The big monthly jobs report that came out Friday has tons of numbers describing the American labor force. The numbers are helpful as far as they go, but they skip over a whole dimension of work: What it's really like.
So, over the past few weeks, we asked people over Twitter and Instagram to send us pictures of themselves at work, and to tell us: What's your job title? And what do you really do? What follows are some of the answers.

/ kaykappel via Instagram
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kaykappel via Instagram

/ porkchopcookie via Instagram
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porkchopcookie via Instagram

/ helicopterdave via Instagram
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helicopterdave via Instagram

/ Imbela via Instagram
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Imbela via Instagram

/ nailsyall via Instagram
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nailsyall via Instagram
#jobtitle #whatireallydo
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