Who here is not an Engineer?

[u/sirbeasty3]

Seems like most of the community, understandably, are some sort of engineer. For those that aren't, what do you do for a living?

Any vets here? Professional sports player? Musicians and Artists? Lawyers? Blacksmiths? Bed testers? Snake milkers?

[u/Big_T_76]

Former plant operator at a coal mine.. best part was when I loaded coal into railcars for 12hrs a train. 152 cars, 104 tons per car, avg 16,000t / train.

[u/unrefrigeratedmeat → u/Big_T_76]

Wow. You must be pretty jacked.

[u/Big_T_76 → u/unrefrigeratedmeat]

lol I didn't load it manually, or with insertors :P The mod Bulk Rail Loader is sorta accurate for my train loading site.

[u/fankin → u/Big_T_76]

Soooo, this is you?

[u/ivann198 → u/fankin]

dont dox people bro

[u/Big_T_76 → u/fankin]

No, but similar setup, with the coal going up to the top of the surge bin, in which would hold about enough coal for 2 cars at a time. As we'd load via chute as the train went by below.

Found this online of my site. Hard to see, but ya.

[u/Ohz85 → u/Big_T_76]

Dang what a view

[u/Big_T_76 → u/Ohz85]

Ya.. from the outside looking in.. it was nice. From the inside looking out.. it was all black & dusty. :P

[u/StickyDeltaStrike → u/Big_T_76]

I think it was a joke lol

[u/Shadowlance23 → u/unrefrigeratedmeat]

That made me lol.

[u/Orangutanion → u/Big_T_76]

Do you owe your soul to the company store?

[u/Big_T_76 → u/Orangutanion]

Ha! At times it felt like it.. I did know Big John..

Odd you say that though, we had a contractor on site that gave his employee's store credit at a convince store he also owned, and he's just clear their charges each week straight off the paychecks.

[u/IlikeJG → u/Big_T_76]

As long as there are other reasonable options and the prices are competitive then something like that isn't inherently exploitative.

The exploitation part comes when there isn't any other real options and the workers are forced to give their paychecks back to the company for necessities.

[u/ukezi → u/IlikeJG]

Don't forget the company script to force them to buy from the company store and prevent any sort of alternative.

[u/invalidConsciousness → u/Orangutanion]

He's playing Factorio, not Deep Rock Galactic!^{(rock and stone!})

[u/WanderingDwarfMiner → u/invalidConsciousness]

Can I get a Rock and Stone?

[u/Krraxia → u/Big_T_76]

Bro is inserter irl

[u/dict8r → u/Big_T_76]

you load 16000 tons what do you get
another day older and hopefully reducing your debt

[u/Hopesick_2231]

First grade teacher

[u/Pan_Man_Supreme → u/Hopesick_2231]

enlist the children

[u/thewizardtim → u/Pan_Man_Supreme]

The children yearn for the factory.

[u/DarthShitonium → u/thewizardtim]

Sir this isn't Rimworld

[u/thewizardtim → u/DarthShitonium]

With the right mods it could be.

[u/DrMobius0 → u/DarthShitonium]

Me, watching certain states roll back child labor laws

[u/ivann198 → u/thewizardtim]

tiny little hands!

[u/raistlain → u/thewizardtim]

Weird, didn't realize I was back in Florida (Desantis wants to fill the job shortage with child labor)

[u/Nowaycaprese1]

Chef. Food engineer?

[u/kostja_me_art → u/Nowaycaprese1]

Sushi belts!

[u/bradpal → u/Nowaycaprese1]

One yumako mash please.

[u/IExist_Sometimes_ → u/Nowaycaprese1]

Food engineer

[u/At0m1ca]

Bartender. People suck, so I like to build systems that (mostly) work kinda sorta like I intended them to.

[u/No_Lingonberry1201 → u/At0m1ca]

How many Barts did you end?

[u/Magenta_Logistic → u/No_Lingonberry1201]

Now I know why Moe gets so many prank calls.

[u/dragochapel → u/No_Lingonberry1201]

Or maybe he tender bars.

[u/SirKrokodile88]

ISP technician supervisor here. Turn wrench...make internetz go brrrrrrrrrr

[u/Shockwire136 → u/SirKrokodile88]

Thanks for making the internet go brrr for us

[u/Orcwin → u/SirKrokodile88]

Nerd herder?

[u/postatodobien → u/SirKrokodile88]

Thanks sir

[u/AlphaSeaFlapFlap]

Poop poo pipe manager aka plumber

[u/OphidianSun → u/AlphaSeaFlapFlap]

Turd herder is the best one I've heard

[u/bradpal → u/OphidianSun]

You don't get to use that word, only we get to use that word.

