An Abundance of Librarians, Both “Sexy” and Unspecified: 544 Jobs A+ Members Have!

Below are the responses we received when we asked you all what you did for work in the 2020 Autostraddle Reader Survey.

AND WOW going through your responses was so heartening. The gays really are everywhere! On a Very Important note, this survey was anonymous, so I’m also left wondering who our cheesemonger is. So if you are a cheesemonger, you have to tell me, okay? Thank you.

Just as an FYI, if we had multiple people responding with the same job, I wrote, for example, “x3” so that if that’s you, you know you have company! Did you not respond to the survey? Go ahead and tell us about yourself in the comments!


Jobs You Fascinating Weirdos Have:

  1. 911 Dispatcher
  2. Academic advisor
  3. Academic in gender studies
  4. Academic publishing production coordinator
  5. Academic researcher
  6. Academic [Assistant, in Gender Studies, Publishing Production Coordinator, Researcher]
  7. Accountant (x6)
  8. Accounts Payable Client Onboarding (yes, I know, wtf even is that)
  9. Actor (x3) including one “Actor, Communications Coach, Consultant, Grantwriter, it’s a lot”
  10. Addictions clinician
  11. Adjunct lecturer @ a big university
  12. Admin / Admin Assistant, Unspecified (x4)
  13. Admin Assistant
  14. Admin for Planned Parenthood
  15. Administrative support in medical education/higher ed
  16. Administrative work for an accounting firm
  17. Administrator (x3)
  18. Admissions. I trick you into attending grad school
  19. Adult education specialist at homeless shelters
  20. Adult reference librarian
  21. Aerospace Engineer for flight simulation (mostly programming, just a fancy name)
  22. App Developer (PHP/Java/JavaScript)
  23. Archive Assistant (x5)
  24. Archivist (x4)
  25. Art Conservation
  26. Art Director
  27. Art teacher
  28. Artist, Teacher, Set Designer
  29. Artistic research / performance artist
  30. I run a support group for trans folks in my community through the local queer community center
  31. Assistant at literary agency
  32. Assistant Buyer
  33. Assistant curator, visual resources center
  34. Assistant Director (Film/TV)
  35. Assistant Paralegal
  36. Assistant Principal
  37. Assistant Professor or Assistant Teacher, unspecified topic (x3)
  38. Assistant teacher
  39. Associate Attorney
  40. Associate Director of Internship Services
  41. associate publicist at a publishing company, and I work on audiobooks for children and teens
  42. Asst. English Professor
  43. Athletic Trainer
  44. Attorney (x6)
  45. Baker (x2)
  46. Barista :)
  47. Barn manager
  48. Bartender
  49. Behavioral ecology PhD candidate
  50. Billing specialist at a primary care practice
  51. Bioassay Development
  52. Biological Technician
  53. Biotech
  54. Book Designer
  55. Book Editor
  56. Book Indexer & Seed Wholesaler
  57. Book Publishing
  58. Bookkeeper
  59. Building Management for a student union
  60. Business Analyst
  61. Business Applications Engineer
  62. Business Development Manager
  63. Campaign specialist at a political news site
  64. Cancer biology research scientist
  65. Canvasser for a liberal organization getting out the vote
  66. Case Manager (x3)
  67. Cashier
  68. Cheesemonger (yes really)
  69. Chemist
  70. Children’s librarian (x2)
  71. Civil engineer
  72. Civil Engineering Graduate
  73. Civil rights lawyer
  74. Claims Analyst
  75. Classical singer, also arts & culture writer
  76. Classroom teaching assistant
  77. Clerk (filing, data entry, switchboard, etc)
  78. Client Support Services for Lab Medicine at a major hospital
  79. Clinical dietitian
  80. Clinical Research Project Manager
  81. Clinical Social Worker (x5)
  82. Clinical supervisor at Children’s mental health agency
  83. College Administrator
  84. College Instructor (x3)
  85. College Professor (x3)
  86. Comedy writer
  87. Comms and Engagement
  88. Communications
  89. Communications officer (x3)
  90. Communications Strategist
  91. Communications/PR
  92. Community college arts administration
  93. Community Engagement Program Manager
  94. Community Management
  95. Community Outreach & Casework
  96. Community Support on an app/website
  97. Community Support Worker
  98. Complaint and incident investigations in a hospital
  99. Computational Biologist
  100. Computer programmer
  101. Computers
  102. Conservation Agent (wetlands protection)
  103. Constituent services for a state Senator
  104. Construction Project Manager
  105. Consultant (x3)
