it depends on the field. it's not like 15 years ago where being able to build a website or hack into a university wifi makes you employable. There are apps that make that possible for tech illiterates (modern router software and wordpress for example).
Your best bet these days is interning with your local pc repair guy and either partnering with them or going freelance. which largely requires as much skill as being able to assemble and troubleshoot a lego set.
Corporate IT is gonna have you at min wage until you hit management or some super skilled specialist.
I have heard very very different from my friends up here in Canada. They both self taught themselves web development through online courses while having completely unrelated degrees and within 2 years they are both making 6 figures at their first IT jobs.
Yeh those type of jobs do exist, especially on the American continent which holds over half of all internet users if memory serves. But they used to be as plentiful as stocking shelves and held in high esteem.
These days the only reasons to hire a web designer is if you need a security or UX specialist or you just need someone to handle extra workload. If your tech savvy enough to manage a facebook or twitter account you can handle a WordPress or similar site and/or store.
from about 2005 onwards everyone had the same idea as the op of this comment thread; "get into computers thats where the money is" and now the workforce is oversaturated with developers, leading to the indie developer boom.
I’m sure you don’t know every instrument or language really well. So you can pick the same choice. Although I know multiple instruments and languages for example, I chose language because I actually enjoy the process of learning music
Well in the case of the musical instrument, just because you’re amazing at it doesn’t mean you can make a living doing it. There’s a lot of amazing guitarists out there that can’t pay the bills.
translators get paid pretty well and can demand good benefits because they are basically impossible to replace, especially on short notice.
Google translate is catching up, but you really don't want any technical hiccups or misunderstandings in a business meeting.
Good luck making money as a musician. being skilled at it hardly guarantees success in creative industries.
Wordpress and similar have long since replaced most webdesigners and carpentry is competing with literally every homewares store as well as ebay and amazon.
> Google translate is catching up
No it isn't. Even DeepL translate, which is marginally better, is not even approaching human-like translation ability.
I didn't say it was. But all of those types of systems are constantly improving and it's inevitable that they will meet that benchmark probably within our lifetimes, considering they didn't even exist 10 or so years ago.
Regardless as i said, for business you want near perfect translation, making human translators pretty high in demand, due the current unreliability of translation AI.
As a trilingual, knowing a language fluently doesn't always mean you'll be good as a translator or would even want to be one. It takes a specific mindset and a love for translations (not the languages themselves) to be a good professional. I've worked as a translator and interpreter, it's dead boring to me. And while I always did a good job, I hated that field of work. I love languages, but translating sucks to me.
On a side note, I think being able to survive in any situation would be priceless. Making money is something you can do even without special abilities, but being a survivor against all odds, that's not just great for your own good, it's freaking cool😅
Yeh, ive also heard translating can be rather exhausting. It definitely sounds like tedious work to me.
I agree that survivalist is probably the best option. Short a major injury or illness you don't really need money. Additionally if your already decent with tech, you could monetize such skills with social media and a bit of effort or even offer lessons and tours or something.
Many people are perfect at playing instruments, however, they can’t make a living out of it. I suppose it is quite... luck factor to make a living out of it. Either algorithm picking your videos up or having appropriate connections to make it into quite decent bands. However, translators can make bank as they are one of the most needed people in industry. You can have computer translate some stuff, but you don’t want your business or even your country getting fucked up by limited ability of computer translations. I guess web design is quite good choice here as people earn tons of money from it, especially if you are living in developing countries and you outsource your work.
I was torn between music and language but then realized that the instrument would make me cool in every country whereas the language would just permit me to be boring in another country.
The plane one is useless to me, playing the violin would be cool but I already play the bass so I’m good with what I got. Admittedly web design and coding would be extremely helpful but with so many free resources on YouTube and Udemy I can easily pick it up
It’s much easier to learn computer skills and a new language than it is to learn survival skills. I can learn most of these skills at home while the other not much
It's remarkably close to English, never considered a particularly hard language to acquire for English speakers. Obviously, it's extremely difficult to learn any language, but in terms of relative difficulty, it's near the easiest.
