Thread 40208061

where do trans people work? I feel like 99% of places are unsuitable for us

Good fucking question, how friendly are engineering jobs? Not software, like actual energy and aerospace shit.

>>40208061 (OP)
I'm a security guard but I man mode at my job :(

>>40208061 (OP)
Most are underemployed/unemployed NEETS
What else would you expect from such a traumatized and misunderstood group?

>>40208061 (OP)
I don't work
thinking about applying for disability

>>40208061 (OP)
Here's the vibe.
Either you work at a coffee shop in a queer city or at the desk at a rehearsal space or something. Or. You get so autistically good at something. Like terrifyingly so. And you make yourself invaluable because what you have to offer is so niche and specific and rare. That people just have to put up with you. Also the entertainment industry has plenty of queers. You just have to sell your soul and subject yourself to the horrors of representing a crab bucket community of highly traumatised, extremely bitter and mentally ill people who are looking for any excuse to eat you alive.

>>40208217
that's grim, so no normal place will want to employ me?

i'm on disability assistance

i also collect bottles and cans to bring to the depot lol

Use your probably >120 IQ for some economically valuable stem field

>>40208217
>You just have to sell your soul and subject yourself to the horrors of representing a crab bucket community of highly traumatised, extremely bitter and mentally ill people who are looking for any excuse to eat you alive.
That just sounds like having a career in politics
T. My dad's a politician and my sister dabbled in municipal politics before having a public image drove her insane

>>40208061 (OP)
i do IT admin at a small company of like 15-20 people. i'm late 20s and i've been socially transitioned for years now, i guess i'm in the category where i pass or have plausible deniability but come across as really fucking weird, i'm probably autistic too. i overheard my boss talking about me before saying "she's a bit odd at times but i think that's just her", you get the picture. in general i get on pretty well with the 30+ people, whereas among the under 30s it's more mixed. most people like me, especially the guys and the one kinda quirky girl because we talk about games and manga and stuff, but there's a group of normie foids who hate me lol they hate like everyone outside their little clique though. i had a mental breakdown this year for general life reasons and ended up in a psychiatric hospital and had other episodes where i came to work late as hell with visible self-harm etc, those moments really showed the true character of people i think, some people got a lot colder after that happened. honestly it's not ideal but i make do, i don't go to work to make friends after all. i basically end up doing this ryan gosling schizo sigma thing where i just wake up, lift weights for a bit, go to work, ignore most people there, do my stuff, go for a walk on my own at lunchtime, go home, ride my bike or work out some more, read or study, sleep, repeat over and over until i can take holidays and see my actual close friends. yes it's egregiously malebrained, no i don't care.
>>40208217
bang on basically.

Wastewater/lab assistant/chemical tech

These jobs are typically pretty isolated so u don't have to worry too much about other ppl. I boymode now after a bad experience at my last job tho. It was mostly a location issue. Know ur area! Just make sure to surprise them with it after ur 90 days and u demonstrated competent. Also dont get hung up on pronouns if u dont pass cus ur just gonna alienate ppl

>>40208217
This is a lie. I see trans motherfuckers in Walmart and Costco all the time. Prereq is just living in a blue state.

>>40208413
I live in a red state in deep south and can confirm walmart is full of trannies here

>>40208387
plus you want to avoid blue collar workers because they're conservative assholes
working somewhere that has a minimum level of education helps a lot for acceptance

>>40208456
lmaooooo yeah

>>40208061 (OP)
In transport (dispatching, forwarding, planning etc). Do not recommend it tho

>>40208061 (OP)
I'm going to study law which seems to be a pretty accepting profession from what I've read of reddit ftms in the field

>>40208510
Law is a terrible field to get into cis or trans, its got this legacy appeal from people thinking just get the degree and its a license to make money. It isn't, and hasn't been for a couple decades. The very top 10% of students from good schools do well, but a lot just have mountains of debt and don't get rich. Now AI is coming in and law is uniquely positioned to be threatened by AI, it won't kill off partner and senior associate positions, but a lot of the grunt work that new associates do may get eliminated by AI.

>>40208719
I'm not doing it to get rich and am just fine doing something not very glamorous like compliance work. I actually do find the field interesting and I study legal history in my free time, it feels stupid to pick something I wouldn't actually be interested in just for the money. Just making enough to make the minimal debt payment + worst comes to worst you can use your degree in understaffed public offices
>AI
I would not trust any law office that uses it robustly

>>40208845
You know what, its a cliche amongst lawyers to tell the story how they were warned by a lawyer not to get into the law, but they did anyway. I too was warned, the lawyer she told me its a terrible profession and she was right. Nevertheless, I still went to lawschool. Something makes us impermeable to the advice of people who've been through it and we'll somehow be different.
You will be under crippling, non-dischargeable debt that will fuck up your life in ways you don't even realize.
And a law professor said something very smart and I constantly think back to it. "Business plays the fiddle, and Law dances to the tune" So get this, it doesn't matter what YOU trust about AI, nor even what your boss the partner thinks or even the judge thinks, all that matters is the collective wisdom of the business clients who say, "AI can reduce litigation costs 80%? DO IT, damn the consequences" Your thought process is totally irrelevant.

You've been warned.

