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  • M Member 96

    For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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    Book store owner. At least, this is what I hope to be doing in a few years. :)


    Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.


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      For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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      Mad scientist. At least, that's what I aspire to be. THE MADDEST OF THEM ALL!!! :laugh::laugh::laugh:

      "I experienced the thrill of the hunt vicariously through the rapid breathing, rolling eyes, pouring sweat and frantic muscular jerking of my prey as it scrambled clumsily away from me. It was like it had half-chewed itself already." -Myself (in about three minutes - cool, huh)

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        For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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        I would of loved to get into acting too, as it was something I did a lot of in my teens. Other than computing, my best subjects at school were geography, maths and physics, so some sort of science job would also of been possible. I quite fancied the idea of civil engineering too - the idea of helping to build infrastructure such as roads, bridges, etc. always appealed to me.

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          For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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          Christian Graus
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          Serously ? At one time, I thought child care. Now, I'd have to say that I'd go back to my first love, as a child I always wanted to be an archaeologist ( even before Indiana Jones made it cool ).

          Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

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          • M Member 96

            For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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            R Giskard Reventlov
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            Building engines/restoring classic british sports cars, especially Lotus/Jensen/Jaguar. Found recently that I am REALLY missing it. Ho-hum.

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            • M Member 96

              For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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              Still don't know what I want to do when I leave school and that was nearly 30 years ago. In the meantime I'll slap out some code now and again and hope it works sufficiently well to pay me enough to maintain my standard of living. Apart from that, probably a geologist studying tectonic plates - I love 'em.

              I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

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              • M Member 96

                For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                I'd be in some form of racing. -- modified at 9:44 Monday 29th October, 2007 Or maybe a mercenary...

                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                • M Member 96

                  For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                  I would have, and should have, been a lawyer. I'm still trying to get a law degree now, at 38.

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                    For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                    An artist, graphic designer, writer, pro photographer, musician, counselor, consumer product designer, film-writer, landscape or home designer, tutor, electronics engineer, or ecologist. Gosh, it's so hard to choose... I have too many interests! Fortunately, I'm not only limited to one profession, and in software development I also do get to pursue my writing (albeit tech only) and graphics design interests to a fair degree.

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                    • M Member 96

                      For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                      Jurrien Fakkeldij
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                      not sure just started working as professional software developer. But the army sounded tempting for a while ( as fighter pilot or marine that is ).

                      ph34r t3h cut3 0n3s.

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                        For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                        Well since I also have a biochemistry degree I guess I would be a chemist/biochemist. Now and then when I get tired of all the inanimate bits I do long for the lab.


                        "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                        -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                        • M Member 96

                          For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                          Would've tried my hands in music. :)

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                            For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                            Being a carpenter would've been fun, I think.

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                              Book store owner. At least, this is what I hope to be doing in a few years. :)


                              Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.


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                              If you ever set one up I'll come and work for you. I used to be a bookseller - apart from the poor pay, it was the best job in the world.

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                                For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                                Pete OHanlon
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                                I'd like to do what I did while I was a student. Bum around, gigging with my band. Ah, those were the days.

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                                  For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                                  Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                                  As a **Teacher**.

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                                  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                                    Being a carpenter would've been fun, I think.

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                                    :confused: :confused: During our first year engineering course, there used to be a lab called 'Mechanical Workshop'. It had a Carpentry thing. That used to be horrible one at least for a few of us. :mad: Just about you lightly touch the little wood to make the 'T-Shape', it used to break down to get you negative scores. :-D

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                                      For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                                      Things I'm good at, so I might have fallen into one of them: - Tech writer - Shopkeeper (bookstore especially) - Teacher Things I'm not good at, but might have tried anyway: - Actor - Stand-up comedian - Soldier


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                                      • M Member 96

                                        For those of you that make your living writing software: Let's say that for whatever reason you never became a professional software developer, what do you think you would you be doing for a living? I think I would probably have been a chef but there is a slight possibility I might have been a commercial artist or an actor.


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                                        Probably would have gone into computer hardware, I used to enjoy getting my hands dirty and getting physical with the damn things. If we're competly getting rid of IT then I'd like to have been a mechanic.

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                                        • J Jurrien Fakkeldij

                                          not sure just started working as professional software developer. But the army sounded tempting for a while ( as fighter pilot or marine that is ).

                                          ph34r t3h cut3 0n3s.

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                                          Jurrien Fakkeldij wrote:

                                          the army sounded tempting for a while ( as fighter pilot or marine that is ).

                                          Army is always a good career. More than anything else, it gives you a satisfaction that you serve and protect your motherland. :)

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