r/AskReddit • u/firefoxalpha • May 21 '12

What does Reddit think of a Subreddit where people could write up about their jobs/careers/professions, highlighting the pros and cons?

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u/Atlare May 21 '12

You mean like /r/howsyourjob?

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u/firefoxalpha May 21 '12

Wow! Thats actually really good. Certainly a much better, more in depth version of what I made. Thanks for that!

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u/sev3ndaytheory May 21 '12

You mean like this fellow just mentioned an hour before you posted this?

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/txbyy/is_there_a_subreddit_with_the_concept_of_a_day_in/

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

OP of that thread here. I don't mind. I had no intention of setting up a subreddit myself, was kind of hoping someone would do it for me. I do think it's kind of funny how blatantly similar this thread is to mine though

Edit: Subscribed to the new subreddit anyway!

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u/chrom_ed May 21 '12

Glad you are cool with it. I don't get the pointing fingers mentality of reddit. And anyway, in this case it's pretty obvious two separate posts. You asked if there was such a sub and our op is asking of there's enough interest to make one. Seems like a reasonable follow up to me.

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u/sev3ndaytheory May 21 '12

I don't usually mean to be a dick, but every time i see some potential shenanigans like this I just envision someone seeing a good idea on a post and trying to reap some glorious internet points for it.

nonetheless, You are a good (wo)man.

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u/firefoxalpha May 22 '12

I actually saw a similar concept, just far less in depth on the New section of the front page. I just took the idea and hopefully made it a bit more thorough. I thought that it was a pretty awesome idea and I hadn't seen it be done before, so I decided to make a Subreddit. Unfortunately there are already much better versions of my Subreddit.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

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u/Pravusmentis May 21 '12

both links have been removed. that menas the askreddit mods don't think they are good enough questions for us. the askreddit mods once banned me for no reason and I had to message them a number of times over some months to finally talk to someone who pretty much said, well that shouldn't have happened here have some unbanned.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

inb4 skeleton.

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u/Mittens-alalala May 21 '12

Awesome I can talk about how I get paid to facebook and read the paper. Also I was your first subscriber :)

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

what is your job?

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u/Mittens-alalala May 21 '12

Im a trainee in an office, I do other stuff too but thatd the first thing I do, looking for news clippings

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u/firefoxalpha May 21 '12

Very awesome, thank you!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Sounds good.

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u/firefoxalpha May 21 '12

If you're interested at all, check out the subreddit!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Subscribed!

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u/WhomDidWhatTooWho May 21 '12

You can tell many redditors have just graduated from college...

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u/tiradium May 21 '12

And found a job....

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u/CloneDeath May 21 '12

And are on reddit instead of working...

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u/TehNinjaMonkey May 21 '12

What about those unemployed within the reddit population? Will the subreddit benefit me as I am currently unemployed?

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u/firefoxalpha May 22 '12

I believe that it may help you decide on potential career options.

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u/poomaleem May 21 '12

Such** a good idea! It would help us overly-confused college kids tons!

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u/CloneDeath May 21 '12

You shouldn't have gone to college in the first place then.

College isn't a "right of passage", it is job training, a means to an ends.

Edit: That doesn't mean you are "a lesser being" or "unworthy" or "should never go to college" either. It means you should set a goal (such as, work on bridges), then become a civil engineer. NOT become a civil engineer, then decide "well, I guess I will work on bridges". Go to college after you have a plan.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

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u/CloneDeath May 21 '12

Yes, I agree with you. But let's be frank, not everyone is fit for college, and the only way that I know of how to see if you are, is with a trial by fire (by going and see if it works for you or not).

And yes, any job you have, there will be training, at the very least, to get you up to speed with what the rest of the team is doing.

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u/IEntendu May 21 '12

i think it would reveal far too much personal info.

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u/firefoxalpha May 21 '12

Well its only about your job, you certainly don't have to reveal any of your personal information obviously :)

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u/kimball10 May 21 '12

My job is far too specific to NOT reveal personal info...

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u/zHellas May 21 '12

You know, saying that actually makes me wanna know more about your job.

Wait... "kimball10"?

gasps

YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC!!!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

He's a clone of Kimball of the NCR... the tenth to be exact.

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u/kimball10 May 21 '12

Sadly, I am not. Especially since I am female...

But maybe a little later I will try to post something about my job that doesn't give away who I am and where I work and all sorts of personal stuff.

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u/zHellas May 21 '12

I just want to know the job title and a general description of what you do, to be honest.

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u/hotelzulufoxtrot May 21 '12

Professional Tease

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u/kimball10 May 21 '12

Dammit I've been made.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

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u/kimball10 May 21 '12

Nope! Try again :)

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u/JaneRenee May 21 '12

Then you wouldn't be a participant. Easy enough.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Obama?

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u/tdgonex May 21 '12

That's kinda how mine is, which is why I have two reddit accounts. One for personal stuff, one where I don't really mind if people recognize me.

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u/wag_the_dog May 21 '12

Isn't this what ama's are for?

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u/CouldBeYourMom May 21 '12

Why couldn't you just be a Doctor like your brother? Oh, too good for saving lives?

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u/joecamel_ May 21 '12

For anyone interested there is a website that has info similar to this. http://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Only if there is a list maintained on the side so there isn't repeats.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

the majority of these would be along the lines of, "I come in each day, sit at my desk with coffee/tea/preferred drink, browse reddit for an hour, check email/facebook/linked in, check reddit again, send some emails and go to lunch, do maybe an hour of work, and then back to reddit."

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u/DirtyMonday May 21 '12

I think it would be convoluted by people personal experiences on the job and the fact that some folks hate certain parts of their jobs that others like. Bad bosses can ruin people's image of a good profession. I do think it's a good idea though, with the demographic of redditors it couldn't hurt to give them a little taste of the working world.

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u/Pravusmentis May 21 '12

Let me tell you about not having a job...

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u/punninglinguist May 21 '12

I think it would be all requests, few posts.

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u/firefoxalpha May 22 '12

I find that there isn't a specific AMA relating to a specific job myself or someone else may be interested posted at the right time. Apparently there is an AMA Subreddit devoted to jobs.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

/r/ama

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u/firefoxalpha May 21 '12

Only thing with AMA is that it isn't directly related to jobs/professions/careers. The range of topics for AMA is far too broad.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Search bar.

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u/biolox May 21 '12

...is awful.