  106. Contact center coaching and training our agents
  107. Content creation, social media management, copywriting
  108. Content Designer
  109. Conveyancing
  110. Copy editor (x2)
  111. Corporate Communications
  112. County Public Works Engineer (Construction and Drainage)
  113. CRM Consultant
  114. Cultivation Manager in the cannabis industry
  115. Curriculum development/instructional design
  116. Customer service (x2)
  117. Customer Service Specialist (front desk/receptionist/non-emergency call taker)
  118. Customer Success Manager
  119. Cyber Defense Educator
  120. Cyber security
  121. Dancer
  122. Data Analyst (x4)
  123. Data Engineer
  124. Data Scientist (x3)
  125. Data systems manager
  126. Database Admin
  127. Dentist (x2)
  128. Deputy Attorney General
  129. Design
  130. design brands, sign systems and other large scale 3D graphics. I am a senior person within my studio with lots of project management and art direction responsibilities.
  131. Design Research & Strategy
  132. Designing satellites so you can check the weather
  133. Development & Communications Manager for a food bank
  134. Digital Marketing (x2)
  135. Director
  136. Director of Development & Evaluation for a nonprofit that serves young people experiencing homelessness
  137. Director of Student Relations for a tutoring company
  138. Diversity and Health Equity Project Assistant
  139. Doctor (x8)
  140. Dog walker/pet sitter
  141. Doordash, PostMates, Instacart, Rover plus I do other gig work
  142. Editor and Proofreader
  143. editor for a small children’s book/educational resource publisher
  144. editor for text books (secondary school). I hope that counts as “education”, although I’m not teaching myself
  145. Editor, Executive Correspondence Unit
  146. Editorial assistant
  147. Education Manager
  148. educational services representative, as an adjunct faculty member teaching flute at a community college, and as a private flute instructor
  149. Electrical Engineer for a government contractor
  150. Electrician
  151. Elementary School Teacher (x4)
  152. Emergency Medical Dispatcher – Ambulance
  153. Employability officer
  154. EMT at events (concerts etc)
  155. EMT Program Coordinator but now in a Masters of Nursing Program full time
  156. Energy policy advocate
  157. Engineer (x4)
  158. Engineering Intern
  159. English as a Second Language Teacher
  160. English teacher (x6)
  161. Environmental Consulting / Planning (x2)
  162. Executive Assistant
  163. Executive chef
  164. Executive Director of a 501(c)(3)
  165. Executive Secretary at University LGBT Resource Center
  166. Eyebrow specialist – I work in a salon
  167. Family Engagement Specialist
  168. Farm and Garden Educator
  169. Farm worker (x3)
  170. Federal public health policy
  171. Finance (x2)
  172. Fine Art Admissions Counsellor – higher ed administrator/student affairs
  173. finishing my PhD this month and starting a research position in August
  174. Floral/event designer, and artist.
  175. Forest Fire Ranger
  176. Forester
  177. Foundation medical student
  178. Founder/CEO
  179. Costume Designer
  180. Editor
  181. freelance work in the NFP sector
  182. Freelance writer/editor; poet; events manager; casual retail salesperson
  183. Freshly-Minted Associate Attorney
  184. Front End Software Engineer
  185. Frontend Developer
  186. Fund development specialist at my local humane society
  187. Fundraising
  188. Fundraising for a healthcare nonprofit
  189. General Manager/HR
  190. Girl scout troop leader for underserved girls and substitute teacher
  191. Graduate Student (x9)
  192. Graduate {Research,Teaching} Assistant (TBD next semester)
  193. Graduate Student Instructor / Worker / Researcher (x7)
  194. Grant writer for human services nonprofit
  195. Grants & Evaluation Manager at a community development agency
  196. Grants administration
  197. Grantwriter (technically an Assistant Director of my specific department)
  198. Graphic Designer (x2)
  199. Graphic Designer for a coffee company
  200. Grassroots Organizer
  201. Grievance Officer for a union
  202. Grocery Stock Clerk
  203. Health Care Advocacy and Communications
  204. Health care research
  205. Healthcare communications
  206. High school Arts teacher
  207. High school Environmental Science Teacher
  208. High school German teacher
  209. high school History teacher (2x)
  210. High school Substitute teacher
  211. High School Teacher (x5)
  212. Higher education access programming for underserved urban public high school students