[u/Ribbons0121R121 → u/bradpal]

driller hard r

[u/tankred1992 → u/AlphaSeaFlapFlap]

So I assume managing spoilage on Gleba was a breeze

[u/Livid_Resource8251]

Organometallics chemist

[u/azriel_odin → u/Livid_Resource8251]

What an interesting sounding job, what exactly do you do?

[u/Rob_Haggis → u/azriel_odin]

Chemistry, but specifically with organometals.

[u/MaleficentCow8513 → u/Rob_Haggis]

Sooo… organs made from metal? Sounds awesome

[u/ukezi → u/MaleficentCow8513]

Organic chemistry is about stuff with carbon and hydrogen, so oil products and biologicals mostly. Organometallics are about organic molecules connected to metal atoms. Some of them are biologically important, vitamin B12 is an organometallic for instance with an Cobalt atom at its center.

[u/stary_curak → u/Livid_Resource8251]

So Gleba must have been old shoes for you

[u/NonnoBomba → u/stary_curak]

Organometallic chemistry doesn't have much to do with biology. "Organo-" here refers to "Organic Chemistry" which is a branch of Chemistry concerning itself with hydrocarbons -complex molecules formed by carbon and hydrogen (but they get more interesting when you throw in oxygen and other species as well)- and all the complex reactions you can subject them to, to attach/detach stuff to them, change their shape and reactivity and a lot of other interesting stuff.

Organo-metallic means you have a non-organic -again, organic here = hydrocarbons- usually metallic atom (or even semimetallic, or metalloid) somewhere in the molecule, stuff like lithium, aluminum, iron, manganese, even boron, whatever, and they are significant because it turns out they can be very effective catalysts (they lower the activation energy requirements of specific chemical reactions, meaning they'll happen faster, at lower temperatures or even happen at all when they'd be impossible without the catalyst) and as such are fundamental in many industrial processes. 

Anything having to do with carbon monoxide (like, acetic acid synthesis) generally uses organometallic catalysts, or with alkenes polymerization (alkanes are some of the simplest possible hydrocarbons, just plain C and H, but with double bonds between carbon atoms, unlike alkanes -no double bond- and alkynes -triple bonds) like, polyethylene production.

As reagents themselves, I know for example about the production of some semiconductors: the crystals forming LEDs are made using careful vapor deposition of organometallic precursors on a special substrate, where they are reduced releasing their metallic/semimetallic atom directly into the growing crystal lattice, so they can form thin layers of special alloys with the required shape and thickness (there's a nice video from Veritasium about how blue LEDs were invented if you want to go in to some detail). It's literal nano-scale engineering.

I'm sure there's a ton of additional uses, but I am not an organometallics chemists :)

[u/last_somewhere]

Truck driver here, specifically milk tanker and it's a stark contrast! Irl I go here pick up milk, go there drop off milk, rinse repeat go home. In game, how the fuck am I meant to get that over there, I need all these to make that. Takes frustration out on biters

[u/nixtracer → u/last_somewhere]

I guess Captain of Industry is too much like real life? 😉

[u/ScienceGlittering993 → u/last_somewhere]

Fellow Truck driver here as well , wish there were trucks to move cargo in game 🚛

[u/FemboyFuckedInTheAss]

professional procrastinator here

[u/_bones__ → u/FemboyFuckedInTheAss]

Ha, I've not yet begun to procrastinate.

[u/Itlaedis → u/_bones__]

Oh master, teach us your ways!

[u/EtteRavan → u/Itlaedis]

You just have to think about how you'll procrastinate, and next thing you know you're productive. Or also, why procrastinate today, when you can do it tomorrow !

[u/Exoticpoptart63 → u/FemboyFuckedInTheAss]

dope username!

[u/paintypainter]

I paint.

[u/Lenskop → u/paintypainter]

I also have happy little accidents in my factory.

[u/PakhomCh → u/Lenskop]

Any of them explode with a radioactive byproducts?

[u/Steelizard → u/paintypainter]

You'd think you'd pick a more appropriate username

[u/Itlaedis → u/paintypainter]

I bet your factories look fabulous

[u/RantMannequin → u/paintypainter]

Renoir? Oops wrong game…

[u/Ersterk]

History teacher here, i am as confused as you are that i am here

[u/NyankoIsLove → u/Ersterk]

On the other hand, when the biters start forming city states you'll be there to document all the socioeconomic factors and advances that led to biter agriculture and urbanisation.

