Quote:
Originally Posted by Pacifier
So what kind of job can we do? most of our current jobs are useless (I work in the IT buisness ...) but even most crafting jobs will be useless because things will be done in a much different way. Most workers today rely on modern machines which will not be available. Only people who are trained in classic craftsmanship will stand a chance [...]
|
Most of us could become scribes. All this requires is being able to copy from a manuscript text onto someone's private pages. Think of it as being a medieval photocopier. Regardless of what we do now, most of us could copy from one book to another. As long as you went to a larger city, I'm sure you could find a job as a scribe. As a public scribe, you would scribe information for record keeping, and you could possibly also write letters via dictation. You would, of course, need to know the language for dictation and record keeping, but you could perhaps start as a transcriber of manuscripts as you brushed up. You could also be a scribe for the Catholic Church.
You could also work for merchants as an accountant to keep track of goods, ships, caravans, and money. All you need is an abacus, a quill, an inkwell, and some paper. You might have to work as a grunt first before they realize you were educated enough to do more intelligent tasks.