I work in QC (Quality Control) for media.

In one company they occasionally paid me to watch adult material to make sure it was in sync and in good quality for video on demand distribution.

In another company I spent years watching movies before release in secure theater-like rooms, to make sure the files are ready for distribution (subtitles and audio in sync, no picture corruptions, stuff like that). I always got to watch the biggest movies of the year in a giant screen weeks before they were released (sometimes months!).

I got the job by going to film school.

I make whiskey. Not super weird but I'd say on the rarer side of jobs. And it took a load of time, luck, skill and perseverance to get where I am.

I used to do artificial insimination, and embryo transfer on cattle. I got it by being drunk at a party. Coolest job I ever had.

Not terribly weird, but definitely unique. I own a handmade business and I make cool things out of felted sheeps wool. It started so I could have extra cash to pay off my nursing school loans. Then I quit my nursing job. Now I am a top 1% seller on Etsy and get to sit around and craft fun and colorful items that I ship all around the world.

Official court stenographer. I type everything everyone says in court. I was told about it in high school and thought it sounded cool so I went for it. Took 5 1/2 years in college, but I’m nationally certified to type 260 WPM and regularly push above 300 WPM in court.

My ex roommate worked as a security guard at turtle store. Why there was a store that sold turtles exclusively I do not know and why they needed a daytime security team I will also never understand.

He said he mostly sat back and watched an indoor turtle pond all day and there was only 2 other employees but they made tons of money selling turtle care supplies and turtles. They went out of business and he lost his job but it’s a hell of a story.

I'll answer for a friend of mine, former college roommate.

He works for a company which makes coin and paper money sorting and counting machines. They pay him to stay home and be on call. He's a happy guy.

I don't know how he got the job, but he's extremely mechanically inclined and pretty inventive. (Though calculus tripped him up and he failed college.) When he was in high school, he mounted a model rocket like a hood ornament on his car, controlled by a button on the dash. Push the button and it fires the rocket.

I analyze satellite imagery for the government, but not quite in the way you may think. Instead of foreign target assessment, I look at US crops. When a farmer has a loss and files an insurance claim that is subsidized by the US government we need to ensure the claim is legitimate, and that tax dollars are not being wasted. We also do damage assessment after catastrophic weather events.

We use weather data, multi-spectral satellite imagery, aerial imagery, production data, site visits and so on. If there is enough evidence, we build a case then hand it off to the Office of the Inspector General and US Attorney's Office.

It is different from day to day, I get to learn about a lot of different crops and get out and about, see where our food comes from and meet a lot of good producers.

I'm a potter. Not sure if that fits the bill for weird. I used to be the manager for a museum art school, and began taking classes there years ago. Eventually transitioned into being a full time potter and pottery teacher.

Not weird but pretty rare. I'm a professional winemaker. How I got it: I have a university degree in winemaking (Viticulture & Enology from University of California Davis), worked many harvests, now I run my own winery. It's my dream job and I made it happen!

I design water parks.

I went to college for Graphic Design and Advertising. In my last year I had to do an internship, so I took one at an aquatic engineering firm to help organize photos. 10 years later I am a project manager and create resort deck and water park programs.

I cleaned grills for super rich people in Palm Beach. Even got to clean Michael Jordan’s at one point. And it was recommended to me from a friend who was in sobriety with me after I got clean.