Who are you without IT?
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I honestly don't know if I can answer that question... I'd likely wind up a hunter or outdoorsman. Technology has been so integrated into my life for so long, it's really hard to separate myself and think about a life without it.
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I grew up with little to no technology. We lived off grid until I was 14. Then 5 years ago we spent a year in Africa with little to no technology as well. I can live with out it and actually know how to do it very well (I do mean all technology including things like electric and running water). Now I hate being without internet and do my best to never be in that situation (or a flushing toilet but that is another discussion), but I know I can survive and that I am a person without it.
Something that concerns me with having a child is how much can he do without all of that?
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I'd be further along in building my army of killer robots to take over the world.
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~ I'd probably be in sales of some form. ~
Hint: Everything is sales in some form
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This has been a question I have been working on an answer for nearly ten years... I've come up with a few possible ideas.. but none that will 'take hold'.
Having worked with, on, near, by, for technology for more than half my life, and years more than some.. It's difficult to envision what I would do if I left the IT field. Not only as IT been 'work' but it's been a hobby..
I've driving CDL class B for a while, Help Desk, Admin and such.
I don't want to drive anymore - to much crazy on the road, and it puts me to sleep unless I really wire out.
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@johnhooks said:
I went to school for classical guitar so probably something along those lines.
So did I!
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@gjacobse said:
I don't want to drive anymore - to much crazy on the road, and it puts me to sleep unless I really wire out.
That's why the good lord invented meth....
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If I won the lottery, I'd go back to school for the rest of my life and get a degree in everything. Lately I've been thinking more about writing, so that could be something I'd do as an alternative career.
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@Nic said:
If I won the lottery, I'd go back to school for the rest of my life and get a degree in everything. Lately I've been thinking more about writing, so that could be something I'd do as an alternative career.
Fiction or Non-Fiction?
I like to Dabble in my writing... alas, I have to work.
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@dafyre said:
@Nic said:
If I won the lottery, I'd go back to school for the rest of my life and get a degree in everything. Lately I've been thinking more about writing, so that could be something I'd do as an alternative career.
Fiction or Non-Fiction?
I like to Dabble in my writing... alas, I have to work.
I like non-fiction a lot. Some of the best writing I loved as a kid was long form stuff for lay people about technical topics, like Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005HG4W9W/
I'd love to write the Community Management version of Tom Limoncelli's book for sysadmins, something like that. -
@Nic said:
@dafyre said:
@Nic said:
If I won the lottery, I'd go back to school for the rest of my life and get a degree in everything. Lately I've been thinking more about writing, so that could be something I'd do as an alternative career.
Fiction or Non-Fiction?
I like to Dabble in my writing... alas, I have to work.
I like non-fiction a lot. Some of the best writing I loved as a kid was long form stuff for lay people about technical topics, like Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005HG4W9W/
I'd love to write the Community Management version of Tom Limoncelli's book for sysadmins, something like that.Have you started yet? The journey of 1000 pages starts with a single word.
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@dafyre said:
@Nic said:
@dafyre said:
@Nic said:
If I won the lottery, I'd go back to school for the rest of my life and get a degree in everything. Lately I've been thinking more about writing, so that could be something I'd do as an alternative career.
Fiction or Non-Fiction?
I like to Dabble in my writing... alas, I have to work.
I like non-fiction a lot. Some of the best writing I loved as a kid was long form stuff for lay people about technical topics, like Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005HG4W9W/
I'd love to write the Community Management version of Tom Limoncelli's book for sysadmins, something like that.Have you started yet? The journey of 1000 pages starts with a single word.
Started thinking about it, but haven't put pen to paper yet. I have the sketches of an outline in my head.
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I've been writing stories for years... I'll start them... and then put them down... or get bored with them and push them aside...
I've completed maybe 2 stories (Fantasy / Fiction) over the years, lol.
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@RojoLoco said:
@gjacobse said:
I don't want to drive anymore - to much crazy on the road, and it puts me to sleep unless I really wire out.
That's why the good lord invented meth....
lol all I can see is the woodland critter christmas... "Hail Satan!"
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@dafyre said:
I've been writing stories for years... I'll start them... and then put them down... or get bored with them and push them aside...
I've completed maybe 2 stories (Fantasy / Fiction) over the years, lol.
Have you published them anywhere (like Amazon self-publishing)?
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@Nic said:
@dafyre said:
I've been writing stories for years... I'll start them... and then put them down... or get bored with them and push them aside...
I've completed maybe 2 stories (Fantasy / Fiction) over the years, lol.
Have you published them anywhere (like Amazon self-publishing)?
No. I have thought about it. My Pops has published several books via Smashwords (they do all of the major ebook folks, and can do print as well, I believe).... It's the Whispering Pines Series by Charles E. Wells (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Whispering-Pines-Book-ebook/dp/B005TJ2PNW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449611750&sr=8-2&keywords=Charles+E.+Wells)
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@dafyre said:
@Nic said:
@dafyre said:
I've been writing stories for years... I'll start them... and then put them down... or get bored with them and push them aside...
I've completed maybe 2 stories (Fantasy / Fiction) over the years, lol.
Have you published them anywhere (like Amazon self-publishing)?
No. I have thought about it. My Pops has published several books via Smashwords (they do all of the major ebook folks, and can do print as well, I believe).... It's the Whispering Pines Series by Charles E. Wells (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Whispering-Pines-Book-ebook/dp/B005TJ2PNW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449611750&sr=8-2&keywords=Charles+E.+Wells)
That's cool - I'll have to check them out.
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@Nic said:
@dafyre said:
@Nic said:
@dafyre said:
I've been writing stories for years... I'll start them... and then put them down... or get bored with them and push them aside...
I've completed maybe 2 stories (Fantasy / Fiction) over the years, lol.
Have you published them anywhere (like Amazon self-publishing)?
No. I have thought about it. My Pops has published several books via Smashwords (they do all of the major ebook folks, and can do print as well, I believe).... It's the Whispering Pines Series by Charles E. Wells (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Whispering-Pines-Book-ebook/dp/B005TJ2PNW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449611750&sr=8-2&keywords=Charles+E.+Wells)
That's cool - I'll have to check them out.
I highly recommend Smashwords. Dad really likes them.
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@MattSpeller said:
@RojoLoco said:
@gjacobse said:
I don't want to drive anymore - to much crazy on the road, and it puts me to sleep unless I really wire out.
That's why the good lord invented meth....
lol all I can see is the woodland critter christmas... "Hail Satan!"
Now I need to watch that episode.
