Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
Woodworker.<p>From running two small ecommerce companies I think I've learned enough about MVP, shipping, inventory management, etc.<p>From 25 years as a software engineer I've learned about building tools to automate steps.<p>I'd pick some "hard to find / expensive niche (e.g. Greene and Greene, Art Nouveau, etc.), but offer repeatable designs, not do custom work.  That would allow for lots of jigs, fixtures, using cheap machines in duplicate to eliminate setup times, etc.<p>...and then after growing sales and shaking the bugs out of the production, I'd hire assistants to keep cranking stuff out.<p>Eventually I'd allow customers to start turbing a few "knobs" on products, via a website tool (this isn't too much falling back into software, is it?), which results in customized cut lists being kicked out for my assistants.  Mass customization.