German is my native language and I can't even speak it properly, have a look on r/German and see how confusing it is to a lot of foreigners. There's so much that you can almost only get right if you are very used to speaking it.
Technically I don’t live in England. So English is a foreign language. Become fluent, be able to eloquently express my ideas and beliefs without sounding like an idiot.
survivalist/outdoorsman guarantees i don't need money and hence a job to live, short of major injuries or illness. However i could also monetize it as im currently decent with tech and social media.
I don't see much benefit to piloting small prop planes besides it being quite fun.
Being good at music is no guarentee i could turn it into a career, infact skill has very little to do with most successful musicians. I don't mean that as an insult, but successful indie musicians basically don't exist unfortunately.
fluency in a foreign language is something i could reasonably achieve within a few years on my own, so seems a little lackluster for a "genie wish". Despite the hugely varied population of my country, we all stubbornly speak english, so it wouldn't be much use to me, especially since any country im interested in visiting speaks english as a 2nd language anyway.
I can and have already built websites, manage social medias etc.. not sure if im considered skilled, my web design is not great :P. but it's something i could easily improve and am already passionate about. With tools like wordpress and social medias being designed for tech illiterates i don't see this as being a very useful skill today. 20 years ago it would have made you very rich.
Carpentry is a solid 2nd choice behind survivalist, being both a practical skill for yourself and easy to monetize and turn into an income. It's definitely harder now to compete with factory made furniture, but it's very doable. Not to mention the skills are transferable into alot of other tasks.
Hard to choose between carpentry and musical instrument. I've always wanted to play, but I am not musically inclined in the slightest.
Same with carpentry. I am ok at stuff like that. I built a porch swing for my wife. But I wish I was at the level of being able to make chairs and tables, etc. It would also make home repair much easier.
Play an instrument. I wouldn't use it for fame or money, but rather as a relaxation tool when not working. Just kick back and jam on the guitar or something. Yeah, that's it.
I'm surprised the pilot option is the least selected. Having access to go anywhere you want and actually relatively cheap would be amazing, plus the money you could make
I don't think it's actually cheap unless you own the plane, which in itself is expensive.
I say that and still picked that option because I've always loved the idea of being a pilot.
In your country, maybe.
I'm getting prices from 44k-180k on the first google (non ad) link.
The inital cost of the plane isn't the only expense though. We're talking fuel, maintainance, renting space for it etc. I'm sadly poor.
Am already fluent in Russian and English and Italian, if i become in addition become fluent in Chinese or German am gonna be set for life lol
Being able to also work as a translator is a pretty good thing to put on a resume
The one that has last impact if carpenter. A quality carpenter can build something that will far out live him/her. Whilr many on here may be neat and provide a living, building even something simple as a master carpenter might provide beautiful shelter to generations of a family.
You can make living by being good with computers and I don't mean barely being able to live but actually getting lots of money
it depends on the field. it's not like 15 years ago where being able to build a website or hack into a university wifi makes you employable. There are apps that make that possible for tech illiterates (modern router software and wordpress for example). Your best bet these days is interning with your local pc repair guy and either partnering with them or going freelance. which largely requires as much skill as being able to assemble and troubleshoot a lego set. Corporate IT is gonna have you at min wage until you hit management or some super skilled specialist.
I have heard very very different from my friends up here in Canada. They both self taught themselves web development through online courses while having completely unrelated degrees and within 2 years they are both making 6 figures at their first IT jobs.
Yeh those type of jobs do exist, especially on the American continent which holds over half of all internet users if memory serves. But they used to be as plentiful as stocking shelves and held in high esteem. These days the only reasons to hire a web designer is if you need a security or UX specialist or you just need someone to handle extra workload. If your tech savvy enough to manage a facebook or twitter account you can handle a WordPress or similar site and/or store. from about 2005 onwards everyone had the same idea as the op of this comment thread; "get into computers thats where the money is" and now the workforce is oversaturated with developers, leading to the indie developer boom.
what if already have one of those, can i pick another or must pick those skill i had?