>>40208061 (OP)
customer service :(

>>40208061 (OP)
im a delivery driver at a pizza place

>>40208061 (OP)
Am cis woman but but butch on T so close enough to trans. I do odd jobs most notably dishwasher, waitress, drywall install, delivery etc.. Also worked at a call center for 3 months. I will be working construction this summer and the pay is shit but they let anyone in lol

My parents are landlords with multiple different "businesses" or "side gigs". I'm lucky because it means I get to avoid regular W2 jobs in favor of focusing on furthering my various other skills and business ventures such as making wine, foraging, art, reselling, viticulture and gardening, yard work, and maintaining a home and caretaking. All things that lead me to realizing I'm a witch and will likely never maintain employment under someone else.

>>40208232
you can work shitty jobs in retail or grocery stores or hospitality or catering, etc. can get a job as a bartender at a gay bar... in progressive cities you can get office jobs, be an assistant, a paralegal, an editor... depends really on the qualifications and how much of a girlboss you can be. If you can be confident and competent you can find something at least decent, I've seen other girls do it even if I don't embody any of those qualities myself.

Posted in another thread but i work at an arcade. Its relatively enjoyable because i like coin op stuff but i wish i got more hours. Really need a second job but i dont think anythings gonna fit my schedule.

>>40208917
Well, it's a lot to think about. And I do appreciate the warning, I'm trying to map out a plan for what my alternative should be if I don't get into one of the T14 schools (I don't think the debt would be worth it otherwise, it might not still be). And I do want my undergrad to be a fallback if this doesn't work out, like electrical engineering.
I'm definitely going to talk to more people in various careers and see what they would change. And again I appreciate the advice, sorry if I'm getting to blogposty.
What would you have done instead if you didn't go to law school? Would you feel like you'd always have a "what-if?" feeling about it if you didn't?

>>40208085
Do you fuck suspects in the ass to teach them a lesson?

>>40208061 (OP)
I work from home testing software

>>40209953
No, there are never any suspects. Even if there were any, I'm not a top.

>>40208061 (OP)
Will probably work at a lab or something
>t. ftm girlmoder

>>40208061 (OP)
in first world countries, normal places. i have delivered pizza and worked at a department store and ive seen other trannies do both of those.

>>40208061 (OP)
I work in a factory where society doesn't need to look at me

i have never worked
im very, very tired of being poor but no matter what i do i just cant change it. i am useless filth

>>40208061 (OP)
im studying nursing because it seems uniquely positioned to be a great field to be a tranny in, and it seems very friendly to adhd

>>40208917
objection your honor

since the thread is about jobs might as well ask here
is accounting any good for trannies? and even if it is, is it even worth getting into, considering it seems to be quite fragile against ai and stuff

Night stocker at a grocery store. Don't have to deal with the general public + you get a pay bonus for the night shift. Making 18 an hour (smaller town in a northwest red state) currently which for not having a degree and basically just listening to podcasts ur whole shift is pretty good

>>40210232
How do people accomplish this?

>>40208061 (OP)
feds

>>40211817
if you mean surviving, living with my parents until 23, then just coasting on unemployment
if you mean going that long without a job, i dont know, i dropped out of high school and havent really done anything since. i had a job once and pretty much got fired the first day

>>40212543
How did you get fired on the first day? We need the full story

>>40212923
i just didnt really do anything and kinda just left. they didnt wanna bother because i was clearly not going to function there. worst part is it was an insanely simple job

>>40212543
People can still drop out of high school? And your parents just let you?

>>40213037
its not like they could do much

>>40208061 (OP)
I always see trans people as cashiers. Not sure why unless there's just tons of trans people in my city and that's just the most visible job.

>>40213062
trannies are often either extremely skilled or not skilled at all, they're either at jobs so high up or hidden you never see them, or only able to do low-skilled work

>>40213093
Are there any low skilled jobs that require minimal effort without being highly visible to the public? Feels like a cashier can be a cruel job to give someone transitioning. Having to make small talk with tons of people daily.

>>40213037
i also dropped out of school, it's still possible in certain ways even if most states technically ban it in the US
t. nta
meaning technically I wasn't allowed to "drop out" in my state (drop out age was 18), but I had such shitty attendance rates that the school not so subtly encouraged me to transition to being "homeschooled" (probably was bad for their stats to have me still attending) and the homeschooling had no oversight or requirements so my parents just signed the paperwork for that and then I did nothing until I was 18 so was in essence dropped out that whole time (never got a diploma either)

>>40213109
warehouse work, which obviously isn't great for troons either. that's it really

>>40213128
That sucks. I don't care if it's minimum wage or worse. I just want a zero effort job where I don't have to interact with anyone. I guess nightshift security guard or something like that is the only other option. Maybe some HR type office job where you handle emails and occasionally print something out, don't know.

>>40208061 (OP)
I'm a part-time dishwasher right now (didn't land an internship). I'm in college as a comp. sci. major right now. Hoping to be a software developer after I graduate.

>>40213193
is restaurant work as hectic and aggressive as you hear it is? I can't imagine being a tranny is very pleasant there if it is

>>40208061 (OP)
b2b gym membership sales

>>40213215
I'm still new, but just washing dishes hasn't been that stressful for now. I imagine being a server would be more stressful.

>>40213296
Makes sense. I've heard of trannies/boymoders being dishwashers before, seems like an okay fit that doesn't have to deal with customer service