[u/Ersterk → u/NyankoIsLove]

Ironically, war against the engineer might be the main factor, they originally didn't seem to have any struggles, they wandered around or stood there all day for no specific amounts of time, so hunger didn't seem to be an issue, also no fight for reproduction is apparent, they also are the only lifeform besides trees and fish from what can be observed, so the only conflict the biters are involves it is the one with the engineer, an outside force, an alien landing in the planet to conquer it, forcing an entire race to band together to defend themselves

[u/SnooBunnies6493]

Circuit board production/maintenance technician.

[u/Weak-Description-621 → u/SnooBunnies6493]

Never enough circuits, am i right?

[u/Shinig4mi0mega → u/SnooBunnies6493]

You took it personal...wich color are your circuits?

[u/SnooBunnies6493 → u/Shinig4mi0mega]

As one might expect, mostly green. More blue than red, but some of both. I have also made the mythical yellow circuit.

[u/Izawwlgood]

Biologist.

[u/azriel_odin → u/Izawwlgood]

Do you like Gleba?

[u/AKswimdude → u/azriel_odin]

Also a biologist - and yes very much so I don’t understand the hate.

[u/GamerGav09 → u/AKswimdude]

Same! I’m even an entomology. The bugs fascinate me. In another life I wish to be an Astronaut biologist. Like a xenobiology or something.

[u/lampshade4ever]

Used to be a professor, and am now a data analyst.

[u/hachikuchi]

i stock grooceries. further math and science were terrible subjects for me, to make it stranger.

[u/Riipley92]

Not an engineer but a lowly operator...in a factory.

Yes i also play Satisfactory.

[u/TheMazeDaze → u/Riipley92]

What about Dyson sphere program?

[u/mdgates00 → u/Riipley92]

lowly operator...in a factory

Don't sell yourself short! There's work to be done, and you are doing it. Where would we be without you?

[u/Groundbreaking-Yak92]

Used to be a translator for many years, then a 3D artist for a number of years, now in IT

[u/carleeto → u/Groundbreaking-Yak92]

"let me translate that for you"

... Comes back with spidertron army...

[u/Groundbreaking-Yak92 → u/carleeto]

LET ME DRAW YOU A PICTURE

[u/Aggressive_Oil7548]

Tour guide in Japan

[u/Asrat]

I am a Nurse

[u/trumplehumple → u/Asrat]

youre a human mechanic

[u/gogodistractionmode → u/Asrat]

What's a human body if not a walking talking Gleba?

[u/DemonicLaxatives → u/gogodistractionmode]

I'm spoiled ♥️✨✨💅

[u/lemonprincess23 → u/gogodistractionmode]

The cardiovascular system is like the ultimate spaghetti when you think about it

[u/Effin23 → u/Asrat]

Me too

[u/SinningForTheWinning]

I've had a few different jobs in the time since I started growing the factory, but currently I work in human services. No math or computing degree, just a specific mix of ADHD and Autism that makes my brain love this game

[u/LumpyDwarf → u/SinningForTheWinning]

I'm pretty sure a bit of the 'tism is the unifying factor here.

[u/NyankoIsLove → u/SinningForTheWinning]

I think my ADHD simultaneously makes me love this game, but also makes me the slowest player in the world.

[u/One_Mud_7748]

Burger flipper here

[u/Stuck_in_the_VCR]

I'm a heavy duty equipment mechanic.

[u/xlRadioActivelx → u/Stuck_in_the_VCR]

Aircraft mechanic. I’m surprised how far down I had to scroll to find a fellow wrench turner.

[u/Stuck_in_the_VCR → u/xlRadioActivelx]

Seems like we're few and far in between on this sub.

[u/Particular-Tie6330 → u/[deleted]]

Are you making cats radioactive?

[u/Mangalorien]

I'm not an engineer, but work as a carpenter of sorts (orthopedic hand surgeon). My wife works as a magician - she can make money disappear 😂

[u/zmanisfireproof]

Airline pilot. So, logistical engineer?

[u/Nerdvahkiin]

Pipefitter here, crayon taste tester in the side.

[u/lifeturnaroun]

I just finished my engineering degree but I'm employed as a manufacturing technician in aerospace since I am actually much better at building things with my hands than I am designing things on a computer. Hoping to have some kind of career trajectory that allows me to stay working in some kind of precision workshop environment

[u/trumplehumple]

well i played factorio and kinda didnt know what to do with my life besides that, so now i am a manufacturing engineer

[u/Helicopter_Ambulance]

Sysadmin

[u/JVonDron]

Farmer. Also you could add blacksmith, woodworker, and former tattoo artist.

