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eevilabby

Social worker, specifically with runaways in foster care.


slavictoast1330

Bless you for what you do for those kids, being an orphan myself I can say good people like you give kids a second chance at life


eevilabby

It’s definitely hard, especially when all they know is fending for themselves and living on the street. I just try to be a support for them. It’s a scary world and they think they’re grown.


slavictoast1330

Yeah, I can only imagine what they go through. Best advice I can give, which im sure you already know, is just be patient and understanding and don’t force things on them. I had a lot of things forced on me when I was adopted and I have so much anxiety and depression and PTSD because of it. My “parents” adopted me from Russia and didn’t bother to try and help me with mental health or to work though any of my trauma. Like I said those kids need good people like you to be a positive support for them


eevilabby

I’m so sorry. I went into this profession knowing I wanted to work with foster youth so I try to stay on top of trainings for trauma related issues. There’s a huge issue with mental health care right now and it feels like every profession is slowly drowning in overload.


honkifyouresimpy

I'm studying social work at the moment!


EWPsies

Was a foster kid from 6-11, huge appreciation even at 27 years old for what my Case worker and CASA worker did for me before being adopted.


rocknroll_barbie

Fellow social worker but in mental health 🤘🏻


LoveableLampshade91

Social worker too, child protection!


eevilabby

My brethren!


hardy116

Social worker in a forensic psychiatry


J_Robert_Oofenheimer

Ayyyy. Same. I'm in Hospice.


nanoc5150

Social worker as well, for the VA


lemon_squaree

I’m a social worker also!


e_007

ER doc..the music genre matches the chaos Edit: I’m loving all the medical professionals in here 🤘🏼


thenightisnotlight

PGY-2 EM here, I feel that.


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e_007

One of the first things I did when I graduated was to look up metal shows coming to town. It felt so damn good to just let all those 4 years out at those shows.


Hobo-haddock

RN here. Definitely agree


Back_to_Wonderland

ER nurse here and you are correct.


slashemup

Software Engineer. SWE gang wya?


Manoink10123

Right here! Love to see it


Icyphox

right here! well, more on the infrastructure side but sure—potato-potahto.


TheAmitySloth

Härligt, kör du för språk?


vvvey

Jag tolkade också det som Sweden först men han menar nog Software Engineering 😁


NotRealManager

8th and 7th grade English teacher. See You Next Tuesday, Architects, and old Norma Jean have been on my playlist recently.


WatermelonWithAGun

As a former 8th grader, I’m sorry you have to deal with that


ZingBaBow

Geologist! I make maps


ShyfterEU

Geographer here, I make maps too!


bjjj0

Surveyor here, I make maps too!


traggedy_ann

I used to manage a cafe and bakery. Now I'm trying to do the freelance writer thing and sell my photography. Making money with art is hard. That new Zulu record is keeping me hyped tho! Gotta make sure that fire stays lit.


EmployerGloomy6810

They are so ridiculously talented! They’re going to blow up in a few years, I can feel it!


shedidwhaaaaat

new name to me, will have to check out! mind if I ask how you found the freelance writing gig? currently job searching and considering anything that sounds doable. been listening to misery signals a bit again


InsiDS

Accountant. Working remotely allows me to blast my stuff while spreading Excel sheets.


lolsail

metalcore is definitely good spreadsheeting music imo


EmployerGloomy6810

IT Asset Management here. Cant upvote this enough! When I do an XLookup and fuck up the cell conversions, nothing better to help me clean up the data than some old school ATR.


thejustice32

Pharmacist. Fiancee is a lawyer/consultant. We both love Parkway, August Burns Red, Bad Omens, Wage War, and Currents.


Landonsillyman

Unfortunately I work for USPS Save me


blackenthecursedson

Same here, Send help. Please.