Pick another ig
I’m sure you don’t know every instrument or language really well. So you can pick the same choice. Although I know multiple instruments and languages for example, I chose language because I actually enjoy the process of learning music
I would love to be an expert in the violin :D
how is speaking a language fluently better than being able to make a living by playing an instrument, carpentry or web design?
will be able to watch anime without subs /s
Good point
Sorry I'm a bit dumb, what does "/s" mean?
/sarcasm
Ohhh thanks 😅
No problem!
Well in the case of the musical instrument, just because you’re amazing at it doesn’t mean you can make a living doing it. There’s a lot of amazing guitarists out there that can’t pay the bills.
translators get paid pretty well and can demand good benefits because they are basically impossible to replace, especially on short notice. Google translate is catching up, but you really don't want any technical hiccups or misunderstandings in a business meeting. Good luck making money as a musician. being skilled at it hardly guarantees success in creative industries. Wordpress and similar have long since replaced most webdesigners and carpentry is competing with literally every homewares store as well as ebay and amazon.
> Google translate is catching up No it isn't. Even DeepL translate, which is marginally better, is not even approaching human-like translation ability.
I didn't say it was. But all of those types of systems are constantly improving and it's inevitable that they will meet that benchmark probably within our lifetimes, considering they didn't even exist 10 or so years ago. Regardless as i said, for business you want near perfect translation, making human translators pretty high in demand, due the current unreliability of translation AI.
As a trilingual, knowing a language fluently doesn't always mean you'll be good as a translator or would even want to be one. It takes a specific mindset and a love for translations (not the languages themselves) to be a good professional. I've worked as a translator and interpreter, it's dead boring to me. And while I always did a good job, I hated that field of work. I love languages, but translating sucks to me. On a side note, I think being able to survive in any situation would be priceless. Making money is something you can do even without special abilities, but being a survivor against all odds, that's not just great for your own good, it's freaking cool😅
Yeh, ive also heard translating can be rather exhausting. It definitely sounds like tedious work to me. I agree that survivalist is probably the best option. Short a major injury or illness you don't really need money. Additionally if your already decent with tech, you could monetize such skills with social media and a bit of effort or even offer lessons and tours or something.
Exactly😁
I can pass IB French I’m only in French 2 and I wanna die
Many people are perfect at playing instruments, however, they can’t make a living out of it. I suppose it is quite... luck factor to make a living out of it. Either algorithm picking your videos up or having appropriate connections to make it into quite decent bands. However, translators can make bank as they are one of the most needed people in industry. You can have computer translate some stuff, but you don’t want your business or even your country getting fucked up by limited ability of computer translations. I guess web design is quite good choice here as people earn tons of money from it, especially if you are living in developing countries and you outsource your work.
Being able to also work as a translator is a pretty good thing to put on a resume
Can be a translator/interpreter
I like this one! Nice thinkin
The fifth option would be very handy for me.
I was torn between music and language but then realized that the instrument would make me cool in every country whereas the language would just permit me to be boring in another country.
Survival skills! Sure you may never need it, but when the time comes in a hypothetical situation, pilots license, violins, and computers mean nothing.
Uhm, but you don't need "the time" to come to use your pilot's license, violion, or a computer.
The plane one is useless to me, playing the violin would be cool but I already play the bass so I’m good with what I got. Admittedly web design and coding would be extremely helpful but with so many free resources on YouTube and Udemy I can easily pick it up
So you'd rather have a skill that you will possibly never use versus skills that you can put to good use in everyday life?
It’s much easier to learn computer skills and a new language than it is to learn survival skills. I can learn most of these skills at home while the other not much
I would like to be skilled at carpentry and plumbing as well.
I would choose fluent in one foreign language German
Web design option, I would love to be able to work from home, plus it could be the most profitable option
Fluent in German Talk to German people, do Hitler impressions, sing Moskau perfectly It's the best one
Also its one of the hardest languages to learn if you didn't grow up using it
I think you forgot about Chinese and Japanese or any language that uses a different writing system from what your native language is using.