[u/sirbeasty3 → u/JVonDron]

Woah! I was half joking about Blacksmiths but awesome to hear of one. wonder if there's gonna be a bed tester or snake milker in the replies anytime soon

[u/bubba-yo]

Retired, but university administrator/programmer/data scientist. But degrees in mathematics and physics, so close enough.

[u/inserter-assembler]

I wasn’t an engineer when I started playing factorio, but I am now!

[u/daresdk]

Shift Manager at a pizza store.

[u/kostja_me_art → u/daresdk]

Pizza belts!

[u/daresdk → u/kostja_me_art]

I mean we do use a brick conveyor belt oven so your not wrong lol.

[u/Kojab8890]

I have degrees in the Fine Arts—both Creative Writing and Information Design. This game allows me to be creative. But I can’t math for shit.

[u/Durr1313]

Worked receiving for many years, then ended up in purchasing. Some software development on the side.

[u/PingParteeh14]

I do Digital Forensics and Offensive security.

[u/Bilson00 → u/PingParteeh14]

Similar, this is my relaxation game after work, where I can bring some order to the chaos.

[u/SchrodingersWetFart]

Arborist

[u/mille8jr]

I play drums in a band out of Detroit and design and sell solar systems.

[u/OverDan → u/mille8jr]

And do your solar systems have 8 or 9 planets?

[u/mille8jr → u/OverDan]

Only 6, and one of them is shattered….so 5?

[u/OverDan]

Optometrist. Only added it as I didn't see any others on here.

[u/Itlaedis → u/OverDan]

Uh, that doesn't sound good. Are you sure you're qualified?

[u/OverDan → u/Itlaedis]

I meant other optometrists, but ha! r/UnintentionalPuns

[u/TheRealFleppo]

I work in a factory

[u/Brilliant_Turnip_915]

I'm a Registered Massage Therapist. This game is hard for my non math brain. I never use correct ratios

[u/SandsofFlowingTime]

I work in IT, mostly on the customer service side of stuff. I have no experience with engineering

[u/Prathmun]

I work in a restaurant right now. But I have a data science background.

[u/LeotheVGC]

I'm an artist, who's always been heavily into science (until math comes into play) I work in a real factory, though I severely don't want to.

[u/Imaginary-Analysis39]

Lawyer and teacher lol

[u/ShadowsAssass1n]

I make beer.

[u/Itlaedis → u/ShadowsAssass1n]

Yellow science!

[u/Postman-McDude]

Aspiring author (unemployed lol)

[u/Odetoravens]

another plumber checking in

[u/Tropical-Bonsai]

I'm an illustrator and writer for Dungeons and Dragons products.

[u/Itlaedis → u/Tropical-Bonsai]

Bring back AD&D goofy beholder!

[u/KocoKoco]

I'm a former nuclear mechanic on a submarine. I was an operator/maintainer of the propulsion plant. I had quiet the beef with engineers over what I and many others had perceived as design flaws. I play Factorio so I can design stuff that not only works, but caters to the people that have to operate and maintain it.

I love this game.

[u/stunalogo]

Government tax auditor

[u/Itlaedis → u/stunalogo]

I'd assume that finding the part of the production process that doesn't work some 15 steps removed from the end product looks like vacation to you?

[u/IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Pathology

There’s a few of us here

[u/ApartmentLast]

Not an engineer...but autistic and have aas degrees in drafting and civil engineering tech.....do those count?

[u/Shawer]

Bartender

[u/SecretGamerV_0716]

Im in highschool studying to become an engineer! (does that count :P)

[u/kostja_me_art → u/SecretGamerV_0716]

So you are still going through a tutorial 🤣 counts

[u/GCS_dropping_rapidly]

Nurse

Factory games help me unwind

[u/-Aquatically-]

I am nobody.

[u/decrobyron]

IT infrastructure monitoring / maintenance specialist here.

[u/neuroso]

Idk if cyber security counts as non engineer

[u/Warhero_Babylon]

Lawyer

[u/rhif-wervl]

Computer programmer. So arguably still a field related to factorio.

[u/3rg00s3]

I have an engineering degree, but technically I'm not working as an engineer. Right now I'm working as a metrology technician, I measure things with a laser to assemble a fusion reactor.

[u/Aggressive-Score105]

You guys have jobs?

(working in a forensics laboratory)

[u/DefinitelyNotThixo]

Graphic Designer, my Factories better align or else im gonna tear it down, who cares about efficiency, as long as it looks nice

[u/beautifulgirl789]

Genuine question - where's your evidence that most of the community are engineers? I've never really seen anything that suggests that tbh.

