How to find dynamic jobs?

[evilsandwichman@hexbear.net]

Have you considered joining the Ukrainian reserves?

On a serious note, I hate dis. I need complete certainty about my day and I hate surprises. My days all thankfully blend into each other and provided no outside interference happens, I know how my day will progress.

I'm ordering noodles for lunch and I'm going to watch squid games season 2; tomorrow I'm going to have Korean for lunch and will continue squid games season 2. Both nights I will eat chips and watch birdgirl. On Thursday I will have chicken and mushroom pie and watch squid games. What I choose to have for dinner will be what little chaos I allow in my life. I will also watch birdgirl.

[fritee@lemmy.world]

Agreed. I find that the more I pre plan my day, the more stuff I can get done, like gym, work, weekend out with partner etc. And if I don’t, the day is just gonna be wasted on gaming or watching videos.

[funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works]

I run four companys' marketing departments, it's different every day and mildly interesting but it's not like I'd rather be doing it than frolicking in the springtime sunlight

[tikiporch@lemmy.world]

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[subarctictundra@lemmy.ml]

Oh it's Nassim Nicolas Taheb

[whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world]

By this logic, the less predictable your daily life is, the more alive you are.

So for a lot of us, to be alive is to experience constant anxiety about what's about to happen.

...

Actually, that tracks.

[whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world]

As far as ways to filter for such positions, maybe look for roles that require traveling? At the very least, you'd be in a different location throughout your week.

[piecepractical@midwest.social]

Seconding this. If you're handy, look into work as a field repair technician of some kind. I used to repair machine tools for a company that covered a tristate area. Not only did I not know what I would do from one day to the next, I didn't know how long the day would be or if I'd even be home at the end of it or staying in a hotel. Money was great and the work was very interesting. Admittedly, the drive time and lack of a schedule for home life gets old after a while but, I did it for 15 years and the first ten were great. I was ready for another career after a decade but stuck it out for another five years because I was picky about the new gig.

No regrets.

[softestsapphic@lemmy.world]

He's not talking about dynamic jobs. He's talking about not being a slave.

[rbwells@lemmy.world]

I have a low tolerance for repetitive work, am an accountant and my "career" has basically been two startups. There are places that just keep changing, changing systems and processes all the time. I don't have to do things the same way every time, I keep trying new ways, and nobody feels stepped on if you suggest a better way of doing their job.

I would say look for the culture - when you walk in here there are people talking, people cussing, getting up to get water or to go for a walk to clear their head. We can walk into the president's office and make a suggestion (or email or teams them), and people do also transfer between jobs here, it's encouraged.

What I will say the tradeoff is though - chaotic places like this always require more hours at least some of the time. They are more flexible with you but also require some flexibility from you. For me that choice is a no brainier, I am useless in a more regimented job. But it doesn't suit everyone.

[crabandbroom@lemmy.ml]

Art jobs are like this! Especially if management are also art people, then every day is utter chaos lol.

Two things an art job is great for:

• Developing a thick skin. Make art every day, send it off, receive a detailed list of everything that sucks about it, re-do it, repeat this about 30 times until it finally goes out, then receive death threats from the audience.

• Learning to function under chaos. A regular Tuesday at Art Job is roughly equivalent to the worst day in company history and a normal office job.

Two things an art job is not good for:

• Keeping the desire to make art for fun in your spare time.

• Being a regular functioning human.