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In post 5122, Ankamius wrote:Same... Well, at least what I want to do since my current job isn't glamorous

I'm guessing some sort of HR.

In post 5124, Shoshin wrote:Anyone have any guess what I do?

Teacher or psychologist or counselor << Something along those lines

You remind me of my first good therapist

In post 5126, MathBlade wrote:

In post 5124, Shoshin wrote:Anyone have any guess what I do?

Teacher or psychologist or counselor << Something along those lines

You remind me of my first good therapist

lmao

I'd guess some kind of investigator or businessperson

What do you do, Ank?

In post 5119, Shoshin wrote:I'm literally loling. I love the water lol... why are you a lifeguard if you don't like it?

Oh I love the water, too!
Greatly enjoy it, as a matter of fact.
As a patron.

As a lifeguard, the shit you have to put up with is unreal; it's an incredibly stressful job, you have to keep up to date on dozens of certifications, you have to read literally thousands of rules and regulations and you're expected , and even in the most ideal of situations a lifeguard can have things go poorly for them when there are conflicting rules/regulations (what the hell do you do when one rule says to do one thing but a different rule says to do something else?) or they make even the slightest of slip-ups.

Keep in mind also that lifeguards get minimum wage. Mind you, minimal wage in my case (so, basically $12/hour right now), but still minimal wage, and because we're part-time (we're required to work less than 40 hours/week), we don't qualify for benefits. And honestly, the job is immensely taxing with stress levels through the roof; even were you allowed to work 40 hours a week, you'd have to be insane to actually want to.

Fatigue, burnout, stress, low pay, high maintenance rate, a million expectations often even conflicting ones, there's a reason lifeguards have a very high turnover rate and is mostly a job filled by people who need to get a job on their resume; it's not a job which is something you can love, in of itself, to be honest.

That having been said, the main reason I'm a lifeguard is because being a lifeguard gives me a sense of giving to the community; I feel like I am getting paid to contribute to the community and make it a better place, by doing what amounts to a paid community service. It may not be much of a contribution, but it's giving , something which I have the skillsets to give, and yet making some semblance of a living while doing so.

Not many jobs offer me that, and in that sense, I enjoy my work, because I believe in it. Ask me what my job is like outside of work and I'll say it's good; ask me what my job is like while I'm working, and I'll tell you why it's a living hell.

I work in a gas station ._.

My passion is writing and the job I think would fit my particular skill set the best is probably some type of psychology field

In post 5124, Shoshin wrote:Anyone have any guess what I do?

Marketing of some kind?

I'm a yoga teacher.

In post 5121, TehBrawlGuy wrote:

In post 5111, mastina wrote:

In post 5102, Shoshin wrote:I figured you were a computer programmer.

I tried to become a programmer at around the same age he started (my interest being in games, naturally), but I struggled too much with it. I completed Digiprep easily enough and completed the two-year Digipen program at my school (the one with seven textbooks),

Sno-isle, by any chance?

I'm not quite sure what you're referring to. Multiple things go by the name Sno-isle referring to education; it's possible one of them was involved in mine?

But, if you mean a school by that name, no, my school was Sky Valley Education Center (back when it was actually a good school; it really was the best of both worlds of homeschooling and public schooling back then). I'm one of the few who remembers its Snohomish location, with the barn. (Though the majority of my education was in the Monroe location in...what's it called? Business district? The location within walking distance of Monroe's YMCA. Where I am now employed. )

In post 5133, Shoshin wrote:I'm a yoga teacher.

That makes sense, yeah

In post 5134, mastina wrote:

In post 5121, TehBrawlGuy wrote:

In post 5111, mastina wrote:

In post 5102, Shoshin wrote:I figured you were a computer programmer.

I tried to become a programmer at around the same age he started (my interest being in games, naturally), but I struggled too much with it. I completed Digiprep easily enough and completed the two-year Digipen program at my school (the one with seven textbooks),

Sno-isle, by any chance?

I'm not quite sure what you're referring to. Multiple things go by the name Sno-isle referring to education; it's possible one of them was involved in mine?

But, if you mean a school by that name, no, my school was Sky Valley Education Center (back when it was actually a good school; it really was the best of both worlds of homeschooling and public schooling back then). I'm one of the few who remembers its Snohomish location, with the barn. (Though the majority of my education was in the Monroe location in...what's it called? Business district? The location within walking distance of Monroe's YMCA. Where I am now employed. )

There was a school by that name with a DigiPen program, yeah. It serviced the Snohomish and Island counties. If you'd gone to it there would've been a decent chance we were classmates, or at least knew some of the same people.

In post 5123, Shoshin wrote:

In post 5121, TehBrawlGuy wrote:

In post 5111, mastina wrote:

In post 5102, Shoshin wrote:I figured you were a computer programmer.

Fun fact, that's actually my brother's job! He's a programmer, got a Masters degree in it even. Makes enough money to be entirely self-sufficient with zero debt.

I tried to become a programmer at around the same age he started (my interest being in games, naturally), but I struggled too much with it. I completed Digiprep easily enough and completed the two-year Digipen program at my school (the one with seven textbooks),

Sno-isle, by any chance?

@Shoshin: I'm curious, do you have any read on what I do?

I'd guess you do something involving writing, but not a lawyer. Maybe journalism. Maybe.

Primarily, I'm a programmer, but my other major was game design, which was a lot of writing, so you're not too far off.

In post 5137, TehBrawlGuy wrote:Primarily, I'm a programmer, but my other major was game design, which was a lot of writing, so you're not too far off.

Dam, my first instinct when you asked was programmer but I remembered thinking you wrote like someone who wrote professionally so it felt at odds lol

Seems like there's a lot of programmers playing mafia... is there something about the game that attracts that crowd?

Probably the problem solving element of the game if I had to guess

In post 5139, Shoshin wrote:Seems like there's a lot of programmers playing mafia... is there something about the game that attracts that crowd?

I play to better my social skills

In post 5136, TehBrawlGuy wrote:There was a school by that name with a DigiPen program, yeah. It serviced the Snohomish and Island counties. If you'd gone to it there would've been a decent chance we were classmates, or at least knew some of the same people.

In spite of going to different schools, wouldn't surprise me if we knew some of the same people, anyway.

In post 5124, Shoshin wrote:Anyone have any guess what I do?

Russian spy?

In post 5133, Shoshin wrote:I'm a yoga teacher.

Oh close

In post 5143, Porkens wrote:

In post 5124, Shoshin wrote:Anyone have any guess what I do?

Russian spy?

In post 5144, Porkens wrote:

In post 5133, Shoshin wrote:I'm a yoga teacher.

Oh close

Why did you and random out your hood? Mechanically, it wasn’t necessary and served no purpose.

Did any of the neighborhoods and other PTs ever get released?

I still want the Voyeur one released : (

In post 5146, Ankamius wrote:Did any of the neighborhoods and other PTs ever get released?

I still want the Voyeur one released : (

I don’t think so. I’d like to see ALL of them get released, particularly scum chat.

Excellent play by Shoshin -- like a logic machine! As weird as it might sound, I think Nancy & Shoshin gell well together and will make an excellent hydra!

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