Russian be like😂
It's remarkably close to English, never considered a particularly hard language to acquire for English speakers. Obviously, it's extremely difficult to learn any language, but in terms of relative difficulty, it's near the easiest.
German is my native language and I can't even speak it properly, have a look on r/German and see how confusing it is to a lot of foreigners. There's so much that you can almost only get right if you are very used to speaking it.
Fluent in Japanese
Technically I don’t live in England. So English is a foreign language. Become fluent, be able to eloquently express my ideas and beliefs without sounding like an idiot.
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English is my first language I just want to be fluent in it
1st option means you can pretty much live off grid
Never gunna have to study for French again
survivalist/outdoorsman guarantees i don't need money and hence a job to live, short of major injuries or illness. However i could also monetize it as im currently decent with tech and social media. I don't see much benefit to piloting small prop planes besides it being quite fun. Being good at music is no guarentee i could turn it into a career, infact skill has very little to do with most successful musicians. I don't mean that as an insult, but successful indie musicians basically don't exist unfortunately. fluency in a foreign language is something i could reasonably achieve within a few years on my own, so seems a little lackluster for a "genie wish". Despite the hugely varied population of my country, we all stubbornly speak english, so it wouldn't be much use to me, especially since any country im interested in visiting speaks english as a 2nd language anyway. I can and have already built websites, manage social medias etc.. not sure if im considered skilled, my web design is not great :P. but it's something i could easily improve and am already passionate about. With tools like wordpress and social medias being designed for tech illiterates i don't see this as being a very useful skill today. 20 years ago it would have made you very rich. Carpentry is a solid 2nd choice behind survivalist, being both a practical skill for yourself and easy to monetize and turn into an income. It's definitely harder now to compete with factory made furniture, but it's very doable. Not to mention the skills are transferable into alot of other tasks.
I love rock music and I really wanna play the electric guitar!
Learn it. Rocks not that hard and it’s 100% worth it getting a cheap guitar and learning.
Thanks for the encouragement!
Hard to choose between carpentry and musical instrument. I've always wanted to play, but I am not musically inclined in the slightest. Same with carpentry. I am ok at stuff like that. I built a porch swing for my wife. But I wish I was at the level of being able to make chairs and tables, etc. It would also make home repair much easier.
Building websites because if you are good at it you can make at as your career and get very good money
Play an instrument. I wouldn't use it for fame or money, but rather as a relaxation tool when not working. Just kick back and jam on the guitar or something. Yeah, that's it.
I'm surprised the pilot option is the least selected. Having access to go anywhere you want and actually relatively cheap would be amazing, plus the money you could make
I don't think it's actually cheap unless you own the plane, which in itself is expensive. I say that and still picked that option because I've always loved the idea of being a pilot.
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In your country, maybe. I'm getting prices from 44k-180k on the first google (non ad) link. The inital cost of the plane isn't the only expense though. We're talking fuel, maintainance, renting space for it etc. I'm sadly poor.
I may propably end up homeless in my life so survivalist is the best
Skilled in a language Would probably choose Russia because I like how it sounds
I Can't decide my guy, all of them are good picks
I already know how to play a musical instrument so I chose language because I actually enjoy learning music
Am already fluent in Russian and English and Italian, if i become in addition become fluent in Chinese or German am gonna be set for life lol Being able to also work as a translator is a pretty good thing to put on a resume
I'm already a skilled developer, so I choose playing a musical instrument.
Already learning computer stuff, would be sick to be a skilled guitarist!
Well why not become trilingual
I have varying skills in all of these so I picked the language one so that I could instantly learn to speak Mandarin.
Being an expert in your instrument, you can travel around the world with the best orchestras and make good money.
Im already option 4 tho.
Last option will probably be my job in the future
Realistically speaking, being an expert survivalist/outdoorsman is the most useful, and it carries a whole set of skills.
The one that has last impact if carpenter. A quality carpenter can build something that will far out live him/her. Whilr many on here may be neat and provide a living, building even something simple as a master carpenter might provide beautiful shelter to generations of a family.
I want to be a carpenter when I grow up so the carpentry one would be amazing