How do you guys cope with doing a job you're not interested in? I've worked contract jobs for years in tech and recently got offered a new job that pays well working PLCs and robots (I dont know shit about them but they offered training).
I've also done some stagehand work and was finally called for a union gig. This is something I've been aiming for for years and haven't been given a full opportunity for outside of random crew calls that come into town.
What do bros? Industrial automation for more money or go with trying to get in the pozzed union? I cant do both atm 🙁
You just suffer. Pretend to plan for the future, lie, learn to enjoy suffering, drown in irony, get lost to a vice (shopping, drugs, dreaming, entertainment), Have small milestones that make the days seem to matter. Pretty much how I work these days.
Do you also work in automation anon? the work is all definitely new and mentally draining to me, but the hardest part is having to go back to a fricking 9-5 type schedule 5 days a week.
Half yes. I robotic weld.
Any advice? I've been briefed on having to work with matrox or keyence and cognex systems
DIN rails on pegboard. LOL, no wonder you’re disheartened.
Nah this was just a stock photo from the net anon. the shit is more advanced where im at
thats some 30year old shit anyways,
Some old ass Siemens
Glorious AEG is only a chink brand nowadays slapped on cordless vacuums.
I work on PLCs. Its a good skill. You can make a lot of money, travel, be creative, be valuable, etc.
Yes, I've heard that but its vastly different from anything I am used to and struggling with the fact its not remote after having worked remote for 5+ years. No travel involved in this one though so I've heard thats a plus
I'd definitely go for it. Ladder logic is easy enough to figure out, on your own and you can get some cheap, small PLCs to work on, but getting actual in-depth PLC training and getting to lay hands on the big A-B equipment is a hell of a bonus. Those are the kind of skills that will transfer to any manufacturing facility, anywhere.
do plcs
Thanks, I'm aiming for that or just saying frick it and continuing on path to do cloud engineering. Before all of this, I've been in tech and development and doing remote and freelance for years. Hardest part is having to go back to a 9-5 schedule in the office
>cloud engineering
unless you're managing a data center, frick that
>Hardest part is having to go back to a 9-5 schedule
lemme get my tiny violin to play for you as you embark on a career that is fundamentally safe from wave of ai bullshit
most of ai is pajeet tier code, i wouldnt be threatened by it atm unless youre doing very menial tasks
>threatened
in the long term, no
but the fact that shit will fail will in no way prevent imbecille management from laying off 80% of their admins or sres or devops or whatever
and when they are inevitably forced to hire then back to put out the dumpster fire, it will be at reduced wages because the market is flush with applicants
I've been in web development in business for myself for quite a few years so I think I'd be ok (business has been slow though and the PLC job gives me access to tech I'd not be able to get my hands on), but yeah management is terrible at most companies
good points though
Nobody gets regular work from the stagehand's union, doing on-call work. You have to get hired by a venue or a production for that, and even then, it's seasonal.
Take the steady paycheck gig, do stagehand work on the side. That's what almost all on-call stagehands do. At least the ones I know do.
Money enables life and eventually, if you're not stupid, retirement. Always choose money because you will live far longer than you will be able to work.
>How do you guys cope with doing a job you're not interested in?
I do as little as possible.
>on easy mode because 95% of my coworkers do the same
>not hard to stand out with regular effort
Why should I put more effort into my job when I get paid anyway.
>I work less than 50% of my time