We've all thought about what we'd do instead of developing. I think I'd repair electronics. I worked on electronic test equipment when I was younger and I absolutely loved it. Looking through a microscope, analyzing faulty circuits? The best.
What would you do if you weren't working in software?
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The road to development for me was pretty rocky and circumstantial. If I had the ability to go back in time and do things all over again, I think I'd end up going with my choice of pharmaceutical development. Still a type of development, I guess! It brought my love of chemistry and medicine together. If you would have asked me where I thought I'd be in 5 years in 2016, I would have said in a lab!
On the other hand, there's also the possibility that I would have gone the complete other direction and worked whatever job I found to support myself while focusing on creative pursuits. There's a possibility that I would have ended up learning how to code anyway on that path.
However, if I had to change my path today, I'm not sure what I'd do. I know which jobs I'd apply to in order to keep paying the bills, but as a career code just feels right.
I probably would have stayed working in IT on the networking and help desk side of things. I started doing this in high school and could have probably been set with a decent job with no additional schooling just from being lucky to meet the owner of a big IT shop by chance during high school.
There is also a chance I would have went on to become a lawyer too. I always liked learning and the small details of things so I find myself often distracted reading about law and different court cases in detail.
Farm.
I'd be an Accounting teacher
I'd be a math teacher. Maybe one day...