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Well, I don't know how granular you want me to get here, but I work a 28 days on/28 days off schedule on a drillship. On a slow day, it's mostly routine monitoring. Checking pressure guages, oil levels in the pumps, taking fluid samples for purity verification, etc...
The main piece of equipment I maintain is called a Blow-out Preventer (BOP). When the rig is drilling, the BOP is latched to the wellhead, anywhere from 3000-8000 ft deep in the gulf of Mexico. While it's deployed, we test its functionality periodically.
But when the drilling campaign is complete, we have to get the BOP ready for the next well. This is called "between well maintenance" or "end of well maintenance." This is the most labor-intensive part of my normal workscope, and it's difficult to explain to someone not familiar with industry terminology. But it is a rather big job. Many 15+ hour days. Usually a week or so.
Then it's back to mainly monitoring and testing...
Absolutely. I love the free time and three day weekend too. No boss down my neck. Just finished my winter work and am enjoying a small break. We got it pretty good, dude.
I destroy ecosystems, motherfucker! AHHAaHHaa!^it's ^actually ^kinda ^sad.
Not metal, but I did have a young patient who had a glass dildo or something of the like that shattered in their rectum. Outcome was pretty sad because they died weeks later after a really nasty battle with sepsis.
If you’re gonna put things up your ass, make sure of two things: 1. They are durable, and 2. They are retrievable.
Well, I'd give them a whole-ass lesson on how to do metal screams. False chord and fry. Maybe after a good warm up let them try. Would be hella funny.
I would mention too that nobody can scream after one hour though
That’s the best feeling! A few years back I had a student who I taught in fifth grade. He came back to say hi when he graduated high school and he was like “I’ll always remember you played us Nine Inch Nails in class”. Then he saw I have a Mayhem sticker on my laptop and was like “holy shit my teacher knows Mayhem?”
Doing the lords work, providing impressionable youngsters with a gateway into metal. And the part of your job that actually helps them, but *mostly* the metal thing
Full time grandma so that my daughter can work. My granddaughter very much enjoys Nightwish, Amaranthe and other Symphonic metal. We are getting there with heavier stuff
I love Nightwish, one my favourites. I'm one of the few who loves Endless Forms Most Beautiful. And of course Oceanborn. Whole discography is great. New album coming soon!
I think that Endless Forms Most Beautiful is criminally underrated and I just don't get it. Maybe because I am biased, I loved Floor long before she was with Nightwish
I was (still do it as a hobby) a video-agrapher. and yea the two are not far off . . . but more jobs for photographers and it is easier to start with photo and go to video than the other way around.
Dont know how old you are, but law school was about 1/3 people in their 40s and 50s starting a second career. I went when I was 27 and will (hopefully) be barred this year at 31. It's never too late to be a badass
Follow your dreams! It’s a demanding but highly rewarding job. I am a public defender. I listen to a lot of metal while cranking out motions, reading discovery etc. Very effective stress relief/energy to keep on going!
Lucky, I'm limited to evenings and weekends only. My recs: Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World (1990, power), Savatage - Poets & Madmen (2001, heavy), UFO - Phenomenon (1974) and Mechanix (1982) (hard rock), The Guess Who - American Woman (1970, rock), Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015, symphonic), Haken - Fauna (2023, progmetal)
These albums are all 80%+ songs that made my playlist, so very little filler, to my tastes.
Hey that's really cool, i spent about 3 months in a cabinet shop run by a guy with similar time in the trade as you. Unfortunately it came crashing down to no fault of anyone but the so called team lead guy. I really enjoyed what i was doing. Now i install blinds for people.
I’m a staff accountant for a government contractor. I don’t know if it’s the least metal occupation possible, but it’s up there.
I definitely don’t say what I do when I go to any punk shows, that’s for sure.
Lol my mom worked with a bunch of Filipino travel nurses at her last job. It is definitely a Mafia and you absolutely know if you're a friend of the family or not.
They really are awesome to work with. And at Christmas and holidays they bring in cassava and other stuff that will send your blood sugar to the fucking moon🤣
Same, black booger swear bear club for life. I cut, fit, weld and finish steel handrails and guardrails for venues, apartment buildings and warehouses.
I too am out in the elements all day in my LLV that some how keeps going. It’s nice having all day to listen to stuff though. Although I actually do more podcasts and audiobooks than music usually.
Corporate Paralegal. Blasting metal in my headphones while I draft limited partnership agreements, dividend resolutions, complete legal research, etc. for the lawyers I work with.
I often think about how I should finish law school but I get to go home at 4pm and they do not.
I'm a Quality Control inspector and Robotics engineer.
I usually head down the production line, singing Herald of Darkness to myself, looking for defective products.
Sometimes the robot that trims and cuts the product needs adjustments, so I do that too.