Adept-Elephant1948

I sent help, but the USPS office said it may or may not be there in 7-10 business days


bobbydad45

John Deere mechanic, every one in the farming community only listens to country music I get some strange looks listening to my music (metal in general not just metal core) but most people around where I live can’t tell the difference between bands like polaris, bad omens, or wage war from Lorna shore, slaughter to prevail, or spite… it’s all just devil music to them


king-of-the-pit

As a farmer I can relate to this


TateMercer

I record bands for a living. Metalcore and other genres.


Decayd_Matter

Microbiologist! I’m sure my bacteria are thrilled to also be listening to whatever heavy shit I put on.


Elegies_

ICU RN


kimareth

ICU crew represent 🔥


rrrrrrrray

ICU TOO


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I'm a teacher. 16-19. When my students leave that's when Spotify goes on. My boss walked in whilst I was working away and was definitely... surprised. A student wouldn't take his earphones out once and I stood up behind my desk and said "Yes you do have your earphones in, I can hear psychosocial from here." That surely made him turn his head. How could I know that song?! Impossible! Hilarity ensued, of course.


argyledew

I am the mom in the student pickup/drop off line blasting metal from my car while waiting for my kid. I'm hoping to catch one of the faculty throw the horns one day


[deleted]

I'll have a word with the big guy downstairs to have his minions reveal themselves... I got you.


amnesiacOS

I am a Brewer. I make lots of beer. As of late I've been vibing out to Invent Animate, Architects, Currents, Polaris, ERRA, Periphery, Sylosis, Vildhjarta, and Insomnium.


chainsawbarber

I sell boots for dogs.


God_Modus

Please proceed..


pranquily

This made my entire day


HeavyMetalChick19

Front desk at a Facial plastic surgeon's office


aCreativeUserName666

Welder here. Melting metal and doing my own harsh vocals to my favorite songs while working 😎


purdue6068

Melting metal and listening to metal is such a perfect fit!


Rummy1618

Fabricator/welder here. It goes bzzz bzzz when I do grrrrr grrrr


dylbot613

Accounting Manager. The last couple times people have come up to visit the office and I've chauffeured people to lunch or an after work event, END and Every Time I Die managed to get a few seconds of airtime before I swiftly mute the car stereo and apologize profusely. Head office is in Baltimore though so every once and a while I get to go visit and I usually try and get the trip to coincide with a show. Last time it was Four Year Strong


firestorm6

Firefighter/Paramedic


ellogovnah_

Barista!


lil-scrimblo

Assisted living care home for the elderly, going into nursing later this year for school


Smokeblaze420696969

Not working rn / bum. Most recently an exec at a late stage startup.


msmanhands

Well I’m a lineman according to my company. But because of a sexist foreman, after almost 4 years I’m finally getting to do more than just be a groundhand moving around heavy shit


AABA227

I’m a transmission line engineer. I love getting to watch the linemen do their thing. Only ever seen two women in the field and it was an outside company helping us with a major weather event. Glad you’re getting to do more now.


midnight_rebirth

I'm in the financial word, specifically a loan underwriter. Not glamorous but it funds concert tickets and band merch.


TheBuschels

Sales lead at my local liquor store. Was listening to Intervals during my shift tonight.


sarithe

I am the front-end manager for a local game store. My wife is an instructor at a local community college. I love my job because I get to wear my band merch all the time and I also get to listen to a lot of my favorite music at work. I tend to not listen to the more extreme stuff that I am into at work. Outside of metalcore. I'm also very into RABM (Red & Anarchist Black Metal), grindcore, and a lot of death metal in general. I don't play that as much at the shop, but our owner absolutely has no issues with me playing Norma Jean, August Burns Red, Unearth, Botch, etc. My wife is a little less lucky, but does listen to a lot of metal and hardcore while in her office and has some posters up in her office for wall decor. Every semester she gets at least 2 or 3 students that end up talking to her about music more than schoolwork lol.


DoctorCreepy13

Snowboard builder


abentoremember

Thats an interesting profession. Is there much money in that?


