OT - If You Could Switch Professions, What Would it Be?

Submitted by xtramelanin on

Mates,

We enjoyed a great topic earlier this week with the 'Roll Call'.  So next question:  If you could change occupations from what you do now to what you think you would like to do in a near-perfect world (no jobs available in the adult film industry, you rogues), what would that new occupation be?  Extra credit given for humor, the 'why' of the new occupation, and if you are actually taking any steps toward this new job.

Happy weekend and go blue.

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I dumped the Dope

May 9th, 2015 at 3:52 PM ^

Seems like farmers make more money than ever before.  Get to work outside all summer, and never have to commute.   Its hard daily work but what isn't.  Plus you can build whatever you want without interference from local building authorities.  I think you have to inheriit land, though, and can't start into the profession with capital only, unless making a small fortune by way of starting with a large fortune is a possibility.

Dentistry has some appeal, my current job is to fix almost everything else, conceptually it seems like fixing teeth would have its own challenges but be generally right inline with those type of skills.  I have a lot of difficulty scheduling an appointment, I'd work sort of a split shift hours up to like 8pm at night, 6 days a week until I thought I had enough cash saved up, then cut back.  I can see where insurance cuts into the deal, but people can't afford to put off simple repair work unless they want a big repair work bill down the line...

A developer of real estate has some appeal too, either rejuventaing old brick buildings to modern standards and purposes, or building subdivisions from scratch, but its too cyclical.   Maybe building custom houses for MLB, NHL, NFL, etc players would be steadier...

 

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xtramelanin

May 9th, 2015 at 7:50 PM ^

or at least, not true for little guys like me.  might be true for the mega-farms which are taking over the little guys' farms but those mega-corps aren't playing by the same rules as the rest of us - between FDA $ (we get none) and GMO crops that are themselves combined with patent/statutory protection that defies any form of logic that normal people like us use, they are an industry like no other. 

we have to abide by the building code too, but that really isn't a problem in most instances.   maybe the rules are differentn in other states.

good luck in dental school...

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justingoblue

May 9th, 2015 at 4:02 PM ^

I would manage a hedge fund for about twelve months and then disappear to an island only accessible by plane followed by boat and/or helicopter. In reality I'd get bored and start up some philanthropic stuff back in civilization.

I think it would be really cool to run the financial side of a b corporation. Having CFO on your business card while feeling like you make a difference is probably the best mix of production and feeling good about the results I can think of, short of being a second Bill Gates or Elon Musk.

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UMgradMSUdad

May 9th, 2015 at 6:28 PM ^

I wouldn't mind one of those work from home just a few hours a week jobs that earns $5,000 per week. Or own a really popular restaurant that rakes in the customers and money.  Have someone else do the managing and paper work. 

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sadeto

May 9th, 2015 at 9:11 PM ^

Quiver, isn't this thread your life story? Didn't you make the transition from lawyer to farmer? 

I am planning my next career, have been for a while, I should have been there by now but a NY divorce with a huge price tag set me back several years. After my younger son is in college I will use the same skill set I've been applying to first world people's first world problems, to third world people's third world problems. I can do so within my current firm, we have an international division which works on such things. Or I will move to an NGO. We'll see. Under ideal circumstances my final 'port of call' will be the Drigung Thil where I'll be prepared for the griffons. 

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xtramelanin

May 9th, 2015 at 10:10 PM ^

we farm to supplement income and provide food and fuel for the family, but at this point we are not in a position to go 100% farming.   that said, i am hoping the training i am imparting to the kids would enable any of them to utilize those skills and be full time farmers if they so choose. 

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mgobleu

May 9th, 2015 at 11:10 PM ^

an amazing job if it was just that; FARMING. Modern day farming today is so much more disgusting stuff than actual farming...if you grow any fresh market produce and plan to sell it anywhere, 75% of your job is actually compliance, s.o.p.'s and food safety. Not to mention bending over to the d.e.q., watching all your farms grow up into houses and outlet malls and trying to scrape together any 2-3 acre plot you can get your hands on, just to plant a crop that you had to mortgage your very soul to afford before you even put it in the ground. Then if the weather doesn't work out, you get to watch it die. Or you watch bugs and disease destroy it because you can't use the necessary chemicals to protect it because somebody with a blog writes a post that goes viral because people have nothing else to worry about. Then if you should miraculously bring a crop to market, if there's a single bug bite, on it, it gets rejected on the spot and is worthless but to donate it to a food bank. Even though Adam Duritz says he doesn't care about spots on his apples, he'll pick the damn things out in the grocery store and take the nicest ones every time. Oh, and if he didn't wash his hands before he handled every one, or the stockboy who just handled raw chicken didn't sanitize his cart and spreads something nasty to your produce, guess who gets an fda anal exam and can literally end up in jail if someone gets sick? Not the grocer, and not the broker, I'll tell you that. All to hopefully get paid a measly couple percent more per unit than you got for the same produce 50 years ago. There's a reason family farms are a novelty these days and the "factory" farms (which is a b.s. moniker) are the only ones that can make it. Sorry for the rant. I come from a farming family and it's a sore spot.

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xtramelanin

May 10th, 2015 at 4:11 PM ^

though where we live my firm qualifies as 'large' but it really isn't.   my partners are guys that i hunt and fish with, work hard, honest, virtually no bickering.  

we could probably make the farm work out sooner rather than later, as we have developed a clientele who appreciate our organic, pasture fed poultry, beef and lamb, along with eggs.  i would have to sell pretty hard though to get over the top on that.  i want to see what the children are genuinely interested in too.  i have teased our sons in particular, 'okay boys, i don't care how you all split it up, but we need one of you to be a doctor, one a lawyer, one builder and one farmer, that leaves one of you with a free choice.  so figure it out....'

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drjaws

May 9th, 2015 at 9:28 PM ^

1. Professional beer taster
2. Professional pot taster
3. Drummer of a super-famous rock band (paparazzi never hound drummers)
4. Professional golfer
5. Ghandi
6. If I can't be Ghandi, Bill Gates
7. Steven Yzerman
8. Iron Man
9. Steven Hawking's brain in Brad Pitt's body
10. Toxicologists



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Trobdcso

May 9th, 2015 at 9:59 PM ^

With enough success to keep it going for 20+ years. Those guys are pampered like no other, and now with NetJets, it's easy traveling.

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AndArst

May 5th, 2020 at 10:22 AM ^

If I could change my profession, I would become a pilot, but unfortunately I do not pass the health parameters. I have a very weak heart. To be honest, I only got my current job because I was thoroughly prepared for the interview thanks to the mr simon site. If it wasn't for this website, I would be unemployed right now.

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Regalro

May 25th, 2020 at 8:07 AM ^

I like my job, but I also have additional income from cryptocurrency trading. I buy and sell Bitcoins and other crypto via Switchere, sometimes it brings me good profit. It is very comfotable that I can do this work from home, I need only internet, maybe in future it will be my main job!

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