  213. Historic preservation
  214. Homelessness and mental health strategy for municipal government
  215. Homeschooling gardener
  216. Hospice social worker
  217. Hospital admin assistant
  218. Hotel Front Desk Clerk & Public Librarian
  219. Housing Office Team Lead
  220. HRIS Consultant
  221. Humanitarian/development researcher and activist
  222. I operate a particle accelerator at a government lab
  223. I run an outdoor ed program for the Y
  224. I run the arts programs for a middle school and high school
  225. I support a peer-to-peer activist and consciousness raising community of folks with developmental disabilities
  226. I was a lifeguard as well as a student *sobs in nonessential worker*
  227. I was a payroll processor. Now I’m freelance writing.
  228. I write trainings for corporate employees. It’s only slightly soul-crushing.
  229. I write trainings for large corporations. Why yes it IS quite soul crushing how kind of you to ask!!!
  230. Immigration legal service paralegal
  231. In my day job, I edit training content for pharmaceutical sales reps (Big Pharma… blerg). I also have a couple of education-sector editing side hustles.
  232. Inside Sales for an Automotive supplier (but I just got a promotion and am moving departments!!)
  233. Inspiration writer/performer/speaker
  234. Insurance claim adjuster
  235. Insurance Claims Adjuster dreaming of being a sex educator
  236. Intern in a law office
  237. Inventory Manager at a used book store
  238. Investment Banking
  239. IT Analyst / Engineer / Support / Security Specialist / Consultant (x6)
  240. It is an emerging discipline I am helping to create that doesn’t even have accurate job listings in the world today
  241. IT Tech. Being a stereotypical transgirl and all.
  242. Jewish non-profit event planning/programming director
  243. Journalist / Reporter (x2)
  244. Lab technician (x2)
  245. Landscaper/Gardner
  246. Language consultant
  247. Law student
  248. Lawyer (x12)
  249. Lead bookseller at an independent bookstore
  250. Lead Designer at a small media & events business
  251. Lead Writing Tutor at a community college (making resources, wrangling student tutors)
  252. Lecturer I of Spanish
  253. Lecturer in English
  254. Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences
  255. Legal assistant
  256. Legal fellow
  257. Legal/finance hybrid kind of role
  258. Librarian or Library Director or Coordinator or Manager or Assistant or Technician (x32)
  259. Light technician/design in theatre
  260. Litigation paralegal
  261. management consultant
  262. Manager
  263. Manager- Insurance
  264. Manager of a travel company
  265. Manager of Institutional Research at a university
  266. Manager, Area Control Centre Operations
  267. Managing editor of a local newspaper
  268. Marine Biologist (x2)
  269. Marketing or Marketing Lead/Manager/Coordinator (x6)
  270. Marketing at an Audiobook Company
  271. Marketing lead / graphic designer at a theatre company
  272. Marriage and Family Therapist
  273. Massage therapist
  274. Materials Engineer
  275. MBA student
  276. Mechanical buildings consulting engineer in training
  277. Mechanical Engineer (x2)
  278. Media & PR Manager
  279. Medical editor
  280. Medical Laboratory Scientist
  281. Medical Research
  282. Medical student
  283. Medical writer
  284. Middle school Teacher (x3)
  285. Montessori teacher
  286. Most recently – HS math teacher. Currently – math grad student
  287. MSW student – previously worked in social services with trans/GNC immigrants
  288. Museum Curator
  289. Museum Educator/Manager
  290. Music Educator / Instructor / Teacher (x3)
  291. Musician & Composer
  292. Nature Reserves Manager
  293. Network Engineer
  294. NICU Nurse
  295. Night Auditor at a hotel
  296. NLP research
  297. Non profit director
  298. Non-emergency medical driver
  299. Non-profit strategy
  300. Nurse practitioner
  301. Nurse’s aide
  302. Office assistant and part-time tutor
  303. Office manager (x2)
  304. Office support for a construction company
  305. Officer in USAF, basically project manager for future programs in my careerfield
  306. One part copy-editor, one project manager for peer-reviewed scientific papers
  307. Online educational developer/adjunct professor
  308. Online learning designer
  309. Online sales and inventory management
  310. Opera singer aka professional superspreader
  311. Operation agent
  312. Operations + Executive Assistant
  313. Operations Director
  314. Operations Manager at a Theatre