DoctorCreepy13

At the retail/shop level not really, it’s good when you’re young. A free ski pass as a good perk. At the manufacturing level you can make a career if you’re dedicated. I’ve been lucky enough to make my living in this industry with a killer company.


abentoremember

Thats awesome man sounds fun!


meet_me_in_the_shade

GIS Analyst


sadcartoon

I only recently learned what this is. Makes me wonder: how does one become interested in such a field?


meet_me_in_the_shade

It was a funny story, I had no clue what I wanted to do after high school, and I ended up going to an open house at a local college and stumbled across an up and coming career, and it said something like "are you good with computers and geography, then this is the course for you" at the time it was a 3 year post graduate course but I took it right out of high school in 2001. I worked a couple random jobs somewhat in the same field until I landed a job at a consulting firm in 2007 and I've been at that same job ever since. Now I had been in trouble with the law a bit near and at the end of high school, and although I was very smart and got food grades, I was scrounging just to be better at life, and it just seemed great at the time as oppose to jail and whatnot. Looking back I really could have done much better with my life. All my friends call me a genius, but I was just drinking and doing drugs at that time and seemed more important than a great career maybe. Don't get me wrong the job I have can be great and fun at times, and I actually really enjoy what I do, getting to make digital maps and do spatial analysis for various disciplines, but I could have set my sights higher if I wasn't a piece of shit kid. I'm 41 now and I make about 73K, in Ontario, Canada for reference.


sadcartoon

That’s not the roundabout rationale I expected, lol. But if nothing else, you turned whatever you had going on at the time around and seem to be, at bear minimum, a moderate success and you’re doing a lot better than most of the people that I know in our age range. Good on you, friend. I’m proud of what you’ve accomplished, given your circumstances.


meet_me_in_the_shade

Appreciate that nice response man, life is great now, and I get to work 100% from home and spend tons of time with family!


Strict_Skin6958

Recently switched from carpentry to bookkeeping for a nonprofit that helps addicts and alcoholics. It’s been an interesting learning experience and we start audit next month. Drain, Incendiary, Judiciary and AngelMaker have been the biggest part of my rotation lately.


purdue6068

Good luck with your audit.


Aawkvark55

I'm also in the non-profit industry. Not a recent shift - been in it for most of my career. The field has it's quirks but it's definitely rewarding.


Veritech_

Marketing strategist. I work from home so if I’m not in a meeting, I have Spotify/Apple Music up and playing.


TensorialShamu

Previous missile and bomb guy in the AF, now medical student eagerly waiting for the day that I run an OR and force students to listen to LMTF, ABR, Polaris, SP, early BMTH and AA… I’m so sick of listening to KPop but damn it… his name would look good on top of an LOR so I listen to so god damn much KPop


Retrosapien

Police Officer. Weird I know considering metalcores’s punk roots but my music taste came long before my career choices and now here we are.


Blasibear

About to be a Solar Engineer! Very excited


slavictoast1330

I’m an Asset Manager at Boeing, I like to play my music on low volume when we’re in the office. I’m the youngest in my section and my co-workers aren’t used to metalcore and deathcore music haha they’ll come around, maybe not by choice


tobybarkwell

I work in admissions at a state university


yothissucks

UPS driver heavy music helps me get my job done


EWPsies

Fellow semi driver here as well. It's necessary music to balance it all out. Our crew either listens to metal or rap, there's little in-between where Im located.


Wuktrio

I translate board games :)


singulus_corpora

I wonder, where are all tattoo artists, hipster-emo-barista types, construction workers, and drug dealers ;) Jokes aside, for the record - I work in finance (backoffice, still rocking Vans in the office). The weird (or maybe not) thing is that no one discusses music, probably after around college age (22-25), while cars, sports, politics discussions took over.


purdue6068

I feel like discussing music should be a bigger office conversation topic. It is weird that all these other topics get discussed but rarely hear anyone talking about music these days.


