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More ideas: Run for office Start a SuperPAC Rent powerful tools Install three-phase power to your homelab Rent an office Create a mysterious alter ego Wr

More ideas: Run for office Start a SuperPAC Rent powerful tools Install three-phase power to your homelab Rent an office Create a mysterious alter ego Write a book. (Fiction, even.) Hire a voice actor / composer / musician / painter / ... (related to several ideas on OP’s list) File a patent Build a musical instrument… radio transmitter… boat… car… plane… helicopter… rocket…

skykooler 4y ago
Something I wonder about the last one - if you're a US citizen and you build a rocket, you can't hire anyone who isn't to work on it due to ITAR. If you're not a US citizen, can you legally build a rocket yourself in the US?
- orzig 4y ago
  I don't know details, but I knew someone who built rockets as a hobby. I think there are various levels of certification/notification required at different power levels (ie max altitudes), but it's definitely possible
starwind 4y ago
> Run for office Many counties and cities also have boards that normal citizens can join. It's usually not too hard to get on it if you can make a good case like "I live in the community, this is important to me, I have experience in this area." Good thing to do if you don't want to get as involved as running for office. You also might meet some important people in local government
throwaway_1928 4y ago
> File a patent Your employer will claim this as his own.
- dahart 4y ago
  Is there a good story there? The employer may be right to, if you develop it on the company dime or it’s related to your work, right? If you do it on your own time with your own resources, and your employer doesn’t agree to leave you alone, then take some of the other advice in the post and hire a lawyer. Speaking from experience, having a legal agreement signed by my employer that my own developments belong to me and aren’t competing was worth every penny just for peace of mind.
mrexroad 4y ago
> Install three-phase power to your homelab Three phase? What kind of homelab?
- mod 4y ago
  This actually just came up recently in a conversation I had with a person I would consider an expert, and he said you can't get 3-phase power in residential. I didn't ask him to elaborate, so I'm not sure if he meant "as a matter of policy" or "against code" or some kind of physical limitation. That said, everyone can get 240 (and almost everyone does, for the washer/dryer), and I'm pretty sure that with 240 and a device (VFD?) anyone can kinda create their own 3-phase on a smaller scale.
  - user_7832 4y ago
    That is really interesting to hear. In India homes often have 3 phase for water heaters and other heavy appliances.

skykooler 4y ago

Something I wonder about the last one - if you're a US citizen and you build a rocket, you can't hire anyone who isn't to work on it due to ITAR. If you're not a US citizen, can you legally build a rocket yourself in the US?

orzig 4y ago
I don't know details, but I knew someone who built rockets as a hobby. I think there are various levels of certification/notification required at different power levels (ie max altitudes), but it's definitely possible

starwind 4y ago

> Run for office Many counties and cities also have boards that normal citizens can join. It's usually not too hard to get on it if you can make a good case like "I live in the community, this is important to me, I have experience in this area." Good thing to do if you don't want to get as involved as running for office. You also might meet some important people in local government

throwaway_1928 4y ago

> File a patent Your employer will claim this as his own.

dahart 4y ago
Is there a good story there? The employer may be right to, if you develop it on the company dime or it’s related to your work, right? If you do it on your own time with your own resources, and your employer doesn’t agree to leave you alone, then take some of the other advice in the post and hire a lawyer. Speaking from experience, having a legal agreement signed by my employer that my own developments belong to me and aren’t competing was worth every penny just for peace of mind.

mrexroad 4y ago

> Install three-phase power to your homelab Three phase? What kind of homelab?

mod 4y ago
This actually just came up recently in a conversation I had with a person I would consider an expert, and he said you can't get 3-phase power in residential. I didn't ask him to elaborate, so I'm not sure if he meant "as a matter of policy" or "against code" or some kind of physical limitation. That said, everyone can get 240 (and almost everyone does, for the washer/dryer), and I'm pretty sure that with 240 and a device (VFD?) anyone can kinda create their own 3-phase on a smaller scale.
- user_7832 4y ago
  That is really interesting to hear. In India homes often have 3 phase for water heaters and other heavy appliances.