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📣 andrewstuart

What career would you do if it was the 1960's, versus what you do now?


What career would you do if it was the 1960's, versus what you do now?


  👤 smt88 Accepted Answer ✓
I'd probably be doing manual labor because I live in the US and am not white.

👤 iExploder
any job that lets me save up for a ticket to USA because USSR is about to invade in 8 years

👤 cc101
Creative writing and maybe essays. I learned to program in the 1960's. It's been an enjoyable career, but it has left me with nothing lasting.

👤 kleer001
Hopefully I'd still be doing visual effects for movies, but maybe then it'd be models and miniatures and explosions instead of computer stuff.

Now, 1860s? I have no idea. Movies wouldn't be invented for another 30 years. :(


👤 ggm
The same. I grew up in the 60s and there was a card punch and subsequently an asr33 teletype in our basement on a 75 baud line. If I was an adult in the 60s this is where I would want to be.

👤 devonnull
Probably either journalist or freelance writer. Maybe a tech writer at some big firm or another.

👤 nocubicles
Always thought I would be a blacksmith if I lived in more ancient times then now.

👤 f0e4c2f7
Poker or sales. Thank God for the internet.

👤 jethronethro
Accountant or auditor.

👤 steve_coral
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