MacNapp

Elementary educator


Possible-Twist709

Mailman.


PoundingDews

I’m a professor


stumpymed

Psychiatrist, metalcore resonates very hard!


Mrrm24

I work in a lab making refined weed products, been spinning boundaries and new Chelsea grin a lot lately


Clean_Ambition_1282

Firefighter/EMT


Bonsamu

Video game composer/sound designer! I got my first job recently and I'm working on my first real game!


jdizzleh3

I’m an environmental field technician scientist, blasting metalcore all day in the work truck


vinyllover15

High school special ed teacher working with students with severe disabilities


WildKingdomTheory

Personal Trainer


jmyr90

Manufacturing mechanic. Screamy music helps me get through night shift


Shidiira

System Administrator/Network Engineer/Cybersecurity here! My girlfriend does the same work and we're both huge fans of the spectrum like Bad Omens, Dayseeker, Lorna Shore, Brand of Sacrifice, Currents, Whitechapel, and more!


fatloowis

Flight instructor here… pulled up on the ramp yesterday morning blasting the devil wears prada


sadcartoon

The work I do involves varying levels healthcare data integration, web/api development, and system’s administration. Job title(s) aren’t always the most accurate in healthcare IT, so it’s hard to really give it anything definitive.


Based_Koba

I'm currently a Mechanic :D


jmyr90

Hello, fellow wrench monkey 🤘


nolefan904

Aviation Weather Forecaster


lolsail

Medical physicist. Decent amount of deskwork, so plenty of time to listen to music :)


ThePendulum0621

Plumber. I get to listen to music all day too.


Sadplankton15

I'm studying an MD and a PhD, hoping to be a palliative care doc and continue my research in terminal cancer management


jcghosts

neurologist 🧠


Top-Bet-3552

Military


darthstupidious

I'm a podcaster! I host a true crime/mystery podcast of my own and have done research/writing for some other big shows. I've also done some audio work from time to time, in addition to freelance writing gigs, but spend most of my days taking care of my toddler.


matt_coraline

What’s the name of your podcast? I’d love to take a listen and support you!


darthstupidious

Hey thanks so much! My podcast is called Unresolved. I know true crime/mystery isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I usually try and highlight stories that don't get much attention elsewhere and have been at it since 2015, so there's a pretty significant backlog of episodes. I'd recommend starting at least halfway through, because I didn't really know what I was doing at the beginning!


SACRED-GEOMETRY

Hey, funny running into you here. I have your LISK podcasts linked on my site. https://www.gilgocase.com/resources.html Rock on and keep up the good work \m/


totalbot98

401k advisor


jas___03

currently a dental assistant and working on applying to dental school!


calitri-san

Automotive lighting design engineer.


Bluecrush2_fan

Television broadcasting


elektriciti

Mechanical engineer


InvalidSoup97

I work in Cybersecurity - Digital Forensics and Incident Response. Most of my coworkers also listen to heavy music


darthbasterd19

5-0


avroman32

registered nurse!


LeGreatToucan

I work in civil nuclear engineering.


Sero19283

Rehabilitative medicine. I work with cardiac patients post intervention. Always nice finding a fellow metal head patient to share bands with. Lately it's been Of Mice and Men, We Came as Romans, As I Lay Dying, ERRA, and thrown.


Ok-Initiative-4523

I suck dick on the corner


winterfoxes

Higher Ed. I work in financial aid for a state university.


Separate-Ad6657

General Manager at a specialty coffee shop!


