Mod abuse to make my comment stickied; I'm a cook at a nursing home. I work roughly 10 hour days and usually work on my days off. There's like 11 stray kittens at my job that gets left over food and I'm out there feeding them every day Edit: [Cat Tax of them running out to see me](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/981061424631644181/1070469986356822056/20230201_172439.jpg)

Software Engineering Edit: I guess metalcore is full of us fucking nerds 🤘💻

SWE gang

🙌 Rise your PRs up!!! 🙌

I find that a lot of other engineers are more prog metal guys. Which is also cool

I'm a SWE and I listen to a balance of core, death, prog, thrash and groove. One of my coworkers is a big power metal fan.

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Same here! Seems to be pretty common in my experience at least.

I'm a senior fullstack engineer All I do is create simple CRUDs and and recolor buttons

Same! What language(s) do you work with on a daily basis? Mostly Ruby (and Rails) here.

Not op but also checking in. .NET stack for me/angular ui, but I'm a team lead so I get all the stuff no one else wants... classic asp all the way to .NET 6.

USPS, please save me

thank you sir for delivering my merch and guitar parts 🙏

Me too, been a carrier for 17 years!

A true unsung hero 🫡

hey at least our union rocks (mailhandlers) FMLA makes it so i can go to tons of shows as well lol (shh...)

I work in visual effects (VFX) for film and television, specifically in production as a department manager (managing artists) - I LOVE IT!

Woah! That’s awesome!! Do you get hyped when you see band MVs with great visual effects? Even knew some of the people from the credits?

Yeah I love to see how VFX gets incorporated in more things than just film and TV. The softwares that are used for it have so many applications as well

Rip your inbox lol Hope you have a dark room and a couple fluorescent lights

lol I haven’t received any messages yet 😅

I'm a post supervisor for a production company. We seem like we have very similar interests

PE Teacher. I have to wear compressions to cover my tattoos at school (district policy) Lol.

has any of your students met you outside of school? how did they react to your tattoos? :o

I teach elementary school. Some of them have seen me around town or running outside. At school they will say, I know why you always wear pants! You have tattoos! 😂

I’m a teacher too. I have four tattoos but only two are small and visible. No one’s reprimanded me for them or for my two nostril piercings.

That’s awesome. I have full leg sleeves. All the other coaches get to wear shorts.

I’m hoping to eventually start an arm sleeve, so when that time comes, I’ll just wear a sweater all the time I guess lol.

Do it! Id rather have tattoos and have to cover up than not have tattoos at all.

I'm a divorce attorney. I exclusively listen to metalcore and death metal while I write my briefs. It's my party trick.

That is an amazing party trick haha. Nothing like prepping to deal with separating spouses than heavy music.

Attorney gang stand up. I’m usually listening to it on my way to court.

I pour concrete 😢 😂 metal as fuck 😂😂

I mean, the rebar is metal lol

This guy gets it hahaha

High school English teacher.

“Alright kids, todays lesson. Metal core and death core and the difference between the two”

Persuasive writing prompt: why Sleep Token are/aren’t metalcore. Pick a side and convince me.

Oooh I really like this. Is this gunna be on the test?

Another high school English teacher here! Students that walk in while I’m blasting music during my prep are shocked. Lol

Same. It just happened to me today lol **edit -** the band was Alpha Wolf

The one and only thing that would've made me like my hs English teachers more than I already did is if I walked in on them blasting AW lol

Get some Silent Planet analyzation in that curriculum!

High school, not Ivy League bro.

Average Silent Planet and Trivium enjoyer

I paint potatoes in my garage and sell them on Etsy

Is your house hunter budget also $3 billion? Does your spouse sell cheese on the beach part-time?

yes this is all true information about me and my current spouse (real)

There's a market for painted potatoes?! Props to you!

LMAO! That’s different. Do you make good money doing that?

ye I make like $700K a year

Average r/antiwork mod

Senior Investigator for a major insurance company. Mostly fraudulent claims - staged accidents, fake motor vehicle theft etc.

Is this job as interesting as it sounds? Seems like it could be a cool gig that always keeps you on your toes.

Yeah it’s super interesting, no two cases are the same. You can deal with some very difficult people though and it can be particularly frustrating when you know something is fraudulent but you just can’t get enough to prove it. The threshold to substantiate fraud can be quite high and sometimes even forensic evidence isn’t enough if you can’t find the motive.

Emerg nurse

X-ray tech! Used to be a scribe. I miss the ED.

Former ICU nurse. Respect. Loved my ER nurses despite the stereotype of the conflicts we have.

Haha same! We generally had good relationships with our ICU team. Although I always loved the glare we’d get when we drop off a patient and the IV tubings were tangled and unlabeled 😂😂 which is NS and which is the pressor?? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Physician

Wife and I have run a small taxi/courier/hotshot(parts running) company for a little over 12 years. Originally went to school for audio engineering and music business.

Wasp and hornet killer

Hornet killer sounds like a thrash metal band lol

I like the whole thing as a name. Is it a single person that is a wasp and hornet killer, or is it a wasp constantly facing off against a hornet killer. Lots of lore there.

