Do you have a job/skills that you could use 100 years ago? (find a job, careers)

[Gothick]

While certainly there are a lot of different careers/jobs available now, if, hypothetically you woke up tomorrow 100 years in the past; so 1917, would you be able to find a job or career at all close to what you do now? Or have skills that you could use to make a living?

[Vision67]

Back in 1917, radio was just getting started. The first commercial AM radio station, KDKA started broadcasting in 1920.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_..._United_States

If I could go back to that time with my current knowledge, I could do a huge startup. Radio in the twenties was the internet of that time.

One thing I love about science is that the laws of physics are time invariant. If it works now, it worked then but others may have not yet figured it out.

[tnff]

Pretty much. Or considering that much of what is required for a BS today was on the cutting edge of thought in the 20s, might even get my dream job -- professor of physics.

[parfleche]

Yup,Carpenter and still have all my hand tools from the 60's and know how to sharpen them including my antique hand saws.

[Liar_Liar]

I work in finance and i am also a web developer. I'd be homeless without a computer...

[Skylark116]

Yes. Needlework.

[Parnassia]

Yes, managing a human-powered boats, canoe, kayak, using pack animals, simple structure building, navigation, orienteering/backcountry travel and camping, animal handling, wildlife tracking and trapping. Field biology can still be accomplished without the latest electronic devices or conveniences.

[Brinson]

I couldn't use my skills for a job 10 years ago.

[threecats407]

Heating man. Providing one of the very few basic needs people need to survive.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

You bet. I farm, raise livestock, butcher, cook, preserve, sew... I could easily run a boarding house, manage a ranch, train horses, teach school.