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Ask HN: What career would you do if it was the 1960's, versus what you do now?
- kleer001 4y agoHopefully I'd still be doing visual effects for movies, but maybe then it'd be models and miniatures and explosions instead of computer stuff. Now, 1860s? I have no idea. Movies wouldn't be invented for another 30 years. :(
- ggm 4y agoThe same. I grew up in the 60s and there was a card punch and subsequently an asr33 teletype in our basement on a 75 baud line. If I was an adult in the 60s this is where I would want to be.
- smt88 4y agoI'd probably be doing manual labor because I live in the US and am not white.
- steve_coral 4y agoAdvertising
- nocubicles 4y agoAlways thought I would be a blacksmith if I lived in more ancient times then now.
- iExploder 4y agonot sure the tech was already advanced enough to smelt iron in the 60's
- cc101 4y agoCreative writing and maybe essays. I learned to program in the 1960's. It's been an enjoyable career, but it has left me with nothing lasting.
- iExploder 4y agoany job that lets me save up for a ticket to USA because USSR is about to invade in 8 years
- f0e4c2f7 4y agoPoker or sales. Thank God for the internet.
- devonnull 4y agoProbably either journalist or freelance writer. Maybe a tech writer at some big firm or another.
- jethronethro 4y agoAccountant or auditor.