  315. Operations Manager at public affairs and comms firm
  316. Ophthalmic technician
  317. Oral historian, a content creator for my university, and a camp counselor at the moment
  318. Organ transplant
  319. Organizing Director
  320. Outdoor educator (x2)
  321. Outpatient physical therapist
  322. PA/Admin
  323. Paleontologist (x2)
  324. Paralegal (x2)
  325. paralegal at a nonprofit immigration law firm
  326. Parent
  327. Parent, finance manager, secretary
  328. Park Ranger
  329. Part time pastor, part time journal managing editor, also grad student
  330. Pastry chef
  331. Payroll
  332. Payroll and billing for in home care company
  333. Performing arts critic
  334. Pet Care Associate at PetSmart
  335. Pet stylist
  336. Pharmacist / Pharmacy Tech (x2)
  337. PhD Candidate in Ecology
  338. Phd candidate, religion
  339. PhD researcher
  340. PhD Student and/or TA, unspecified topic (x6)
  341. PhD student (biosciences)
  342. PhD student in STEM
  343. Photographer
  344. Physicist
  345. Pianist/vocalist
  346. Pipeline Integrity Supervisor
  347. Planetary scientist
  348. Planner
  349. Playwright (x2)
  350. Policy Adviser
  351. Policy Analyst or (x3)
  352. Policy development
  353. Policy officer at medical regulator
  354. Political consultant (polling/survey research)
  355. Political staffer
  356. Post Doctoral Researcher or Research Associate (5x)
  357. Post Producer
  358. Post Production Manager
  359. Postdoctoral fellow
  360. Postdoctoral fellow in art history
  361. Post-doctoral researcher / research associate (x3)
  362. Preschool Director
  363. Preschool teacher (x2)
  364. Prior to the pandemic I was in shipping & receiving, now I wfh as a writer/editor
  365. Process, catalog and scan old images
  366. Produce Buyer for a national grocery store
  367. Producer
  368. Product Designer
  369. Product developer/designer/editor for a children’s educational company
  370. Product Manager (x5)
  371. Product Regulatory Specialist
  372. Product Support for GIS software
  373. Production Manager at a non-profit children’s theatre
  374. Professional Dance Artist & Arts Organizer
  375. Professor, Unspecified (x2)
  376. Professor, Science (x2)
  377. Professor, History
  378. Program Analyst/Auditor
  379. Program Coordinator at an education nonprofit
  380. Program Coordinator for a youth outreach program!
  381. Program Coordinator for New Students
  382. Program manager- ESL nonprofit
  383. Program manager for technical writing organization
  384. Program Officer in International Education Development (Non-profit)
  385. Program VP
  386. Project Associate and Data Analyst in International Public Health
  387. Project Director
  388. Project Manager (x11)
  389. Project manager for training program at a nonprofit
  390. Projectionist
  391. Proofreader (x2)
  392. Proposal Coordinator
  393. Prosecutor (x2)
  394. Prospect Research Analyst
  395. Psychologist
  396. Public interest law student, specializing in access to justice for children/juveniles and incarcerated populations
  397. Public programming/education for a museum
  398. Public sector Digitalization
  399. Publishing consulting/editorial
  400. QS for the office for cultural heritage preservation
  401. Quality management (professional services) in a university
  402. My job title is Collaborations and Partnerships Senior Standards and Quality Officer
  403. Queer youth worker
  404. RA/QA Specialist
  405. Radiographer/Sonographer-radiology tech in US
  406. Receptionist
  407. Receptionist at a reproductive health clinic (which provides abortions)
  408. Records Manager
  409. Registered Nurse (x6)
  410. Rehabilitation for senior citizens with low vision
  411. Research Analyst
  412. research and teaching assistant, writing center tutor, yoga studio staff and teacher, freelance professional photographer, childcare provider, full time women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and anthropology double major
  413. Research assistant (x3)
  414. Research Associate at a consulting firm
  415. Research chemist
  416. Research Data Analyst (education nonprofit)
  417. Research programmer
  418. Research project manager working in HIV and covid
  419. Research Scientist (biologist)
  420. Researcher
  421. Residence Hall Director
  422. Retail assistant at a high street store
  423. Riding instructor
  424. Sales Associate (x3)
  425. Sales Coordinator at a major children’s book publisher
  426. Satellite/Spacecraft Engineer
  427. Scheduler, House of Representatives
