What are some Veeky Forums jobs? Obviously librarian and professor but any other ones?

What are some Veeky Forums jobs? Obviously librarian and professor but any other ones?

probably lawyer.

Archivist

is that a real job?
i took a fancy career test and said i should be one, but instead i decided on lawyer because i assumed archivists, if they do exist, work for scraps.

Barista

Postal service

An editor.

taxi driver

A pastor/priest/monk.

Night watchman
Campground caretaker
Doctor
Journalist
Merchant mariner
Railroad brakeman (though i don’t think they exist anymore)
Trust fund babby
Screenwriter
Fisherman
CIA Agent
British Colonial Police

I would prefer not to.

But seriously probably not a bad one. Good benefits.
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Jobs that aren't mentally demanding so you can work out your stories in your head all day.

Carver was a high school janitor for a while. He got so he could get all his work done in 4 hours and write the other 4 hours of his shift.

Denis Johnson was a hospital orderly for a while and would similarly try to get all his work done early and get paid to write.

Professionnal camwhore.

caregiver for mentally challenged people, who has to shower them and clean them if they're incontinent, cook for for them and work 12 hour shifts for minimum wage

this is the only true answer

neet

these.

If you can get Veeky Forums jobs, that's great. Otherwise just do what ever you need to to make ends meet and give you enough time to write.

I'm a programmer. I work from home a few days a week so I can write most of the day.

But the downside is I'm a better programmer than a writer. If you want the Veeky Forums life, don't make it a side hustle.

>Jobs that aren't mentally demanding
Surely knowledge workers are going to be more sharper because their minds are exercised more compared to someone that just say a warehouse operator?

how mentally demanding is nursing? it seems like a stable career and from what i heard you choose your hours(?)

depends (mostly no; you'll have no time for reading for fun)

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Also I think being in the military is also pretty Veeky Forums.

Yes and no. Spending all day solving other people's problems can leave one mentally drained. A lot of professors, for instance, take sabbatical when they want to write their own book.

I'm a copy editor. It sucks. It's Veeky Forums, sure, but it really, really sucks.

I already have an AA-T in English from a community college, but I'm thinking about going back there to get a degree in forestry, after a stint in the USAF.

Both of my parents are RNs, and they work 12-hour shifts, five days a week. They're full-time nurses, though. The closest you can probably get to choosing your own hours is by becoming a per-diem nurse.

It's mentally exhausting, let me tell you. I've worked in a hospital myself, and that alone drains your soul, let alone being a nurse. Nurses work long shifts, during which they bounce around floors catering to a dozen patients' needs. Don't do it if you aren't fully invested in the idea that you're a nurse for the sole purpose of helping others. If you're in it for the money, go somewhere else.

All I'm saying is surely someone who has kept their mind sharp throughout their lives doing mentally stimulating tasks opposed to someone who is doing menial work will be better prepared to write

author

I'm an uber driver. Does that count? Or am I too hipster 4u?

iam a sociologist

you learn a lot about people, because yu analyse them :3

Farmer
Scribe
Cryptocurrency investor
Park ranger
Beekeeper
Comfy bookstore owner
Animator
Sailor
Historian
Therapist/Psychologist
Chef

Why nota psychologists then

>Historian
There's no such thing anymore. You just become a high school teacher.

You assume that your work is the only way to keep you mentally sharp. I work a labor job and read philosophy on my off time. And there are lots of examples of thinkers and writers who did the same. Spinoza was a lens maker, Kafka was a bureaucrat, Thomas Jefferson owned a farm

dunno, i studied different things and at some point i had to make a choice for m masters degree and i choose sociology over psychology

Any STEM related job but you hate yourself

When I get home from a 12 hour shift of being screamed at by residents and staff the last thing I want to do is be alone with my own thoughts

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All the best authors were in the military

That's your weakness bro. I find comfort in being alone with my own thoughts. What's your job exactly anyways? Do you work daily 12 hour shifts or like every other day?

I do physical labor in a metal factory and haven't spoken to real humans in a year

copyeditor/writer/journalist/editor/technical writer/writer

4 days on 4 days off
If I decide to read or write when I get back I can't block out whats been happening to me all day

>I'm a copy editor. It sucks. It's Veeky Forums, sure, but it really, really sucks.

I already have an AA-T in English from a community college, but I'm thinking about going back there to get a degree in forestry, after a stint in the USAF.

I have a degree in philosophy and a professional copyediting certificate/experience and I couldn't get a job in that field. How the fuck did you get one?

keep the ideas coming

im looking for part time work and finally moving past the neet life

should probably start training yourself in some technical field. No one is going to give you a job with a humanities degree without the formerly mentioned skillset

Night watchman.

in a hotel? you have to deal with guests and clean shit in that job

if you're not homeless and unemployed you're not Veeky Forums

How did you get your job as copy editor? Do you do online/freelance work or do you work with a single company?