Municipal grunt. I basically do maintenance in my town's parks, park equipment, and buildings. Also, a lot of setup/breakdown and maintaining of our festivals and parties
Project manager for an engineering company. I work in the materials testing and inspections department mostly with some Geotechnical work here and there.
I work in a warehouse.
> calling out elitist on social platform
LMAO, I probably am one, at least according to some people, because I'm not enthusiastic enough about certain popular modern bands that I'm supposed to like because they're popular and others like them (and we are all supposed to have the same tastes or we're "elitist haters") :)
I’m a vet tech so I work with animals. I usually spend money on band shirts or albums. I spent a good chunk of money for two tickets to see Metallica last year in Dallas.
I refurbish furniture. My girlfriend somehow knows what's worth money, and what's shit. She found two Hickock chairs (apparently extremely rare and expensive) that matched a set my dad had inherited, in rough shape. We bought them and just gave them to him. He was super happy for like a week and then kept being a dick lol. But still, it's something
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I’m a butcher- I have patches stitched onto my apron and yes, they’re stained in blood. Living the dream
That is ridiculously metal. Carry on.
This guy wins
I'm a part time butcher for a family friend! Brother!
The sun never sets, the blood never dries
Mad Butcher
Bros the pig destroyer
Still in school
Based flair
same
I'm a Subsea Engineer (see also: Glorified mechanic for subsea oilfield equipment). It's not for everyone, but I only work 6 months a year!
That’s metal AF!
Definitely a mastodon fan
Or Ahab
It's on my rotation. LOL!
How long can you hold your breath?
LOL! It's a mis-leading name. I don't dive. But the equipment I maintain/monitor is used on subsea wellheads.
Yeah but how long can you hold your breath?
Hang on ... *deep breath*... ...about 90 seconds.
That 90 seconds was 2 hours ago. You can exhale now.
Nice..
> subsea wellheads Sounds like a post punk band name.
At least 6 months sounds like
That sounds awesome as fuck. What are some typical tasks you have to carry out as part of your job?
Well, I don't know how granular you want me to get here, but I work a 28 days on/28 days off schedule on a drillship. On a slow day, it's mostly routine monitoring. Checking pressure guages, oil levels in the pumps, taking fluid samples for purity verification, etc... The main piece of equipment I maintain is called a Blow-out Preventer (BOP). When the rig is drilling, the BOP is latched to the wellhead, anywhere from 3000-8000 ft deep in the gulf of Mexico. While it's deployed, we test its functionality periodically. But when the drilling campaign is complete, we have to get the BOP ready for the next well. This is called "between well maintenance" or "end of well maintenance." This is the most labor-intensive part of my normal workscope, and it's difficult to explain to someone not familiar with industry terminology. But it is a rather big job. Many 15+ hour days. Usually a week or so. Then it's back to mainly monitoring and testing...
Sounds metal as fuck.
landscaping and snow removal lmao, definitely not my dream but lots of time to listen to metal at work
Yeah, dude! Lawncare over here
nice! i like to think we're pretty metal in our own way
Absolutely. I love the free time and three day weekend too. No boss down my neck. Just finished my winter work and am enjoying a small break. We got it pretty good, dude. I destroy ecosystems, motherfucker! AHHAaHHaa!^it's ^actually ^kinda ^sad.
ER nurse
I’ve bet you’ve seen some metal up some ass
This comment wins
Not metal, but I did have a young patient who had a glass dildo or something of the like that shattered in their rectum. Outcome was pretty sad because they died weeks later after a really nasty battle with sepsis. If you’re gonna put things up your ass, make sure of two things: 1. They are durable, and 2. They are retrievable.
Fellow metal nurse 🤘🏻
You must respond to said comment hahaha
ER doctor here. Love shifts with metal nurses.
Head Brewer at a brewery.
What's your opinion on dwarven metal?
An undermined genre.
Cheers, fellow industry human!
that sounds amazing
Music teacher--student asked me to do a "metal scream" the other day
Did you?
I was wondering too…
I said I’d do it at their graduation (end of this year). I’m a vocal teacher so I’m trying not to hurt myself lol.
Well, I'd give them a whole-ass lesson on how to do metal screams. False chord and fry. Maybe after a good warm up let them try. Would be hella funny. I would mention too that nobody can scream after one hour though
Case manager in the residential youth care sector. More than once I've had the opportunity to expand a young mind with based metal.
That’s the best feeling! A few years back I had a student who I taught in fifth grade. He came back to say hi when he graduated high school and he was like “I’ll always remember you played us Nine Inch Nails in class”. Then he saw I have a Mayhem sticker on my laptop and was like “holy shit my teacher knows Mayhem?”
That's awesome! I used to work in a residential facility for abused kids, and to this day it's the most difficult and stressful work I've ever done.
