If it wasn’t about the money I would be a teacher of some kind.

When I’m retired I plan to get a part-time job as an usher at a theater, arena, concert hall, or stadium.

Another good option is to get a really low-stress job at a tropical resort. I can imagine running a little stand that rents out umbrellas and chairs on a beach. Or maybe walking around the beach selling ice cream out of a cart.

The pool of tech jobs in my area was sparse, but the local employers were fully on board with the big-city "use them for a while and toss them out" system. So when times were good in IT, I bought a machine shop, and in between times of lucrative IT employment, I did short-run metalworking and engine rebuilding.

Probably Math and science teacher/professor.

I also could end up being happy in condensed matter physics, astrophysics, robotics, materials science, nano tech, optics, or RF. Some combination of engineering and science.

I love teaching and building things to help people. So there are a bunch of areas that would fit the bill here. I gravitate towards any tech that feels like magic.

Tech pervades all things. These days in particular it's impossible to do anything too well without advice from AI.

I could and I do daytrade options, which however is more tech than tech itself, whether by hand or by a bot.

I would however like to be a consulting speaker, but the research for it can't really be done without a steady and heavy dose of tech.

I run a website that helps people settle in Berlin. It's been my full-time job for a few years now, although AI is slowly killing websites like mine now.

https://nicolasbouliane.com/projects/all-about-berlin

My background is in computer science and philosophy. But philosophy was always about pure interest and not career prospect.

If I had to pivot in 2025, I’d probably go for psychology. I’m interested in that, I enjoy the idea of more directly helping people and have myself been tremendously helped by psychologists the past years.

I'd try and figure out how to make a living converting older, everyday cars/trucks to EVs. Restomod I guess; but not just classic sports cars and big trucks (though I love those too). I think a 1989 Mazda Protege deserves a new life as an affordable commuter car. Tape deck and all.

I was a copy editor long ago, and pretty good at it. I have been slightly surprised to make the acquaintance of a couple of people who still do that. One said that the wages aren't great, which was my recollection. But I wouldn't mind working as an editor.

I'd probably be an electrician or fabrication (3D printing / CNC). Or does that count as tech?

CNC (and maybe some manual) Machining.