Q: If you, like me, make your income via the internet (not just through something like ecommerce or Patreon...but also like a day job that is internet related), and the internet were to go away tomorrow, what other skills do you have to make a living?
I don't know if I have any, and that disappoints me.
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I think that I will open my jewelry workshop and will make different jewelry, such as rings, bracelets, necklaces, and the like. I just recently looked for a ring and came across the site segaljewellery.com/collections/bla... where I saw how much it costs, I figured out all the pros and cons, and in the end I see how much I can earn from it. This is not a bad idea for a business and I will do it very soon)
I love this answer. Thanks for sharing!
Food! I love cooking. I could pretty ”easily” make my own business making pizza and bread, I’m really good at it. I also love making ramen and soup in general.
I say easily as in, I don’t have the funds or location or time, but if I decided to go for it, i do have the talent. I make pretty damn good pizza, and I know the logic of how to build a pizza oven so I could even start from scratch — literally.
If the internet crashed tomorrow, after surviving the global panic that would follow, I’d have a restaurant about bread, soup, and pizza. Oh and it would be history themed. Maybe medieval or Ancient Greek. I don’t know, I also love history hehe
I want a medieval themed place like blast pizza to go to now. It would have to be friendly for people wanting to play d&d games there too lol.
They just put a Blast Pizza in across from my neighborhood. Is it any good?
Yea the one here at least is pretty good. Better than a lot of the other pizza places
This is a fantastic answer!
An Internet Pizza restaurant... oh wait
Becoming an artist. I've been very close to saying f-it and just becoming a hermit living in the woods drawing/painting.
However ...
There's that money issue.
Anyway - In the beginning, I really wanted to go into Physics, but my writing was really really really bad and didn't learn how to write properly till college (which is what kept me out of those schools). I still have some issue with it, but I can look back the last few years and see an improvement.
I feel this one. In high school I developed a love for web design, which got me studying computer science. I nearly went the other direction and studied graphic design, but I also was concerned about making a career / stable income.
It's always good to hear that I'm not alone in having these worries.
In time I've realized I love drawing and creating in my free time, and not having the pressure of creating art / designing for money probably makes it more enjoyable for me overall.
This is how I view making art as well.
I feel this, so hard. Those thoughts are actually what brought me to starting this discussion.
Great ideas!
environmental engineering for sure!
I was thinking about it initially but at the time it wasn't as popular and I didn't really understand the stuff I researched about it when I was 18.
The career choice is really diverse and I like being able to contribute to helping our environment.
Environmental engineering is such an important area. I see a lot of hackathons / VC's looking for new ideas relating to environmental issues all the time. I also have a strong interest there, maybe it's possible to get the best of both worlds at the right company :)
Honestly, I would LOVE to get in on that. If I could combine programming and environmental that would be perfect for me. I just don't know where to look for that kind of opportunity. Unfortunately, I'm JUST about to graduate now lol..so maybe in the future?
Yes! The environment needs the help! (Thanks to us)
As a dev@35 career changer I can fall back onto the following work experiences if computers where to suddenly go away:
Though, since I have done all those I would most likely open a coffee shop somewhere in downtown in a small corner and serve some niche gourmet espresso. OR, depending on the state of the world at large, open said coffee shop at some beach and ad a stand up paddling rental to the mix.
If the internet goes out forever, we'll definitely need to bike USB drives around town all the time!
Hah, I just canceled my metro subscription to justify buying a new bike. Now I am commuting by bike 13km one way and loving it, so bike courier would be a part time option too.
Been working as windsurf instructor for 7 holiday seasons at the end of my school years and later through university. I think this would be a good choice as an alternative and easy living.
Also did some school level maths teaching, so that would be a fallback. Maybe additionally to some manual work, maybe gardening?
Very cool question, nice to see what people like to do apart from internets.
I think I would become a Buddhist monk, to be honest.
I’d probably see what sort of work I could get in solar or wind energy. Anything from installing solar panels to working on the embedded systems that operate the equipment.
Great answer! I read recently that solar panel installation is one of the most in-demand jobs right now. In-demand as in: they need people to do it.
My side gig has been running an electronic bass music label since 2018. It doesn't bring in much money, but I love it with my whole heart and I have long-term plans for it. Right now, that means it just trickles in passive income on the side, but maybe one day I can take it full-time.
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Sam!!
Oh hey!
Happy to run into you here!
Yeah, I love this community. Haven't done much blogging yet, but I read a ton on here.
I'd want to go all in on blacksmithing. I've only done it once before but I caught a real passion for it; if I had the resources I'd go at it hammer and tongs ;P
Practically I'd say I'd probably expand my vegetable gardening to become a farmer of some kind. In terms of skills I have right now that seems more manageable and pragmatic
In the ensuing chaos that would happen after the internet disappearing, blacksmith might be highly useful.
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