David asked Garon Whited:

Reading book 8, Eric makes it pretty clear that building a sun is among the last jobs he’d ever want to do. Understandable, he is a vampire after all. But it got me wondering - in an Earth timeline that Eric was living in what would be some of the absolute last professions he’d want to choose? Being a garbage man? A professional wrestler? A Doctor? What does he most dread as a day (or night) job?

Garon Whited I think the worst sort of job would be something mindlessly repetitive. Garbage man? That offers at least some variety. Dumping a can or hoisting a bundle, dealing with traffic, pedestrians, and/or last-second rushes to the curb. Pro wrestler? Eric is a decent performer. He could do it and play his part as The Iron Whip (given he's thin and strong).
But don't put him on a factory line doing work a robot could do. If his job is to "tighten nut D4 and rotate assembly J16 ninety degrees," he'll put a robot in his place.
There's nothing wrong with a quiet, low-stress job. It lets him take things easy and think. But if you're going to bore him, he'll automate it an not bother to come in.

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