Open thread, June 26 - July 2, 2017

Thomas

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If i were your age...

I would start learning CAD software, and try and get a job locally as a machinist. Then start learning some robotics, 3D printing, and at least some Python coding. Then head out to the Mojave Spaceport, and try and get a gig in the commercial space industry.

You're young enough to maybe get a gig later in life as an on-orbit or lunar machinist and 3-D printer tech. Might as well be building the robots that the AI will be operating. That would be helping humanity's future, and giving you a unique future to live in also.