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Ask HN: If you weren't coding for a living, what would you like to be doing?
- lsiunsuex 13y agoI wanted to be a architect when I was younger.
- brudgers 13y agoNow that I am older, I am wanting to be a programmer. Architecture is like being a chef, but with more liability and fewer happy customers.
- LeoSolaris 13y agoWriting sci-fi, fantasy, and horror novels with a lot more focus.
- michael_fine 13y agoI always loved cooking, but the long hours, high stress, and low wages turned me off from becoming a chef.
- deadfall 13y agoMaybe it is still the kid in me but professional racecar driver. I use to tear cars down and build them up when I was younger. I never have the financial/family support or knowhow to race full time.
- civilian 13y agoScience fiction writer and/or working in biotech. My degree was in biochemistry... that's what I thought I'd be doing, but there was no demand for more entry-level biotech workers when I graduated and lots of demand for programmers. That being said, I think I enjoy programming more than biotech.
- bartonfink 13y agoIf I had no further need for money (e.g. if I could provide for my family at a middle-class level permanently), I'd landscape full-time.
- ereckers 13y agoFishing guide.
- stathisg 13y agoNovel/screenplay writer, or a journalist for technology or art related subjects.
- a_alakkad 13y agoLive in countryside, take care of sheep and planting!
- shail 13y agoBecome a survival guide.
- jakubholynet 13y agoI would be coding for fun :-) Working in languages and toolchains of my choice (Clojure, f.ex.), helping organizations worth helping (NGOs,...). But that would be only a part-time activity, I would use the other part for stuff I like & never have enough time for - yoga, teaching, ... .
- ragatskynet 13y agoHmmm. Maybe I would try to gather some money for creating a music instrument shop/service. I like music and technology (behind music) as well - that would be fun!
- brwr 13y agoI have always wanted to study combinatorics or linear algebra at a graduate level.
- cosmc 13y agoa farmer.
- meerita 13y agoFlying a plane.