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I wanted to ask the same question more or less the same way because I have had enough with technology.

I know nothing else apart from fixing computers and I really suck at programming, therefore I'm doomed to switch career.

Plus, I'm old for technology.

My problem is I'm an introvert who gets easily exhausted, both physically and emotionally.

If I could only get hired as a hand crafted shoemaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tbwiv1NHR4 or as a carpenter that works again the traditional way of hand crafting...

I want to stop dealing with technology; just use my computer when I feel the need to or so I can pay my bills; nothing else, nothing more.

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Being an introvert is the worst. I feel like I’ve missed out on so many opportunities.

Tell me about it...I have been like this my whole life and it really sucks to see others do so many things and you just stay in your own corner as if you got punished for some reason.

My first stint in grad school taught me the lessons I needed to survive my second stint. Hiding in your office won’t protect you when your department starts melting down.

You can work around that - I'm an introvert and find dealing with people hard work, but I'm still in a client facing consulting role right now and actually enjoy it.

For me the trick is to avoid pretending I'm an extrovert, which is something I feel a lot of fellow introverts are doing.

Put me in front of a whiteboard or on stage at a conference and I'm fine, but I still tend to hide out in dark corners at parties.

You always have the ability to learn something new. The video you linked to is someone who worked in an office for over a decade, and got started making shoes in her kitchen. She didn't "get hired".

That's not the case I'm afraid. As she had stated around 01:48, she started in her dining room and based on her own website description, she comes from a background in shoe repair...therefore, she already had the foundations set up in advance.

https://www.westerlyhandmadeshoes.com/about

I'm not surprised a public-access TV show about makers shows the "used to have an office administration job" perspective, and her own webpage highlights the "background in one aspect of this business" perspective. I don't think either one is completely true or false.

The point is that nobody ever "hired" her. Take shoe repair classes if you want, or find a shoemaker who will take you on as an apprentice, or just buy some old tools and watch a bunch of online videos. No matter what path you take to learn the basic skills, you'll never end up with a sole proprietorship like that by being hired.

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