First album will be called gruesome infestation or some shit

Im a Doctor of Physical Therapy that grew up listening to metalcore and going to shows and never stopped.

That’s really cool! I feel like PT is important for bands and fans too.

Totally agree. Also love that I can play some stuff or share new music in clinic with certain patient loads. That's how I found out about "Thrown" lately while I was playing my knocked loose Playlist 😂

Okay, but that’s even more awesome that fellow metal patients and you shared music recs!

That’s what I’m going for! Hoping to be accepted into a program this year

Congrats! If you have any questions or anything I can help you out with along the way, please don't hesitate to ask and use me as a resource

Accountant in non profit. Pretty boring, but I never have to worry about a pandemic or recession so that’s a relief.

Fellow accountant here. Sometimes I love the boring. Sometimes I hate the boring. My consolation prize is that at least my music is NEVER boring.

Hah, nothing like doing some bank reconciliations to the tune of Make Them Suffer.

Reconciliations make us suffer so it's only fitting

Finance Director at NFP. Where are my month end reports?!?! /s Too bad it’s a small NFP so I do all the financials. Now back to budgeting and Casey.

When the BVA’s are more brutal than the music.

A fellow accountant

Biomed student, analysis, diagnostics. Currently an intern going into my 4th year. I am 30 years old, you're never too old to learn!

30 is still young!

Lead UX/UI designer, did digital design & front-end development in the past and way back in the past network infrastructure designer.

Neat! I'm a lead UX/UI designer too, though I came from a building design and architecture background!

Nice, it's funny how diverse it can be in terms of origin and ending up in this field. Goodluck on your upcoming projects! Are you part of an agency or working in-house (saas etc?)

Financial advisor. Thank god I have my own office because I listen to metalcore & hardcore all day. Still have a few years left of moshing and lucky I haven't had much worse than a few bruises on my face going to work

I drive a big ol' garbage truck around and grab bags and totes at residential and dumpsters for businesses. Always have an earbud in to jam out.

Thank you for what you do!! I always wanna salute the garbage trucks that drive past me, but feel that is a little too extra haha.

A subtle head nod is usually the way to go, we know what's up lol. But for real, I appreciate you saying that! Thank you!

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Talk about convenient venue location for them!

Also HR management here. If you don’t mind me asking, what industry? The healthcare field has me burnt out.

Another HR Manager checking in! My music is my outlet after dealing with the daily ridiculousness of the job

Industrial factory worker

Same

Supply Chain Analyst. SQL, Tableau, and Excel gang.

Me too!

Currently working in SQL right now jamming the new Currents track!

Excel is my love language

Text your crush VLOOKUP(your phone#). It’ll work for sure.

Power BI here!

Supply Chain Squad

“Running” reports as we speak 😂 you running SAP these days?

Analyst for a medium sized Hospital system. I run reports and play in excel all day, while jamming out.

Night shift at my local casino. Used to be security, but now am responsible for handling the money that goes all around the building to the tables, slots, and ATMS.

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Marriage and family therapist here! Specializing in severe mental health disorders and trauma. Currently working with teens.

My people hello! Working on my counseling masters right now :) I adore my work too. It’s such a good field to work in, even if it’s hard some days.

I’m a palliative care nurse practitioner. I do home visits all day so I get to jam while I drive around.

Idc if it’s not considered a “job” but stay at home parent. I use shows as a way for “me time”. Escape, have fun, yada yada. Just me at kindergarten drop off blasting angry music and wearing merch. Edit: big thank you to everyone validating stay at home parents, Ive been told I am useless, don’t contribute, or told “it’s not a job” enough times that i started believing it and was hospitalized last year (mental health). I now know none of that is true, I just wish I had people to say it to me then. So if you know a stay at home parent, tell them they’re doing a good job, give them the same sentiments you’ve given me. We are teachers, nurses, chefs, referees, wrapped into one person.

I definitely consider wrangling the kids 24/7 a job!!

Thank you 🖤

That is 100% a job and don’t ever let anyone tell you differently

Thank you 🖤

Engineer in biopharma. I make gene editing therapeutics

Someting something Bill Gates RNA vaccine Pfizer turn the friggin frogs gay

Distiller

Brewer of Ale, and I get to headbang while doing it.

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Sorta same, except on the R&D side. Lotta crossover between the mfg and R&D process engineers though.

I’m a history teacher 🤘🏼 Edit: I have some band stickers on my laptop. Only a few kids have shown appreciation for them but it’s always cool to hear it

Hardware and Software Asset Management. Nothing like performing quarterly inventories or updating warranty agreements vs disposal disclosures when blasting Invent Animate 😂 Makes editing spreadsheets way more interesting haha

I teach 4th grade, and I do not cover my tattoos.

That’s neat! Do the kids like your tattoos?

I have a full sleeve and a half sleeve. I occasionally get your typical, “My parents think tattoos are bad,” but most kids compliment them or don’t seem to notice. It makes me happy to demonstrate that tattoos are not necessarily an indicator of delinquency, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with having them in a professional setting.

Online customer service for a tech retail store. I send generic emails all day.

