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Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
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#122I live on the edge of a national park. In summer they advertise for Wardens to help with patrolling the park, on a voluntary basis.
If I could afford it I'd happily code for 6 months of the year, then be a warden for the rest.
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#123Doctor. The idea of studying human body and saving lives fascinates me. Having said that, i think Docs should be more accountable, like for ex: they could screw up a surgery resulting in a loss of life and no one would even know about it, is something always scares me.
Given today's plentiful tech resources, it only makes sense to record video and audio of every surgery. These would be useful for accountability as well as refinement of technique and protocol. The added cost would be negligible.
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#124Not in any particular order...And, either one or some combination of the following: * Dance music DJ or music maker - I love me some house music. (Notice I said "music maker" - i.e. a maker of tracks/songs, and not "musician"...i just don't have the formal training to play an actual instrument...however, if time travel existed, then yes a musician). * Indie film maker / director / screenwriter / or even actor/perform…
Get a quality keyboard and a piano tutor. They'll keep you accountable, and you'll learn much faster.
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#125Relief bush pilot on the Amazon jungle... Today, there is so much need for transportation of Doctors/Teachers/Helpers within villages in the Jungle. Unfortunately most of the obstacles to achieving this are purely political/Bureaucratic.
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#126Residential architect or dog walker / doggie daycare operator.
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#127Philosopher
Well I did a BA in Philosophy in the late 80s, and it's served me well as a developer. Software development is just applied ontology really...
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#128I'd buy a sailboat and take people on tours in Greece. Except I hate people, which is why I work in tech.
Well you don't have to bring them BACK...
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#129Very easy... finish paramedic school. EMS is the perfect antidote for a lifetime of sedentary computer programming. Plus, you get to work with people - or at least you'd better learn how to work with people.
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#130Photojournalist