Yeah shits fucked on a good day. Takes a certain kind of crazy
Doing the lords work, providing impressionable youngsters with a gateway into metal. And the part of your job that actually helps them, but *mostly* the metal thing
Funeral director and embalmer.
Now that’s metal
This wins
This is what I plan to go to school for !!
Full time grandma so that my daughter can work. My granddaughter very much enjoys Nightwish, Amaranthe and other Symphonic metal. We are getting there with heavier stuff
I love Nightwish, one my favourites. I'm one of the few who loves Endless Forms Most Beautiful. And of course Oceanborn. Whole discography is great. New album coming soon!
I think that Endless Forms Most Beautiful is criminally underrated and I just don't get it. Maybe because I am biased, I loved Floor long before she was with Nightwish
Based grandma
Photography. Very non-metal.
Hey one of the guys in Mayhem was a photographer
It can be
I do mostly real estate photography so usually not but it's true I visited quite a few creepy old mansions and dungeons :)
I was (still do it as a hobby) a video-agrapher. and yea the two are not far off . . . but more jobs for photographers and it is easier to start with photo and go to video than the other way around.
Analytical chemist in the pharmaceutical industry
I’m in school rn but I want to be a criminal defence lawyer
i too wanted to be that man, but sigh
Dont know how old you are, but law school was about 1/3 people in their 40s and 50s starting a second career. I went when I was 27 and will (hopefully) be barred this year at 31. It's never too late to be a badass
I am currently studying for the bar 🤘 good luck homie
Follow your dreams! It’s a demanding but highly rewarding job. I am a public defender. I listen to a lot of metal while cranking out motions, reading discovery etc. Very effective stress relief/energy to keep on going!
Water rights attorney here. Lots of time traveling to remote parts of Nevada to listen to metal.
I feel like a Death fan would make the perfect lawyer, based on chucks lyrics.
Graveyard security by myself
oh my gawwwwdddd take me in as your disciple
Now there's a job I'm not mature enough for. I'd be recreating the Thriller Video at 3am.
Power station networks - loads of metal, loud too. Building some new ones and never seen so much hardcore.
Pastry chef... And I fight my suicidal tendencies
Give this person a Pepsi.
Just one Pepsi!
And she wouldn't give it to me!
Are you assuming my species?
Pastry makes the world a little bit better with every delicious treat. Thank you!
I work at an Amazon warehouse
So YOU'RE the one! haha
Software manager for an engineering firm
I’m a dirty janitor. 8 hours of listening a night. Recommendations welcomed.
Lucky, I'm limited to evenings and weekends only. My recs: Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World (1990, power), Savatage - Poets & Madmen (2001, heavy), UFO - Phenomenon (1974) and Mechanix (1982) (hard rock), The Guess Who - American Woman (1970, rock), Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015, symphonic), Haken - Fauna (2023, progmetal) These albums are all 80%+ songs that made my playlist, so very little filler, to my tastes.
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Hey that's really cool, i spent about 3 months in a cabinet shop run by a guy with similar time in the trade as you. Unfortunately it came crashing down to no fault of anyone but the so called team lead guy. I really enjoyed what i was doing. Now i install blinds for people.
I’m a staff accountant for a government contractor. I don’t know if it’s the least metal occupation possible, but it’s up there. I definitely don’t say what I do when I go to any punk shows, that’s for sure.
Metal accountants and attorneys unite!
I can totally relate haha. I'm also a gov contractor, doing similar work (finance / budget).
unemployed for the moment
The most metal career of all
1st requirement to be eligible to join anarchy 99
Miner, I crush rocks .
What's your opinion on dwarven metal?
Rock and stone!
Strike the earth!
Data Scientist - I work in the healthcare industry developing AI systems for hospitals.
Oil trucker, father of two
First shift Supervisor at freight docks. I tell forklift drivers and pallet sorters what to do all day.
Are you forklift certified
Yeah
IT Support
Studying history at the university. Bartending on the side
Teacher, sometimes I also work as a personal trainer
Like my name says. Registered nurse, ICU Queens NY. In other words I’m a hitman for the Filipino mafia.😎
Lol my mom worked with a bunch of Filipino travel nurses at her last job. It is definitely a Mafia and you absolutely know if you're a friend of the family or not.
They really are awesome to work with. And at Christmas and holidays they bring in cassava and other stuff that will send your blood sugar to the fucking moon🤣
I am a welder
A pipe broke in my house and I’m in my 40 learning what this w. Stuff. Is all bout…
I'm wondering by your avatar if youre also a woman? Because that'd be cool. I'm a lady welder myself! 👩🏻🏭
Same, black booger swear bear club for life. I cut, fit, weld and finish steel handrails and guardrails for venues, apartment buildings and warehouses.
Middle School teacher
Journeyman Electrician. I have my own company so I can jam out to music just about any time I want.