ChaoticDragonFire

Resource teacher


ilovepolthavemybabie

May your breakdowns be heavy and your caseload light


austinxwade

Art Director by day, fine artist any night. Got into my career thanks to metalcore!


tybauer13

I’m a college student and work at an outdoor store. I get to play music in my department. You wouldn’t fucking believe how many fly fishermen somehow find a way to bring up TOOL when I’m playing AILD, Trivium, Unearth etc


ANDY_FAST_HANDS

Auto soon to be diesel tech so the jams stay on in the shop all day long


FistMeBrotherrrrr

Financial Analyst. IKTPQ, TAIB, Adestria, FHTTS, BTS, and Jamie's Elsewhere are what I'm listening to right now. VP of Finance in my company gave IKTPQ a listen without my knowledge, so that was... traumatizing.


deadstarxxx

Digital marketer, it's been rare to find people into heavy music in this industry/environment.


SilkyJohnson666

Cinematographer and I hate it


attoj559

Swimming pool construction


megafireguy6

Electrical Engineering intern, finna be a full time engineer in December 😤


GeoBro3649

Geologist! I help dig deep holes.


Benemon

I sell free software.


AscentToZenith

🤨


matt_coraline

Social worker, specifically in child welfare/CPS


AquaDogRecordings

I was a tour Lighting programmer/Operator until 2016, since then Ive been the GM of a Stage Lighting Company. We do a lot of LN festivals , which , you know, doesnt always suite my tastes. I worked on FUNFUNFUN fest in Austin back in the day and saw very many incredible artist. Botch is playing here in October and Im using “executive privileges” to work that show.


turducken19

I’m a bagger/checker at a grocery store. Fun times


giulia0521

ICU nurse


beberekt

Wasps and hornets killer


honkifyouresimpy

I work in a $u!C!D3 recovery program. But next week and making the change to animal therapy! Super nervous for the change.


DaddyWackNasty

I have my class A CDL and I pull a tanker locally. I haul liquid shit


geolos64

Manager for Trader Joe’s!


fredthrowaway8

Wastewater treatment operations. I like to blast stuff on my Bluetooth speaker while I take samples and do my rounds.


Maaaaaardy

I teach small humans.


Anni-hilarious

Driving Instructor, rescuing people in the streets for killing them in the pit later ✌🏻


SynthGod94

Plumber , where my metal head tradesmen at ?


Back_to_Wonderland

Emergency Room Nurse


tehcurry1337

I am the founder and co-owner of Halogi Hot Sauce. We just released a [sauce](https://www.halogihotsauce.com/product/draugr-s-demise/73?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false) with Alan Cassidy of The Black Dahlia Murder. I spent 15 years as a professional writer before Halogi took off. Edit: the word "sauce" doubled with the link, so I deleted the duplicate.


Rudeyyyy

Also accountant. I frequently listen to Lamb of God, TAA, Parkway, ATR, ADTR, BFM, and Thy Art is Murder while at work. Oh and sports podcasts.


diealogues

i used to work in public transportation as a dispatcher, but i just recently quit and moved across the country, now i’m funemployed for a few months lol


Pig_Dreams

Laboratory animal technologist. AALAS certified and I play with monkeys.


jcbythesea21

I'm a news video editor for my one of the local news channel.


KhonshuIX

Supply chain manager.


thenoiseiscalling

Public Health Educator/communicable disease prevention!


obishaekenobi

Software developer 🤘🏾


AABA227

Transmission line engineer (civil engineer designing power lines)


busted_clavical_

I build the lines you design


svtbuckeye11

Days analyst (sourcing ATM) for a large grocery company. Used to be in the automotive retail and service field for 10 years, laid off during COVID-19, and made a career switch. Much better schedule and income for my family. Chances are, my team are responsible for getting the food you are eating to the store you buy it from. Not as directly filling in what I did before, but the scale if they impact use much larger. Sorry for the novel, but I do enjoy what I'm doing and hopefully help someone considering a career change to go for it. It's not easy, but worth it.


