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I have a friend who got an English and Creative Writing degree from a liberal arts college, and then immediately went back to trade school for band instrument r
by annzabelle 3mo ago
I have a friend who got an English and Creative Writing degree from a liberal arts college, and then immediately went back to trade school for band instrument repair. It's not particularly lucrative, as trades go, but it does seem a lot more future proof than most careers.
- LzeYing 3mo agoHaha, so you're going to do something AI can't replace, right?
- annzabelle 3mo agoThinking about it. I'm pretty attracted to the idea of a career with some kind of protectionist licensing system, like doctor or actuary, but that may just be staving off the inevitable. Might teach high school. After I got laid off in the US, I moved to a mountain town in New Zealand planning on being a ski lift operator while I think about the future, but got a software developer job by accident instead.
- loloquwowndueo 3mo agoTaxis had a protectionist system. Took a single competitor with deep pockets and disregard for the system to upend the whole thing.
- selimthegrim 3mo agoI still get emails from NZ begging for people to come fill IT jobs
- annzabelle 3mo agoIt's great for a couple years, but compensation is so much lower here I wouldn't do it long term, except if you marry a local or are independently wealthy. I make a third of what I did in the US, and my job in the US was in a medium cost of living area and wasn't a startup or big tech. Housing costs about the same amount.
- selimthegrim 3mo agoI had the opportunity to take up a working holiday visa 10-12 years ago and never used it.
- hn_throwaway_99 3mo agoI recently left my career as a software engineer to train to become a violin maker. Couldn't be happier.
- coldpie 3mo agoAlso looking to leave software, lots of options in front of me. Are you still in training, or are you making a living from it now?
- hn_throwaway_99 3mo agoI'm in training.