  428. School Counselor
  429. School Psychologist (x3)
  430. School-based behavior interventionist
  431. Science Professor
  432. Scientist (x2)
  433. Script supervisor
  434. Seismic data analyst
  435. Self-employed proofreader, teacher
  436. Senior editor at a travel trade publication
  437. Senior Engineering Specialist
  438. Senior Lecturer at a private university
  439. Senior Officer – administrative worker at a University
  440. Senior Research Associate at a Public Interest Law Firm (we’re suing Trump it’s great)
  441. Senior Software Developer / Consultant
  442. Service Operations Manager
  443. Sewing Machine Technician
  444. Sex health educator & community worker for LGBTQ org <3
  445. Sexual assault prevention at a university
  446. Sexy Librarian
  447. Shelter Staff at Domestic Violence Agency
  448. Shipping/Receiving manager for retail
  449. Soccer coaching
  450. Social Media Manager
  451. Social Media Marketer
  452. Social media moderator
  453. Social Worker (x6)
  454. Social Worker at an addiction rehabilitation center (for men, I know)
  455. Sociologist in a prison
  456. Sociology Professor
  457. Software analyst
  458. Software Developer (x6)
  459. Software Development Manager
  460. Software Engineer (x23)
  461. Software Engineer at Twilio
  462. Software Product Manager
  463. Spatial Practitioner
  464. Special Education Teacher (x2)
  465. Speech Language Pathologist
  466. Speech therapist
  467. Sr. Research and Data Analyst
  468. Staff Attorney
  469. Staff writer of membership magazine for a national UK women’s charity
  470. Stage hand
  471. Stage Manager (x2)
  472. State level public health official
  473. Stay at home parent
  474. Student – math major
  475. Student of physical therapy
  476. Student Support in Higher Education (postgraduate degrees)
  477. Student Union Volunteering Manager- running the team that finds volunteering for students (UK)
  478. Student/Teaching Assistant/Producer/Musician
  479. studying for a Bachelors in Biomedicine
  480. Substance Use Counselor
  481. SUD/MH therapist
  482. Supervisor at UPS
  483. Supply Chain Quality Assurance
  484. Support Medicare programs
  485. Supportive Housing Worker
  486. Surgeon
  487. Systems developer
  488. Tarot teacher and reader, writer and theatre artist
  489. Teacher, Unspecified (x8)
  490. Teacher (ESL, French, Philosophy)
  491. Teacher and equity facilitator
  492. Teacher of children
  493. Teacher of students with visual impairments/orientation & mobility teacher
  494. Teacher Teaching on Call (substitute teacher) + book blogger
  495. Teaching Assistant
  496. Teaching Consultant
  497. (Tea) Brewery Manager
  498. Tech educator for seniors / web design
  499. Tech Recruiter
  500. Technical Support Consultant (self-employed, small business owner)
  501. Technical trainer
  502. Television editor
  503. Teller
  504. Theatre freelancer (director, lighting designer, stage manager, etc)
  505. Theatre lighting technician
  506. Theatre Producer
  507. Therapist / Social Worker (x6)
  508. This! I do this, but for companies like Google and Amazon and Best Buy. (my exact title is Manager, Quantitative Research, if that’s what you were looking for here)
  509. Toxicologist (x2)
  510. Trade and Investment Analyst for the UK Govt
  511. Trainee Lawyer
  512. Trainer of new staff!
  513. Translator (x4) (including one Yiddish translator!)
  514. Copyeditor, and fitness instructor
  515. Transportation Analyst / Planner (x2)
  516. Transportation Planner
  517. Tutoring and teaching at the college level
  518. Tutoring mentoring and casual data admin
  519. Unemployed artist living the dream!
  520. University Admission Assistant
  521. University archive
  522. University case manager
  523. University employee (Administrative Support & Adjunct Instructor)
  524. University faculty
  525. University lecturer (x2)
  526. University TA and instructor
  527. Urban Planner (x2)
  528. UX Designer (x3)
  529. Veterinarian
  530. VFX artist
  531. Visitor Services and Experience in a museum
  532. Waiter
  533. Wardrobe stylist
  534. Was a barista and coffeeshop manager
  535. Web Content Manager for Outward Bound
  536. Web developer (x2)
  537. Wildland firefighter
  538. Work at an NGO focused on health
  539. Working for a flexible packaging startup and doing a bit of everything: sales, marketing, finance, admin, operator :)
  540. Workshop facilitator/researcher
  541. Writer
  542. Writer, performer, teacher
  543. Writer-Researcher
  544. Writing tutor

