In the past few weeks, I have started a job in pest control and completed playing The Witcher 3, a universally-acclaimed RPG in which the player is a witcher, a superhuman mutant who wanders the world killing monsters for money. It wasn't long before I saw the parallels between the game and my job. It's possible that pest control is the closest real-life occupation to being a witcher. In both jobs:
1. You kill or otherwise deal with a variety of creatures in exchange for money
2. You travel to do jobs for a large number of clients
3. Clients pay a good deal of money but in most cases don't admire you
4. To do your job, you need to first do detective work on location to figure out what is going on
a. Sometimes you talk to people to figure out what the problem is and use that information to make a plan
b. Sometimes you have to figure things out just from the clues you can find (in the witcher, because all witnesses are missing, in pest control because clients are not at home)
5. You consult books that tell you how to deal with certain creatures
6. You mix concoctions to aid in your job (potions for a witcher, chemicals for pest control)
7. You undergo mutations that grant you superhuman speed and strength
Actually, the last one just applies to witchers. In any case, I was pleasantly surprised to find that my new job has so many similarities with the subject of one of my favorite computer games.
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