Ask HN: How do you handle needing to find something to do at work?

Seems like that would depend on your job. Are you a line cook? Actuary? Electrician, barber, power systems controls engineer, nurse, technical writer, programmer, financial advisor, program manager, creative director, level designer, wing systems engineer, welder, pilot, detective, bouncer, film editor, bartender, appliance line worker, landscaper, civil engineer, residential construction foreman, HVAC technician, … ?