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b_b  ·  3964 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Are we obligated to choose noble professions?

I'm 'bout to marry a car designer. It's quite an interesting profession, and one I knew relatively little about until recently. One thing that I find fascinating is how few there are in the world. There are perhaps 1000 exterior designers (working for the major auto companies) globally, and it's a very communal group; everyone knows everyone at every company. My wife-to-be is one of two female exterior designers at her company, and one of about 6 in the world (women, for whatever reason, are far more concentrated in interior design). It's crazy how many people it takes to put a car on the road, but how few people actually influence what they look like (not counting the focus groups and such).





kleinbl00  ·  3964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's what stopped me: I realized that as much as I wanted to design "cars" I was most likely to end up designing "brake pads" or "CV joints" or "shift linkages."

I would also have had to move to Detroit or Los Angeles, and neither appealed to me.

b_b  ·  3964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I would also have had to move to...Los Angeles...

Joke's on you, eh?

kleinbl00  ·  3964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The soul-searching necessary to get my ass down here would have been right at home in Season 1 of Orange is the New Black.