How I explain my job

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• supercargo@r.nf ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Your job is playing Factorio??

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  • MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, it’s not too much of a stretch! Balancing your inputs and outputs.

    There’s also exposure/interfacing with piping design, which you’ll feel right at home in if you enjoy good factorio belt routing

    I highly recommend considering process eng or piping design to anyone who likes factorio

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  • general_kitten@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, i once played factorio, downloaded pyanodon’s mod. It quickly became so complex i figured you need degree in chemical engineering to complete it. Am now studying chemical engineering

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    • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Studying will probably help you finish the mod faster. 450hrs into THAT mod alone. I’d be finished by now, but these bottlenecks need fixing first!

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  • misterundercoat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Factorioh my god it’s 2 a.m. I have work tomorrow

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• thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As a modern software engineer, I believe the second panel is also sufficient to explain my job to congress.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The internet is just a series of pipes.

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    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Stuff goes in. Stuff goes out. You can’t explain that!

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  • morbidcactus@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve always struggled to succinctly describe my job to people outside of it, it’s muddy because I often fill gaps and there’s often a lack of clear r&r, I’m on paper a Data Engineer & Architect, I just say I design and build backend stuff and handle infrastructure.

    Had the same issue when I did Equipment Reliability Engineering, technical roles are often really hard to explain to people I’ve found.

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• atomicorange@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Also a process engineer. Real answer is “I develop procedures for cleaning contamination critical hardware”. My flippant answer is “I tell other people how to do their jobs”.

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  • MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ha! Excellent

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• lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I also do that. Mainly Unix pipes.

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• NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Imagine going to college to become a digestive system

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• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I told someone the other day that “I just type all day.”

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  • thessnake03@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tons of meetings

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• lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Glass industry: We melt dirt

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• nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “that’s what she said”

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  • MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Best part is pipe hammering is a thing. Hehe

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  • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    👏

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• yemmly@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Make goo go brrrr

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• EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The behavioral scientist studying mice in mazes: “Same”

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  • MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That sounds mice

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• PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So you’re the moron that designed my CIP system with only caustic and no acid, meaning I have mineral scale everywhere and no way to get rid of it. Thanks asshole.

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  • MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lol, sounds like pretty poor form. Hope you got compensation of out of them

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• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I still haven’t found a quick way to explain my job. The best I’ve got is my job title and, “Basically lots of dat to make sure I have the right people in the right place at the right time and they’re happy.”

  But I’m sure that’s not at all clear for most of you.

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