In Optimal Employment Louie discussed some biases that lead people away from optimal employment, and gave working in Australia as an option for such employment. What are some other options?
Your optimal employment will depend on how much you care about a variety of things (free time, money, etc.) so when discussing options it might be helpful to say what you're trying to optimize for.
In addition to proposing options we could list resources that might be helpful for generating or implementing options.
Everyone who reads this site and isn't already a programmer should seriously consider becoming one. This may be the obvious choice, but it's worth making the case for it anyway. Briefly:
Demand for this skill has stayed strong even throughout the recession; it seems unlikely to be sated any time soon.
Good programmers can demand high salaries as well as great working conditions
You're likely to get on with the people you work with.
It can be fascinating, brain-expanding work.
It's a great skill to learn by yourself with no expenditure except the computer you learn from (start here).
As well as being a great job it's a wonderful and rewarding hobby, which greatly expands your reach and general thing-doing power (edited to add).
Being able to program will improve your ability to think about mathematics, philosophy and much of what we talk about here.
You get slapped upside the head by reality over and over again, with relatively little room to rationalize it away (edited to add).
I'm 22, relatively good at math,and have absolutely zero experience in programming.
In the moment I'm studying psychology. At first I wanted to do research in cognitive biases, neuroscience, Evo-psych, etc. , but now I prefer the make-money-and-donate-it-to-existential-risk-reducing-organizations-scheme.
How much can you earn with a master in psychology? ( Can you work at companies, in something like human ressources? Or is this degree completely worthless?)
Should I really start to study computer science and programming?
I know experienced programmers who've had a hard time finding jobs. What do you mean by the demand being strong?
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All that ciphergoth says is correct if you are among the top 5%. Top 10% ain't enough.
But I have to admit, the first and the last point apply to a much wider variety of programmers. For instance, when you follow this advice and try to become a programmer, you will soon be hit by reality.
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In Optimal Employment Louie discussed some biases that lead people away from optimal employment, and gave working in Australia as an option for such employment. What are some other options?
Your optimal employment will depend on how much you care about a variety of things (free time, money, etc.) so when discussing options it might be helpful to say what you're trying to optimize for.
In addition to proposing options we could list resources that might be helpful for generating or implementing options.