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I'm now a pro magic the gathering player! Never thought I'd ascend to such heights, I'm terrible at magic lol

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[โ€“] lordnikon 70 points 2 months ago (1 children)

weirdly I'm still a Linux administrator but with way more fun services to maintain.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Can I ask how you got a job as a Linux administrator?

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Easy, you mention you want to use BSD and the other IT guys give you that look.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I'm not a Linux admin, but I think there are certifications you can get and exams you can take to show you understand stuff about shell scripting and related topics, if that's what you're interested in.

I think they have questions like "Make it so a welcome message and the time display when someone logs into your Linux server", among other, harder things.

I don't know a huge amount about the job market, but just saying you have those kinds of skills on your CV along with a bit of experience in some other tech/coding/data stuff might even be enough.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Huh, I now get paid to waste time staring at the internet. Neat, I guess?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Urgh, better than being paid to start online fights. Your mother?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

RN = Refreshments and Narcotics

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Are you me?

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

'office/M365 tutor for geriatrics'

Compared to actual title

"Director of Information Systems"

Every day makes me understand Marvin from HHGTTG more and more.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I feel that in my soul. I'm a sysadmin, however it's mostly password resets ๐Ÿฅฒ

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

Greeeeat, now I'm jerking off someone for money.

Jokes aside, writing is the predominant single activity I engage in that's in the spirit of the question, and I've made some money doing it here and there. But it was never my job.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Director of building Magic the Gathering commander decks but not actually playing them

[โ€“] rustyfish 6 points 2 months ago

I feel you. Moxfield is my greatest enemy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Professional slanderer of programming languages.

I've spent more time than I care to admit

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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

As an Uber driver, I do everything I can to put people at ease. I end up in many deep, heartfelt conversations with my passengers. I introduce people to new music, and spread information about homeless assistance programs and other resources around the Denver area.

Uber is the platform from which I do my work as a community supporter.

I do Uber my own way, according to my vision. I am an Uber Mensch.

[โ€“] Carighan 15 points 2 months ago

Professional Cat Petter! ๐Ÿ˜ป

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You guys have time for other things? I do my job and can fill my day with that. I sometimes have to stand my ground to make other people understand that no, I cannot do this additional tasks everyday, I don't have the time for that.

95% of the time it is busy. The other 5% I use to catch up with the stuff I have no time for when it is busy.

[โ€“] MrJameGumb 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If I didn't make time to do anything besides work and sleep like that I would literally go insane after about 2 weeks

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[โ€“] Matriks404 12 points 2 months ago

Professional YouTube Watcher or Professional Hobbyist Language Learner.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Professional manual analysis of herbal terpinoid content (ignition-form expert).

[โ€“] MrJameGumb 12 points 2 months ago

Guitarist/cross stitcher, with a side job as a professional TV watcher lol

[โ€“] ThatWeirdGuy1001 10 points 2 months ago

I'm a professional social media browser.

I think I'd actually kill myself.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Professional sleeper.

That should pretty much be the answer for anyone with a full-time job.

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[โ€“] MTK 7 points 2 months ago

Linux admin ๐Ÿ˜Œ

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There was this Russian developer who got jailed for something a couple years back. I've looked up his website and it was a giant field of mines. Up to the challenge, I've proceeded for weeks to try to clear it during work hours. Finally managed and all I got was something akin to a laugh.wav as a reward.

Guess I'm a minesweeper.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I basically do farming at the level of a second job, so I suppose it would be that even though I don't do it commercially (yet).

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~I really don't want to play Arma professionally~~ I misunderstood the question

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Power point archivist and people tracker downer!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sysadmin cosplayer or Barista.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

One thing I spend some time on is building out my Lego city.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Linux Sysadmin. Funnily enough, that's the career I'm in after procrastinating a lot during my ecology studies.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Current Job title: programmer

Effective job title: Sysadmin.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Human Lemming

[โ€“] NONE_dc 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Either a Game Developer or a Writer. If only...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm a professional drinker.

[โ€“] TheLameSauce 5 points 2 months ago

Of water, right?

Right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

VR game level designer. Neat!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Pro golfer or sword fighter. Can't complain

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Is this specifically things we do during work hours more than our actual job? Or what we choose to do with our free time?

Cause if it's slacking off at work, sadly, I am probably now a professional Solitaire player. If it's in my free time... Well, my ADHD keeps me hopping from activity to activity so often let's just call it "Special Projects Manager"...

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Please refer to me as Total War XMunk in the future. I shall reign terror upon this land.

Well, either that or I'm now a professional pilgrim... gosh, I wish you could get paid for just walking a lot.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well, I would be a comic book creator... With video game screenshots.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Professional Kingdom of Loathing player, I guess! I may spend more time on other things, but other than biological necessities, KoL is the only thing I do every day no matter where I am ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I gave up in my second month of grinding for rare vertebrae for the Bone Dragon. Glad to know more patient people have fun with KoL. GLHF

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