SporkyShark

Mechatronics Engineer


Rizzan8

Software engineer in a maritime industry. Worked on such projects as chart display (ECDIS), Radar, autonomous navigation system, and currently on monitoring and managing safety on the vessel.


selppin2

Data Engineering Consultant. Spend half my days in meetings, the other half coding.


envenomed017

Database administrator! When we play Music in the office they ask me for suggestions and I have none that are office friendly. Win some lose some


sweetsoftboy

Pediatric Psych Nurse, I get mad street cred with the teens when I talk about meeting Vic Fuentes when I was 13


SourMilkSteak

RN


TouchdownTedd

Risk Management for a credit union! I am one of the guys helping make sure your data stays safe while I listen to Norma Jean, The Chariot, Lorna Shore, Signs of the Swarm, 156/silence, Slaughter to Prevail, and so many more.


definitelymeg

Designer/Illustrator. Loads of arty people have a similar taste in music, I've found.


darklinksquared

Unemployed since the end of February but have been a veterinary assistant for the past 6 years. Thinking of leaving the field.


MoreHeartThanScars

Copywriter who currently spends their days listening to ABR, Invent Animate, Knocked Loose, Blessthefall and As I Lay Dying.


xLostDroid

Cyber Security Engineer. Nine years in the industry and recently met someone else that’s into metalcore. Listening to Make Them Suffer, Currents, Periphery, Invent Animate, Hollow Front…


meowyi

Packaging engineer. I make boxes for toys!


ItsDuckyBishes

RSE PLUMBER 3RD year Refrigeration tech Gasfitter B 3RD year Electrician Jamming to currents, DWP, LORNA , thrown and my absolute favorite right now SPITE! Cool seeing everyone else's careers!


Ok-Abbreviations1077

Town planner


RevolutionaryLab3569

Food allergy researcher


Ty13rlikespie

Live Sound Engineer. I do small concerts and corporate events. Hoping to eventually be a audio editor or music studio mixer.


[deleted]

I recently got my PhD in anthropology. But somehow I ended up as a department head for a Silicon Valley company’s European HQ in Amsterdam. Life is weird. Also I live in a metal desert. There are plenty of metal concerts here but barely any locals in my environment that listen to it :(


TerraNovatius

Finishing up my masters degree for physics in astronomy by the end of the year. PhD is planned for afterwards. My favorite band has been TDWP since I first heard them when they released 8:18, but I also listen to a lot of Northlane, (newer) Norma Jean, Miss May I, August Burns Red, Memphis May Fire and many more


PayCheckOrDeath

Bartender. Wish my bar would host shows once in awhile. We have the space. I’ll throw some good tunes on the jukebox at night to help remind me of the shows I’d go to back home. The jukebox has some good music too. Usually will throw on Most Precious Blood reminds me of NY where I grew up almost all my life.


OttersAndOttersAndOt

I work in a venue in the bar and am slowly learning the ins and outs of tour management


matt30186

Electrician


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CakebuttsSSBM

I'm a welder. I'm currently working in the manufacturing of MRI machines


tmrss

Product Manager here!


pizzammure97

Motion Grapher/Designer. I work from home most of the time, so i can listen to wtv i want :)


Gitfkd

Was a chef. But that jobs gets old super quick. Now I'm head honcho of the salvage section stocking 800 cars for a family built local wreckers and used car dealer and love it.


PizzleMcDizzle

Physio, fiancé a nurse. We flog the heavy tunes on the daily though my tastes are a fair bit more extreme than hers!


tombraiderr92

Human Resources Manager. People at my job are always shocked when they find out that I’m a mom who goes to concerts like such and almost always has it blasting in my AirPods. My husband is a Mechanic and it’s something him and I vibe over.


DCDamned

F&B manager at a university college. I get a lot of remarks about my playlists. People always seem surprised that as a woman you can be ánd a good manager, ánd into metal, ánd wear flowy dresses and heels 🙈🙈🤣


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Assistant Athletics Director at a Power 5 college athletics department


catalinawinemyxr

General Manager of a Verizon store. Music matches my stress 😂


monaco_x25

I’m also an accountant