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My job title is data engineer, but the organization I work at is small enough that it basically ranges from business intelligence to cloud engineering to data architecture to data science to whatever other thing is even slightly related to data :)
I'm currently a Site/Processing manager that dabbles in data, got there through beekeeping. I got a summer job working for a beekeeper (over 30 years. ago now) while doing a BSc in organic chemistry and never went back to uni - I was planning to go into lab work/food science in the dairy industry.
Software engineer. In the past mostly C++, now it's mostly C#. Lots of databases too.
Also developer. Been writing code since around 1985. I wrote a system in the logistics field back in 1999 and I've been expanding it ever since.
Web developer & marketing specialist.
I fell into it in my early twenties, and figured it out along the way.
Freelance fehdreyer
Analytical chemist,
Long time IT/cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity is all about curiosity and learning. I got there via the military.
E: too soon.
Wow it's really cool someone from a military background went into the field of cybersecurity!
Is this common at all in cybersecurity?
There's a lot of IT jobs in the military, and that includes cybersecurity.
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Central heating and ventilation technician, that was my first one, it was awesome, learned welding and stuu like that. But during the winter I couldn't do it, every time so freaking cold.
Then I was a Rubber mixer for the aufomobile industry, which destroyed my sense of smell to a high degree so I switched again.
Next was frontend developer, then iPhona app developer and then finally I also studied computer science.
After that I I went back to the automobile industry, but with the CS background I'm in software development now. My profession is very broad. I'm Integrator, Software Factory Subject Matter Expert (basically architecture around devops), Configuration Manager. Not programming at all anymore.
IT Project and Team lead.
Protecting "my" engineers from the customers. :)
Game developer (software engineer) We get paid less than conventional software but it's very rewarding work on its own.
Researcher/academic. Been an interesting path from high school :)
Do you have a specific field of study? Do you work for a university? (just curious, please feel free to ignore)
I hope I wasn't misleading but I am currently a PhD candidate, so on the final step towards getting my PhD. Since I am in academia and do conduct research I think it applies but I am not a professor yet. My field is Buddhist studies (Buddhologist). I work and am supported by my home university luckily.
Thank you for the answer ๐๐พ
What's your average working day like?
I hope I wasnโt misleading but I am currently a PhD candidate, so on the final step towards getting my PhD.
My day is mostly writing, reading, then editing while playing with my cats, child, and partner on breaks :) and of course applying for money lol
Data engineering. Quite a change from my undergrad path.
I'm a Technical IT Consultant, consulting for a large cloud IT platform company.
On the client side, I take on new implementation projects, setups + configurations, maintenance, and help desk tasks that are beyond the help desk department.
Internally, I'm involved in our DevOps and custom app development teams.
Jerk.
(me, not OP)