Tailor. I just sew as a hobby, but I enjoy being able to make clothes fit better.
Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
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#672I did. I'm in the military. I was a linguist but I'm switching over to a cyber security role now. When I get out I'm going to work in the industry again, but with a focus on security. Previously, I just worked on web/mobile apps.
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I don't want to bring the discussion off topic, but I find that hard to believe. Some good electronic artists that I enjoy are Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Burial, and The Avalanches. I agree that there is a lot of crappy electronic music on the internet but I think that's true of any genre. Why do you think its the lowest tier?
I'd say the Avalanches is mostly hip hop. Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, I don't think they are any good or different that the other hundreds of artists in those genres.
So if you don't even understand that The Avalanches are an electronic music group... nevermind...
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I live paycheck to paycheck on six figures in the midwest. I'm not broke but I'm certainly not living it up. People act like 100k is life changing money. I think it depends more on circumstances before you get to $100k. If I had parents who paid for school I'd probably be living it up too.
Agreed. My parents gave me nothing. Had to pay for school and save up for home loan, car etc.
Different experiences. I put myself through school, have $50k in student loan debt, and I'm living comfortably on $54k/yr in New Jersey. Renting a small house, and sending around 15-20% of my income to help support my mother and 5 young siblings. I eat out a few times a month, and otherwise have a modest entertainment budget. I'm only able to set aside a very small amount, if anything, right now, but overall, I'm fairly secure. Without a requirement to live in an expensive area, I don't see why anyone would have trouble living on $100k/yr even with a couple kids and a non-working spouse. May not be luxurious, but should at least be comfortable.
I often wonder if it's just people who have a different concept of what is a necessity vs a luxury due to never having to go without for a significant part of their lives, or people who have just never lived outside of the cities or other expensive areas.
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Women have wet dreams too.
I understand, but this is a pedantic reply that doesn't address the spirit of my comment. To be a little bit more explicit: sexual comments are one of the ways in which tech spaces are made less friendly to women.
I appreciate your wanting to make tech more inclusive, but I am a woman, and I don't need to be protected from comments that reference sex.
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"Obviously kids make this harder..." If you didn't have kids you would feel incredibly rich. You could pay off your house in five years and feel even richer.
Don't forget it's not uncommon for two college grads to have $100k in student loan debt today.
It absolutely is uncommon to have that much student loan debt.
http://ticas.org/posd/state-state-data-2015
The average student loan debt is $27,000. Having four times that amount makes you a massive outlier.
Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
#677Woodworker. From running two small ecommerce companies I think I've learned enough about MVP, shipping, inventory management, etc. From 25 years as a software engineer I've learned about building tools to automate steps. I'd pick some "hard to find / expensive niche (e.g. Greene and Greene, Art Nouveau, etc.), but offer repeatable designs, not do custom work. That would allow for lots of jigs, fixtures, using cheap m…
That doesn't really sound like a "woodworker".
Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
#678I'd be a Chiropractor.
The original reference architecture for the Human Body is still valid, save for a newly-classified organ here and there.
No microservices revolutions, no development methodologies, no UI toolkits...
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#679Private intelligence to help journalists disclose and report on corruption and abuse around the world.
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#680Bartend