Neil Brown

I sometimes wonder what I would do were I no longer a lawyer (but assuming that I still needed to work).

Virtually none of the work I do actually requires me to be a solicitor. I don't tend to touch any "reserved" stuff. So I could just carry on as I am today. But that aside...

I don't know.

Perhaps three or four different things (businesses), rather than just one main thing?

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Show threadsleepy duck pond appreciator 🦆✨🏳️‍🌈16h ago
@neil you're having goat farming fantasies too?
Show threadNeil Brown16h ago

@0x47df That was not top of my list, I must admit.

(I love my job, and I have no plans on stopping, but it is good to have at least some idea, I reckon!)

Show threadAnneH15h ago
@neil Airsoft coach?🤔
Show threadNeil Brown15h ago
@annehargreaves I don't have a coach, but I did have a taxi!
Show threadSebastian Crane 🏳️‍⚧️11h ago
@neil @annehargreaves oh you no longer have it?
Show threadNeil Brown5h ago
@seabass @annehargreaves No, I got rid of it once I sorted out an actual office.
Show threadEmily_S15h ago
@neil I was joking today to one of my colleagues that a sign of a senior software engineer is that they know that their "fuck it" career would be.
Show threadNeil Brown15h ago
@emily_s Yes!
Show threadEmily_S15h ago

@neil I've seen such a wonderful collection of answers over the years.

Photographers, cabinet makers, blacksmiths, farmers, quilters, writers, ski instructors. It's a surprisingly deep and personal question, one has to be a bit careful asking it

Show threadsmallsolar15h ago

@neil I regularly think about this and my conclusion is that i would have to create my own business/consultancy as I don't have experience on paper but have a lot of self taught experience.

For now it's a thought experiment but who knows in the future perhaps I'll jump!

Show threadNeil Brown15h ago

@smallsolar

That is basically what Sandra and I did.

One night, we went for a walk, and said "let's start a law firm".

And so we did.

Show threadsmallsolar15h ago
@neil I'll let you know when the moment happens 😃
Show threadPhil Dennis-Jordan15h ago
@neil I’ve got a handful of vaguely useful skills that aren’t particularly related to my job, though making a living from them would be tricky: I don’t have any qualifications that would legally allow me to engage in those trades. I can entirely (re-)plumb a house or wire up all the electrics in a house including PV & battery. I’ve designed and built wooden furniture from scratch. No idea if any of that would give me much head start on getting qualified though.
Show threadNeil Brown15h ago
@pmdj Useful skills!
Show threadLewin15h ago

@neil @pmdj talking about useful skills. My superpower is knowing how your idea isn’t gonna work (only software mind) which is totally untransferable.

Thus my fuck off job has to be being wrong most of the time