P.S. Hey to my fellow fundraisers! I see you and love you! I’ve written many a grant in my life so hello also to my colleagues who specifically called themselves grantwriters! Let’s keep the organizations doing the work going. We’ve got this. đź’–

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54 Comments

  1. So many cool jobs! Always great to learn more about who the AS community is made up of, and nice to know there are more queer data analysts out there.

    • In fun but not surprising facts: people reporting that they held jobs in data (both members, and non-members) were among the first to answer the survey! When I saw this trend, it made a lot of sense, but it was still charming to see play out.

  2. Hello from 218! As someone who got my MLIS and has been job hunting for archives or library full time positions (but who works part time at a public library and then full time at a hotel front desk because its what I could find in pandemic, night auditor I see you I do that too) it is so exciting for me how many GLAM people are a part of A+ and on this list! Library and archives people let’s be friends! I’m on twitter @miranda_biblio

    • Indeed! I defected for UX/webdev stuff (that I couldn’t do without the library background) about five years ago, but there’s a lot of us. I’d bet there’s even more ‘former librarian/library folk’ or now quasi-information management/archive folk floating on the list.

      • I am merely librarian-adjacent (my great-aunt was one and I spent a few semesters shelving, scanning in Electronic Course Reserves, and being a de facto reference librarian without the title or official training for a smoking-cessation-training research group at my university 20 years ago), but can confirm every library I’ve worked at or been in has been full of family. :)

    • I ended up in what seems like the only library with out queer folks (don’t even understand how), but every library conference I go to is SO. OVERWHELMINGLY. QUEER I love it.

  3. Hooray for all opera singers, but especially queer ones! (Autostraddle should interview Jamie Barton some time.)

  4. Found myself (since I forgot what I wrote) and my girlfriend very quickly. We both have very specific jobs (and I have 2 careers – not sure why I only put 1 on the survey…) I am #242, the Jewish event programmer – not to be confused with a computer programmer. I’m also a musical theatre writer & producer, which I may have left off because COVID temporarily killed theatre. I feel a little lonely as the only Jewish non-profit professional on here. Any rabbis, cantors, or other Jewish communal professionals out there?

    Additionally, #506, please be my friend! Love unexpected networking opportunities.

    • hello!!! im barely employed right now (teaching hebrew school on zoom lmao) but into all the things you do!

  5. I swear I answered this but I always write the same thing so maybe not… “Preschool teacher by day, sound designer by night, writer also by night”

    Theatre folks, where y’all at? Doing anything in the pandemic? I got to design one outdoor one-woman show and I almost cried into my script I was so happy to be creating again

    • Costume designer here! I’m in my second year of my MFA program and we just opened and closed a live production! Everyone was wearing masks, at least 6 ft+ apart at all times and we had an audience of just 10 people for six performances. We were really the guinea pigs for NYC live production, but thankfully it all went smoothly. I’m right there with you- I burst into tears that first night when we had an audience applauding because it was so magical to be back in a theater sharing space!