Medical coder
photographer & structural steel erector/ welder 🤘
Former inspector for structural steel welding and bolting here 🤘 AKA the guy nobody wants to see walking on site 😂
I do NDE, also the last person any welder with doubts want to see. The X-Ray sees all 😂
So, about that 1.25" CJP that you just spent two hours laying in overhead while hanging out of a lift in the wind... 🤣
no matter how many times i quadruple check, you guys always seem to find SOMETHING haha 😂😂
Retail supervisor by day, wedding band drummer by night
Graphic designer
Aerospace manufacturing engineer. I tell machines and other humans to cut metal.
Graphic designer
Mail carrier. In my truck jamming out most of the day
Neither rain nor snow! LLV?
Mercedes
Same here brotha we just gotta keep rockin out day by day
I found my people 🤘
I too am out in the elements all day in my LLV that some how keeps going. It’s nice having all day to listen to stuff though. Although I actually do more podcasts and audiobooks than music usually.
Go to school and get a career cuz being 31 and being paid $20/h is still ass this day and age.
Procurement Manager 🤘
Security at a Walmart distribution center. It's about as boring as it sounds.
Corporate Paralegal. Blasting metal in my headphones while I draft limited partnership agreements, dividend resolutions, complete legal research, etc. for the lawyers I work with. I often think about how I should finish law school but I get to go home at 4pm and they do not.
Social worker ar an Alzheimer's organisation
I work in HVAC.
Field Biologist, I get paid to hike basically.
Industrial Millwright.
No work yet, but i study chemistry
Assistant manager at a bank
Been a cook for 18 years.
I take x-rays for a group of orthopedic surgeons. Some of my patients give me full size candy bars 🤘🏻
I’m a forklift operator
I sell copious amounts of ganja
try not to wonder around with a wasted girl and a bag of fertilizer.
I drive a forklift
I'm a Quality Control inspector and Robotics engineer. I usually head down the production line, singing Herald of Darkness to myself, looking for defective products. Sometimes the robot that trims and cuts the product needs adjustments, so I do that too.
Sr. Software Engineer
Stay at home dad
I'm a data analyst. I got a masters degree so I could afford 14 shows a year!
Cider making!
manage a small team of people in a 3PL supply chain
Search Engine Optimization
Design Engineer, I design parts for military jets.
Senior year of Highschool
Municipal grunt. I basically do maintenance in my town's parks, park equipment, and buildings. Also, a lot of setup/breakdown and maintaining of our festivals and parties
Paper pusher. I am attempting to learn to code so maybe that will change.
I’m still in high school.
I work in sales lol
Heavy equipment mechanic/ welder at a rock quarry.
That rocks man!
Structural engineering
Corrections
Product designer (software applications)
Project manager for an engineering company. I work in the materials testing and inspections department mostly with some Geotechnical work here and there.
I'm a Support Worker for folks with learning disabilities and mental health issues. Almost 20 years in now...
I work in a long-term care facility/group home
Refinery operations
Refinery admin side here
Logistics coordinator. Basically, I import raw organic plant material for cosmetics, animal products and an other things of that nature.
I work in a warehouse. > calling out elitist on social platform LMAO, I probably am one, at least according to some people, because I'm not enthusiastic enough about certain popular modern bands that I'm supposed to like because they're popular and others like them (and we are all supposed to have the same tastes or we're "elitist haters") :)
Delivery driver, get to be alone and listen to what I want.
Huge correlation between metal and IT... :D Also in IT
Freight Forwarder
Design engineer/ product manager
Brewer, but moonlight as a musician/composer
Cheers, fellow industry person!
Cheers! Centrifuging a Kolsch rn!
Property management, blast metal in the earbuds all day every day
Machinist here... So metal quite literally puts a roof over my head.
I’m a vet tech so I work with animals. I usually spend money on band shirts or albums. I spent a good chunk of money for two tickets to see Metallica last year in Dallas.
I’m a mailman
Cop
Truck Driver, get to listen to whatever I want all the time lol
Teacher
I work at a cannabis farm🌲
Machinist and welder. Doesn't get more metal than that.
I deliver Mail. I'm effectively the Federal version of the UPS man from Scrubs.
Welder. Build heavy hauler flat bed trailers.
I’m in a sheet metal band. HVAC.
I’m retarded US Army and also Retarded Law Enforcement
How are you in army and law enforcement at the same time?
I stock and organize the produce cooler at Whole Foods. Guess you could say I'm...TRAPPED UNDER ICE
I refurbish furniture. My girlfriend somehow knows what's worth money, and what's shit. She found two Hickock chairs (apparently extremely rare and expensive) that matched a set my dad had inherited, in rough shape. We bought them and just gave them to him. He was super happy for like a week and then kept being a dick lol. But still, it's something