Comment by annzabelle
14 hours 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.
I recently left my career as a software engineer to train to become a violin maker. Couldn't be happier.
Also 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?
Haha, so you're going to do something AI can't replace, right?
Thinking 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.
Taxis had a protectionist system. Took a single competitor with deep pockets and disregard for the system to upend the whole thing.
I still get emails from NZ begging for people to come fill IT jobs