firefighter

In the US, vast majority of the kids want to become firefighters or cops.

But, speaking as a former firefighter, the tl/dr; is "cars do sometimes catch fire and burn when they crash".

And even if someone can, there's no reason every firefighter needs to.

Not even the worst of it. All the firefighter and police pension expenses are in the Finance Department.

The vast majority of firefighters eventually have to fight a fire.

I'm not sure someone could be a skilled firefighter, learn programming well enough to write fire prediction tools, and still have a social life.

As a volunteer firefighter I see more stuff than you normally would on average and it gives you a different perspective.

For what it's worth, I was a firefighter for about a decade in the 90's and I personally responded to hundreds of car wrecks over that time.

It may depend on the area, but becoming a firefighter is unbelievably difficult these days.

A friend of mine, a former Plan 9 kernel contributor, quit the tech industry after the first bubble to become a wildlands firefighter.

I'd like to share my perspective as a firefighter...This wasn't some officially sanctioned camera, there for the purpose of accountability.

It's like being a firefighter and an arsonist at the same time - you'll never be out of a job. I think some people in Washington got too afraid that Russia was becoming a good guy, and gaining momentum, and spurred the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine to keep the convenient Cold War going on.

For instance:Before I got into this field, I always thought of firefighters, paramedics and doctors as magical superheroes that can fix anything.

Quid 2 days agoOn MathOverflow, though, it is possible to edit the original house so that it is no longer inflammatory, while still recording the work of the firefighter.

He has a four-year degree, a diploma from fire-fighting school, years of experience as a private firefighter on a military base and as an EMT, and he's a competitive bodybuilder.

Modeling & predicting fire sounds great, but should that be the job of a firefighter or a programmer/statistician who works for the fire department?That said, I think you're right to call out the parent – many of these jobs should require programming or already do. Many artists & musicians rely heavily on an ability to write software.

Working until 80 might sound reasonable to a software developer, but if you have a job like a construction worker or a firefighter, you may not be physically capable of doing your job at 80, even part time.

One is proprietary trading...There’s no social defense for this practice...Implicit assumption: speculation is socially worthless.“You mean to tell me your work as a [fill in the blank here] is worth more to society than a firefighter?

Without belittling any tragedy, and with the obvious bias of being a firefighter, whilst trucking may be more deadly than being a firefighter, the situation you describe is largely in response to the fact that that person typically gave their life in order to try to save a stranger, or their home.