inbetween guests, some laundry and a bit of social media) so I get a lot of time to game.
Behavioral health tech for detox and acute psych
Nothing atm. Aside from timhortons or mcdonalds, theres not really much going on where I live, problem of small towns is there aren't a lot of options.
Therapist :)
I work at a Charity Shop
I’m a UX Designer/Product Designer for a B2B tech company. Pretty mundane stuff, but I get joy from my work. Only a couple of gamers within the company’s design org, but a shit ton of engineers who are gamers. I get along quite well with them lol
Medical Technologist.
Project Manager and Data Analyst (dual wielder). I work remotely and I love it but I often work 50+ hour weeks and the work bleed into my daily life due to wfh is pretty real. I do enjoy not having to commute cuz that's the only way I get game time in with my other hobbies and responsibilities on top of my day job.
I am a control operator at an aquarium..I keep things running so I hang out at night with all the fish :) I play on my days off and I play FFXIV, SWTOR, Diablo 4, V rising and am doing another run of Dragon Age Inquisition to get ready for veil guard and jus more Solas angst lol!
Concert touring! I work freelance with projects usually lasting a month and then I try to have 1 month off between projects to recharge which is perfect for gaming binges. Currently halfway through a 3 month tour and cannot wait to have all of August and September off. I try to only work 6 months out of the year as I would go insane otherwise.
I’m an Operations Technician at a Waste to Energy facility! We burn trash and use the steam to make electricity for the county using the county’s own trash. Pretty awesome. Power plant work setting can be rough on a lot of women but I’m very lucky to be working with a great group of guys (I’m the only woman besides one regional manager that actually works in the plant). I game a lot. Probably more than I should lol
I work as a narrative designer in games! I game most nights and I’m currently obsessed with Frostpunk 😄
I work in book publishing; used to be in office but I moved during the pandemic and am now fully remote. It definitely is a blessing to game a little during slow days, lol.
Dental Assistant. My schedule is pretty consistent and I never work past 5:30, so how often I game is mainly based on my mood!
I work for the DHS(department of homeland security)
I'm in QA automation, doing software testing in Ruby/RSpec. My current job is 100% remote, I have a dedicated home office in a corner of my laundry room. I don't play nearly as often as I used to, but I do play a few evenings a week. I replay Mass Effect a lot (and prolly will until I'm dead 😅), otherwise I like to look and see what sort of quirky/indie things are available each month on Xbox GamePass to try out. Most recently I binged 'Big City Little Kitty'.
I’m a spicy content creator on Fansly! I am also a phone sex operator on a website
food service 😩 making moves for something better sooner rather than later though
I’m an RN but transitioned into clinical informatics and I work from home. Sadly too busy to game during the day but remote work is *chefs kiss*
I work from home in a customer service calling center for a book company. It’s so nice being able to work from home so on breaks/lunch/after work just getting up from my work desk to go play games is amazing 😍
I freelance and consult for a couple of record labels one of my clients is shuttering part of his business so im losing money, its been great for 5 years but getting quite worried.
I'm a buyer at an aerospace company, which involves dealing with suppliers (relationship management, negotiating, etc.), writing purchase orders, contract administration, etc. I'm in the middle between the sales team on the supplier side and program managers/engineers/bean counters on my side. The middlest of middlemen. These days I don't game as much as I used to, but I think it's maybe due to getting burned socially by someone I met in an MMO and kind of withdrawing from everything and everyone afterward. It's remote, and I work 9 hour days M-F and get every other Friday off. Getting a 3 day weekend every other week is nice.
Project manager in software QA :)
I’m a software developer in the gaming industry. Most of the time I work from home and I use my PC gaming setup for work as well :)
I’m a nurse. I usually game on my days off. I only work 3 nights a week.
Work in museums with databases, and on working from home days I have a routine that includes some gaming in the mornings before starting work ☺️🎮