If the computer and internet was not invented, what would you be doing right now?

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by cdr1122334455

I'd probably end up drafting all my designs instead of CADing them, which is cool, but you can't stress test paper designs.

Yeah, I wouldn't even be a drafter if there was no computers or CAD. I can draw if I had to, and I do once in a while for enjoyment, but I don't think I could make a living on it (re: forced to do it for someone else). Also, I totally suck at lettering and have bad handwriting.
(Side note: Do they even teach cursive handwriting at school anymore?)
Wow.. that made me sound old asking a question like that.

If I had to choose, I would probably be a carpenter/builder.
I love to work with my hands, but the whole allergy thing comes into play then as well. I always tell people, that if I didn't have severe seasonal (year round) allergies, I would of probably gotten into carpentry. I love the idea of creating something that hasn't been there before, hence the CAD choice for my career.

As for free time *if I had any then* it would probably be spent reading or working on cars as well. Painting, or welding, metalwork.. All kinds of cool non-computer related stuff.

It's nice to know about computers and electronics, but don't make it take up your whole life (unless that is your career, and you want to be buried in your work). Get some other hobbies, and interests.

edit: oh, and for all you computer geeks out there, I do think google would still be around, but it would look more like this: