@A_Seidler jira is pretty awful imo but its hard to find an application that fulfills everone at a companys needs without making a custom one. Just like how C++ is a kinda sh*tty language... there are not a lot of better general ones for game dev :D
@SolSara 1. Various summer jobs (painting fences or what not)
2. Wrote some chemistry software for a steel plant
3. Junior car mechanic
4. Web dev + embedded programmer
5. Programmer (Paradox)
6. Project Lead (Paradox)
7. Game Director (Paradox)
@Benjamin_Magnus sacrifice 30% of the desk for a soft blanket or cat bed and the cat will stick to the corner. Sadly our two cats are now too big so i had to make a bigger desk during vacation so they would both fit and not mess in my stuff ;D