This quote captures a rule I’d like to live my life, and by extension my career by. I’d like to have a job where every day looks different because you respond to whatever eventualities arise. What is a good way to find these?

I’m not asking for specific job positions (although feel free to suggest some) because I imagine such positions exist in most fields — I’m rather asking for ways to find these/filter for these in a given field.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 month ago

      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.

    • Fritee@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      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.

  • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    Emergency medicine. I’ve heard various medical fields/disciplines described that way

  • residentmarchant@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 month ago

    Company founder/early executive. It’s a new thing every day and to top it off every year or so, if things are going well, your whole job gets reinvented!

  • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 month ago

    Open a building in any capacity.

    If you’re working at almost any new place, things will go wrong daily and be different.

    Could specialize in the ironing out phase?

  • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
    31·
    1 month ago

    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.

  • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    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
      3·
      1 month ago

      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.

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    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.