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A comment on Ask HN: What other good careers exist for those without a college education?.

Re:Ask HN: What other good careers exist for those without a... by mdpopescu on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:03AM (#18843821)
Everything computer-related is best right now. (Web design, UX, "social media person".) However, if for some reason you want to change that, I have found that writing and composing music are also well suited for the same type of mind. (You need imagination, constrained by rules. We're good with rules and, as far as I can tell, we're not bad at creativity either.)
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Re:Ask HN: What other good careers exist for those without a... by mynameishere on Monday January 07, 2019 @05:06AM (#18844053)
writing and composing music

I'm not even sure how to approach criticizing this, because I'm sure you mean well, but if someone aims to make a living in these two things, they better get ready for a lifelong dose of failure.

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Re:Ask HN: What other good careers exist for those without a... by mdpopescu on Monday January 07, 2019 @07:59AM (#18844769)
You're (somewhat) right. I was mainly addressing the "find an interesting job" part, not the "lucrative" one.

There are ways to become successful as a writer, but you need to be either very lucky, or cheat. See [1] for an example of the latter.

[1] https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056BMK6K

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