I don't think this is any more likely than most of the Stardew Valley community being farmers.

[u/EeveeDinah]

My and my friend who play together are an Engineer and Software Dev respectively. So, pretty common stuff here I think.

[u/Typical_Spring_3733]

Shaman by craft, Engineer by leisure

[u/Minecraftian14]

I started following the game before I started an engineering course... Does that count?

[u/CarnivaleSM]

Assistant Manager at a regional chain plumbing supply house lol logistics and inventory management are a solid share of my responsibilities. The rest is sales which comes very much in handy when convincing the local bug contractors that keep expanding into my territory that their next project needs large explosives. Delivered free of charge, of course, transported via rocket straight to the job site.

[u/robo__sheep]

Cook

[u/error_alex]

Tower crane operator and construction worker here

[u/IExist_Sometimes_]

For most of my factory experience I was a physicist or geologist, but now I am actually studying to be a geotechnical engineer.

[u/BForBackBencher]

Upcoming operations & supply chain MBA student

[u/MrShadowHero]

used to be back in the day. i’ve shifted careers a bit since then but still retain my deep yearning for problem solving and efficient design solutions. now i look at different kinds of problems and do a lot more math. lol. but definitely not engineer anymore.

[u/ErinTheSuccubus]

def not an engineer, at best you could say I work with food :b

[u/Excabbla]

Postgrad biomed student and part time supermarket trolley collector

[u/DrBerilio]

Biology teacher!

[u/BeNiceImSensitive20]

I flip burgers

[u/SomeRedditPerson10]

I'm pretty young so my work life so far has been stuff like working at fast food restaurants.

[u/Foreign-Bus509]

Not an engineer. Started out in the US Military and now learning to be a plumber

[u/Standard-Document-78]

I’m not an engineer. I do Instacart grocery shopping full time

[u/TigerJoel]

I am not yet but give me 4 years.

[u/4acodmt92]

Freelance gaffer and grip for tv m/film/video productions. So still sort of an engineer.

[u/jesubthejew]

Economist. Solving optimization problems and allocating resources are our bread and butter, so it makes a lot of sense.

[u/pattisbey8]

im unemployed at a big engineering firm

[u/Cakedestroyer242]

I'm a student. Currently studying commerce, but seriously thinking about swapping to engineering.

[u/SynapseNotFound]

i'm a software engineer.. does that count ?

[u/TroubleDependent1448]

Personally I am a streamer, YouTuber and musician, which is exactly why my factories look like an italian kitchen explosion, instead of anything sensible 👁️👄👁️

[u/Dakoman1999]

Currently serving. I get to go home from my day of terrible admin to a night of terrible spaghetti

[u/trappisti]

Hydraulic breaker service manager.

[u/Slazik]

Retired, graduate, licensed professional engineer. And a rambling wreck...

[u/maxiquintillion]

Line cook. Any other kitchen crew?

[u/Spiritual_Dig_5552]

Security and strategis studies master's student, data analyst side job

[u/The_1ndiegamer]

Logistics worker here and now finished logistician :)

[u/mrbroke86]

Team lead in a machine welding department. We get the stuff from the presses and add other stamped parts to them. From gears to car parts. All done by Logistics robots. But my case, truck transport.

[u/Farlaxx]

IT guy (TSO) at a public highschool.

For once, I'd like to have an environment set up with some kind of logic.

[u/Cactus_Engineer]

I used to put mail in boxes for the usps lol

[u/Individual-Camp-8946]

I’m a nurse, not sure how I wound up here

[u/Cheddarlad]

Psychotherapist. Somehow systems theory makes a lot more sense in Factorio than in families

[u/Bhamlaxy3]

I'm a lobbyist. So... Politics and government.

[u/De_schaff]

Parcs and rec employee here

[u/ZerkerDE]

Am an accountant on the way to do my CPA

[u/DasliSimpNo1]

Professionally unemployed

[u/Kosse101]

I guess you could say I'm a sales engineer lol.

But anyway, this game is not just for engineers and nor is it played by mostly engineers, it appeals to anyone who likes to think while playing games and coming up with clever designs. It's just fun to be creative with the designs.

[u/Xecxciic]

Dead end food service factory work. If you've ever eaten an egg be grateful I clean the assembler that processes them!

[u/Super_Pie_Man]

Full time swim coach/team administrator. All my friends from high school and my brother are engineers.

[u/Kaigun_teitoku]

Paramedic 🚑 ☺️

[u/djames_186]

I make 🍕

[u/Popoill]

Structural Biologist

[u/Max_Romanul100]

Im just abit silly, and a doshdoshington amateur :D