Uber drivers should be executed tbqhwy

>Update
At building site, school or museum.

>thought this was a thread for Veeky Forums jokes

oh well

>Based kornheiser posting on Veeky Forums
Truly patrician.

My mom wouldn't let me get a job when I was in high school, so I just made résumés and cover letters for my classmates for a few bucks each. When I was in junior college, I became the copy editor for our college paper for two years. Also, during those two years, I took up at least three hundred freelance jobs. I live in the Silicon Valley, so there are at least a dozen new postings asking for proofreading each day. I proofread anything from posters for science fairs, to tech articles, and I once worked with a team that helped a guy write his thesis.

Everything I had worked on, I brought to my interview, along with my Poynter certificate in editing. I also had a binder full of references. I don't know where you applied for, but it must've been pretty competitive, considering your credentials. I only work for a small paper.

You can definitely take freelance work while working an actual copy editing position.

I-is that you?

>railroad brakeman

The title still exists, but it's essentially the same as a conductor.

When working on the railroad, there is time at the away-from-home terminal waiting for the return train in the bunkhouse when you can read and write. And then there is the time in sidings awaiting meets when you can read and write, though it's against the rules.

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Where should I look for freelancing jobs?
I have a degree in English from a very good university.

Escort

Nightshift Train Driver,
get a comfy 3 hour gap in between last and first trains.

The pain of shift work I know all too well

I have a feeling that doctors are fairly overrepresented as writers, but a lot of them left medicine in order to pursue writing.

Probably more true of the 19th/early 20th century than now.

90% of my freelance work comes from Craigslist, funnily enough. The other 10% comes from clients who've read the fliers that I've scattered about in libraries and cafés throughout the bay area.

On Craigslist, you can either look for postings asking for services, or you can just advertise yourself. The latter is a much easier option. Be prepared to get lowballed, though. Also, price yourself according to your talents. Go on Craigslist and see how much other people are pricing themselves, first.

Judging from my personal experience, I would recommend you not depend on your degree to get you work. Clients usually just ask for references and proof of past work to see if they want to hire you or not.

What does an editor or copy editor actually do?

It doesn't fucking matter. Writing is easy. You just need a job to support yourself. Which means you need a college degree.

One caveat: fuck academia. Especially non-STEM shit. Liberal arts/humanities degrees are fucking worthless. The people that get them now don't even contribute to society or the economy.

Here's some advice for you morons:
Either go STEM or ditch college and learn a trade. And by go STEM I mean stick with Engineering or Computer Science mainly unless your a god tier genius at Math or some shit.

Otherwise you're wasting your time and money. Colleges should just be turned into pure vocational schooling anyway.

But as it stands right now, honestly, get a real degree. You want want a marketable education, not a political indoctrination. You can get the latter online easily enough.

Once you have a stable job, you can do whatever the fuck you want: writing, anything.

Check for grammar, style and form, structure, and to be the second filter for facts and arguments. If it's a news/journalism editor they'll be the ones to select things to publish.

Thank you for the response. I'm thinking I'll probably advertise myself as new at first, and accept lower rates of pay in order to build up a portfolio.
It seems like an obvious route to go, so other people are probably doing something similar, but it's worth a shot.

>Journalist

fake news

A job that is mostly about writing and had numerous writers, essayists, and novelists do is unsurprisingly literary, yes.

Proofreading (checking for syntactical and grammatical errors, correcting formatting issues according to AP style, etc.) and suggesting changes to articles.

When I worked for my college's paper, I basically rewrote entire articles from shitty reporters who barely spoke proper English. Our paper had no vetting process, so any chump could just go and write articles for it. I spun gold from reporters who turned in first drafts of articles, with some paragraphs having fucking Mandarin and Korean in them.

At a professional press, it's pretty much the same thing, though the reporters here actually write in proper English, so I just play around with their sentences to fit within columns and agree with AP style.

You're going to be ignored completely if you disclose your lack of experience. You shouldn't lie and say that you actually have more experience than you have, but you should at least detail your proficiency. I'd recommend that you get a certificate of some sort, just so you have it to appease clients.

I'm an underground Gold miner with a Kindle.

underground jew

t. fucking moron

>tried becoming a psychologist
>too socially retarded to deal with the necessary lower level jobs
why am I so STUPID

Google is lumping them in with museum curators but it says the average is $46k a year, which isn't that bad.

Banker. TS Eliot worked at Lloyds bank in the city of London for 9 years, and the Quartets there.

I always wanted to be a small store owner who justs sits at the register reading with the occasional customer so I can grumble a bit ring them up and then continue reading. WHY IS LIFE SO UNFAIR.

Suicidal NEET.

both are memes