    • I graduated in may with a BA in theater (& english) so mostly crying in unemployed, watching old behind-the-scenes stuff on youtube, and roasting the shit out of my school’s hack attempts at zoom productions… and waiting…

  6. Speaking as one of the numerous librarians/GLAM professionals, I really wanted some authority control on job titles even though you sacrifice some nuance that way

  7. Fascinated by the plethora of archivists and their assistants.

    Also I would love to connect with #19 (the adult education specialist at homeless shelters), as we’ve tried to start up similar programs here and they’ve always fizzled, so it would be great to hear some ideas about what works.

  8. big ups to my fellow policy analysts–one day those elected officials will read past the infographics!

  9. Hey #310 opera singerx did you see the Met orchestra’s study? It seems opera singers are not superspreaders! Though I know that news probably doesn’t help much with so many houses closed (and refusing t9 be creative and treating their workers like crap, coughMetcoughLyriccough)

  10. hello all archivists (and library professionals)!!!mad i missed the survey…anyways if you are in MA or CT please let me know as I am a fresh college grad looking to do archives :) if you’re from elsewhere still say hi

  11. I’m glad to see so many people in my personal industry, and sad to see that there is only one listing for pastry chef.

  12. This was great! Just yesterday I read a list of peoples jobs in a very straight forum and was so bored. But all these jobs sound enriching and interesting. I’m number 403, the queer youth worker! But I now have a new job as a project manager (which I see is a v popular queer job!). My project is about educating employees and volunteers within non-profits about anti-racism so that their services don’t do more harm than good. I hold workshops, write educational material etc. I miss the queer kids at my old job v v much. I miss working with 100% queer colleagues as well. But it’s nice to have a new professional challenge (my new job is in my second language which I only recently became fluent in so it’s an extra mental load on top of the emotionally challenging work itself!!).

  13. Forgot to fill this out back then, but I call myself a “natural resources professional” or “outdoor professional”, and this work season I was a Wildland Firefighter in Idaho! So happy to see other natural resources workers!!!

    • Hello! 👋🏻 (From someone with an archives certificate but sadly not employed in the field yet.) So great to see so many archivists!!

  14. this is VERY COOL TO KNOW, i feel a bit the way i felt at a-camp which is like DANG, OUR COMMUNITY IS MADE UP OF SO MANY INCREDIBLE AND KNOWLEDGABLE HUMANS, MAYBE WE SHOULD INDEED PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD?!?!?!

    it would be so cool to make a database of everyone on this list who wants to be included so when people want a queer accountant they can reach out, a queer PR specialist, etc etc, and then we could all support each other and keep our money very very very gay!!!!!!

  15. I was looking for fellow medical people and spent a solid 5 min searching for physician/MD/resident/fellow/clinician and befuddled that there didn’t seem to be any before finally remembering we are also known as… Doctors. Why yes I am post call and apparently it shows.

  16. Helllloooo fellow writing center and tutoring people!! Also shoutout to everyone else in education and librarians bc I hope to be one of you soon

  17. Hello to the TTOC! I’m pretty sure that term is specific to the certain area where I live, hence hello to a fellow local A+ member! I’m a TC this year, so looking forward to being a TTOC next year! :)

  18. Hello to everyone being brilliant and especially to the indexer and the Yiddish translator! Hmu new friends!

  19. So many training/education curriculum developers!

    Hi, hello, other training/education developers/designers/editors, I’d like to be your friend :)

    • HELLO RUTH I’d like to be YOUR friend! I am the “I edit training content for pharmaceutical sales reps” person. I stand by “(Big Pharma… blerg)” despite forgetting I had written it.

  20. so many book ppl!!! i did not do this survey (for unknown reasons) but as i have been trying and failing to start doing something (anything!) book-related for months now i would love 2 connect with yall!! it should be known that i hate networking but this feels, like a wholesome version, idk
    Also any of u who work with a non-profit!
    i miss making new friends hahah & this is a very cool & exciting list

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