If you were to quit your developer job today and move away from the tech world for a little while, what job would you do? Or what domain would interest you?
Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
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#2Sitting and thinking about this for just a moment...is unnerving. I'm not convinced I could "move away from the tech world" for too long. My brain is wired to tinker and build in the digital realm, my physique is accustomed to stationary existence, I've allowed tech to build a house of cards within myself which props up my life. It gives my day structure and when I take breaks (2-3 days here and there), i'm often at a loss for what to do with my time. It takes a good week for me to find my pre-tech self, something I haven't done in 6-8 months.
If I were to quit today, I would spend time unschooling my child. Maybe along the way I could rediscover some important lessons about how to live a more physically present life.
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#3Sitting and thinking about this for just a moment...is unnerving. I'm not convinced I could "move away from the tech world" for too long. My brain is wired to tinker and build in the digital realm, my physique is accustomed to stationary existence, I've allowed tech to build a house of cards within myself which props up my life. It gives my day structure and when I take breaks (2-3 days here and there), i'm often at…
That's messed up. Really no hobbies beside tech ? Try jiu jitsu or something.
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#4I would try to be a martial arts teacher (i always try to teach others at my kickboxing gym, why not get paid).
Also, any hobby/sport that gives you big addrenaline rush + makes/keeps you fit but doesn't slowly kill you (example: (kick)boxing kills your braincells) ?
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#5I imagine that I could be happy building wood furniture. Or maybe becoming a car mechanic. I think that I'd still like to either make or repair something, if I wasn't going to be a software developer.
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#6I'd probably go into a medical or bioscience field. It's always fascinated me (and I read medical journals as a kid).
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#7I would like to be a painter.
I used to learn to paint during the whole my childhood, but I gave up to be a painter and switched to be a tech guy.
I really like paint and I do some doodles in the weekend now.
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#9I started on a journey towards sustainable agriculture, working with dessert coast greenhouses. But got sucked back in to work on data systems for international development, which has been quite a success so far.
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#10Shepherd.