Examples of jobs where you do something “different”?

Question

I am Senior Software Engineer, almost 15 years of experience, etc. I worked on big companies, small studios, and startups. In office and remote. Some of them sounded more exciting than others, but in the end, you end up doing APIs, processing data/forms, interacting with others APIs/webhooks, etc. And it's always the same in every company.What are some examples of jobs that are challenging, innovatives, and different from the rest of them? I am not saying I would be capable of doing any of them, but just wondering in general what are the experiences of the lucky ones!.

ppjim · Accepted Answer

A few years ago, I met a Brazilian speaker who traveled the world speaking to software engineers. He had been around the world several times. He called himself a "brand ambassador" and an "evangelist". He speaks 5 languages and loves chess, photography and gifs. His talks were very entertaining with a very 'developer' style of humor. At his conferences he sold books on both professional topics and his hobbies. The companies paid him only for his travels, so most of the time he stayed in couchsurfing.There are many jobs that are challenging and sound cool: Robotics, artificial intelligence engineer, blockchain, 3D printing, augmented reality, virtual reality, user experience, game developer, cybersecurity engineer.