If you weren't in IT, what would be your career?

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I've always been into computers so IT naturally ended up being the career choice for me, but I have 2 other passions. I wanted to be a pro gamer for a long time and played competitively (DDR and Fighting games), but if you're not the best, you're not going to make any money so it wasn't a good long term career goal for me. I've also always been fascinated with insects (especially ants) and wanted to be an entomologist, but I thought it would've been too hard to make into a career. I didn't even know how to get started and figured I would've probably had to be in school for many years before I could even get a job working in that field (and I've always hated school).
If I wasn't in IT, I think I would've tried being an entomologist as my 2nd choice or a pro gamer as my third. Both seem fun, but I'd have a much more stable career with studying insects then with gaming.
If I wasn't in IT, I think I would've tried being an entomologist as my 2nd choice or a pro gamer as my third. Both seem fun, but I'd have a much more stable career with studying insects then with gaming.
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My wife does that. No thank you, too hard. IT is easier. (Not kidding)
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Seriously, my first degree is in architecture (building design, not computer architecture). I worked in the field for awhile but got lured away by the sound of a PC booting up. If not for that, I'd probably still be in a creative field.
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Same. That's a hella stressful job for sure.
If I wasn't in IT then I would be in real estate. Either development, broker (residential and/or commercial), or some other function in RE. The other option would be sales or sales management at a car dealership.
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That what I did when I was going to school for programming, I was pretty good at it. I could have made a living doing that. The advantages of a trade skill is there haven't been any radical advancements in electrical, HVAC or plumbing technology, what you knew 20 years ago is just a relative today. Not so much with IT, being an expert in Windows NT probably isn't going to be of a lot of use in todays job market.
Becoming an alcoholic mechanic would cover 2/3.
Easy...manage a Funny Car team where the driver is a woman and the car uses an alcohol based fuel! Win/win/win...right?
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Realistically I'd say teacher because of the job security and I could maybe teach about computers so that would be my second choice.
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