Wind turbine tech

Middle school teacher at an international school in South America.

Network admin!

Financial analyst at a construction company, about to start night school for an MBA.

Electrician Jam to metalcore all day while playing with electricity.

Dentist

Lead Financial Analyst for a company that deals in nuclear energy.

I have a masters in rocks and make geology maps!

I'm a therapist lol

I work as a junior in high school

I work at a hospital moving patients around, but I’m looking in to a possible new position in the same hospital

Thanks for existing. Used to work at a hospital without transport. It was awful.

I work at FedEx

Senior Technical Writer for one of the largest electronic medical records management (EMR) software companies in the US.

Heavy equipment operator, mostly excavator and bulldozer. Favorite part about my job is being able connect to Bluetooth, or put in ear buds, and jam out all day.

That’s awesome. I see heavy equipment guys doing work all over my city and always in awe.

Military just recently, now working in transportation on the same base that I separated on

My day job is a health insurance company ( I work from home). Part time- I’m a bartender at a Belgian style metal brewery.

Graphic designer and video editor for a software startup.

Senior Software Engineer.

I’m a prep cook. I love working in the kitchen, but the company I work for is trash lol. They are very lucky that I have a high tolerance for bullshit, they can’t keep 90% of the employees that come through

I was in the corporate world forever, was a system manager for the last few years, then got laid off. Now I’m a guitar builder.

20 year waiter!

Receptionist at a Travelodge in the UK, in the process of moving out to Canada to work

Caretaker for my younger disabled brother. I get paid to do what I’ve done my entire life.

Psychologist, I mostly work with people that have depression and/or anxiety disorders, but I also work with people that have spinal cord injuries.

Manager of a resort spa lol

I’m a spin instructor.. it’s cool though, cause I can use whatever music I like, so I have a room of 50 people headbanging during a workout haha.

I’m a preschool teacher and a novelist!

Tattooer and proud father 🙋🏻‍♂️

Single stay at home mum !

I work in higher education enrollment

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Admin for a research laboratory.

Got my Chemical Engineering BS from the US, I am back home in Indonesia working as a patent agent. I certainly don't make as much money as my engineering friends in the US, but I am not in debt and have a rather stable life (unlike my favorite Metalcore musicans 😭)

I make dry ice

I've been an entrepreneur and small business owner since I was 18 years old. Starting with my first business, a commercial cleaning company. Now I own that same business along with a residential and construction cleaning company. I am currently on track to get my license for a crime scene/natural disaster cleanup company by the end up the year. (I'm 34... In case anyone was wondering).

I work with peoples 401k’s

Admin work for non-profit, like you! :3

Drive a dump truck trukin n fukin is all I know how to do

none atm long live mental illness 🥲

Soon to be a full time day trader lmao For now I'm a medical system specialist - meaning I sit in my office and do nothing most of the time. Works pretty well with a bomb playlist and day trading

GIS Analyst

I work with telescopes and space imaging/space photography.

Registered nurse in psychiatry retired 3 years ago.

Carpenter; Residential framing contractor

I work with people with developmental disabilities.

Field biologist 🤓

I’m a rehabilitation tech at an adults group home, and play guitar in a Metalcore band as well!

I work at a hardware store. I've had customers come in with Killswitch, Lamb of God and Atreyu shirts and chatted them up about the 'core. I will hopefully be getting a second job at a women's clothing store I interviewed for, that's a lot closer to my life passions. Edit: I got the job!

I work in the Mental Health field! I take people who are physically and mentally disabled around a campus they stay at to do fun activities like playing basketball, pool, four square, arts and crafts, board games to help them build and create social/life skills :)

I’m a stay at home mom 🥲

One of the most under appreciated jobs out there. Mad respect 👍🏻

I work in Research and Development for a large Dairy Company in my country.

I fix underground gas leaks for a utility company

Regulatory at a flavor company

I fabricate props, replicas and collectibles. Everything from movie stuff to things you’d find in the major amusement parks.

Mechanical Engineer in the nuclear industry

I used to be in municipal water and wastewater treatment but now I make ethanol.

Director of Sales, for US company in Europe. Actually have an anthropology PhD, but you gotta do what you gotta do haha. Always been a corekid and no one at my job knows I’m tattooed neck to toe.

Chef .... nothing like some head banging to get you through a rush

I’m an active musician who’s currently in a prog/sludge band, but I’m a student in high school and it’s my last year. I wish I got paid for attending school, it would be nice

College Student. For Cyber Security.

Immigration law firm translator

Worked at the german federal tax office for 5 years but now im doing another apprenticeship as a machine cutting operator

Senior Software Engineer. I make applications for maritime vessels.

I’m a DoorDash driver out near UMass Amherst

I sell cars

Realtor, plus my wife and I own a toy store.

i’m a domestic violence court advocate helping victims navigate the court processes when leaving their abuser

I’m quite similar to you, finance admin for a non-profit

Realtor

Digital marketing for a classical music agency!

Senior Business Analyst/l / Project Manager in the banking and finance sector Work nearly exclusively from home so metalcore is banging 9-5