# Take the Alternative Career Challenge! ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌💼‌ **URL:** \ **Category:** Challenges\ **Tags:** community-challenge\ **Created:** [March 11, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241 "2026-03-11T14:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rohit\_bc](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/rohit_bc/32/16258_2.png) [@rohit\_bc](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/rohit_bc)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/21 "2026-03-19T15:52:30Z")
Outside of a career in IT, I would have loved to be a crime investigator. Have always liked TV shows and movies that focus on crime investigations, but I quite remember how hard I searched to get the CSI PC game. Good times!! ---
**Author:** ![y\_buccellato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/y_buccellato/32/160_2.png) [@y\_buccellato](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/y_buccellato)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/22 "2026-03-19T17:06:48Z")
I can already imagine you, side by side, with Davis root cause analysis, investigating both on the crime scene 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RohitBisht](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/rohitbisht/32/38577_2.png) [@RohitBisht](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/RohitBisht)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/23 "2026-03-20T05:33:25Z")
Exciting topic, I could envision myself being a sports coach or event manager. Would love if any of these were my workplace in an alternate reality. One that have always fascinated me is being a musician, but i am not really good with it 😂 ---
**Author:** ![lubrman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/lubrman/32/7353_2.png) [@lubrman](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/lubrman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 6:48am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/24 "2026-03-20T06:48:35Z")
If I weren’t doing what I do now, I probably wouldn’t even be in IT, I honestly can’t imagine doing anything else. All the decisions I’ve made in IT have led me here, and I feel good where I am. And if I wasn’t working in IT, I would most likely be a carpenter. When I was choosing my further studies, I was deciding between IT and carpentry. But since the school canceled that program, the decision was basically made for me. ---
**Author:** ![AKrasnopolskii](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/akrasnopolskii/32/11552_2.png) [@AKrasnopolskii](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AKrasnopolskii)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/25 "2026-03-20T07:24:31Z")
A musician for sure, :guitar: or :drum: ![lTf-W8l-g4hSxfBBQwyTw6zyUdRIWycd9sVccYAKNhnWqWic0AueGPZwyQBPFbIB7_gcOnXoeGmBwUs9PdW3kPmD.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/3X/4/9/492493756065f1c18e03e4a9199340babb9e6813.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Loman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/julius_loman/32/51_2.png) [@Julius\_Loman](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Julius_Loman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/26 "2026-03-20T10:27:00Z")
Engineering and technology were always my focus, so I would most likely be an electronics engineer or maybe a motorcycle or car mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![MaximilianoML](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/maximilianoml/32/25038_2.png) [@MaximilianoML](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/MaximilianoML)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/27 "2026-03-20T12:26:33Z")
Nice! We could work together on a car :laughing: ---
**Author:** ![ChadTurner](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/chadturner/32/161_2.png) [@ChadTurner](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ChadTurner)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/28 "2026-03-20T13:35:05Z")
In college I got dual degrees just in case one route never panned out. Ultimately I went with Tech and found Dynatrace as a platform that I sought to master. But if Tech didn’t pan out, I also had a degree in Criminal Justice. Ironically I had to pick between going into Policing vs IT. My now Wife, then Girlfriend, talked me into taking the tech job, which is where I started with Dynatrace. Had I not taken IT, who know where I would have been, from Cybercrime investigations, to Corrections to State Police… Ultimately I wouldn’t change a single thing at this point. I’ve meet some amazing people on my IT journey which I’m sure I’d have never met being in Criminal Justice. ---
**Author:** ![marina\_pollehn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/marina_pollehn/32/39120_2.png) [@marina\_pollehn](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/marina_pollehn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/29 "2026-03-23T10:05:47Z")
At 17 I had the random idea to become an Air Traffic Controller; I think that would work well with the monitoring/observability direction I also chose to take in the end 😉 Or start my own kombucha and beer brewery (not that I have the skills but it would be so cool to learn) 😄 And if it wasn’t for IT after university, I would now be a policy advisor. Who knows, maybe at some point there will be an opportunity to combine the IT/politics/economics skills. ---
**Author:** ![wilfred\_dj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/wilfred_dj/32/10898_2.png) [@wilfred\_dj](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/wilfred_dj)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/30 "2026-03-23T13:29:48Z")
Investigative journalism would have been interesting. Or data forensics for law enforcement. Pretty adjacent in a way. :man\_technologist: ---
**Author:** ![Josh\_Overland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Josh\_Overland](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Josh_Overland)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/31 "2026-03-23T13:44:38Z")
New here (it’s Day 1 @ Dynatrace).  Teaching myself to vibe code and love it.  Have built a few apps already.  If anyone wants to try something fun (and sometimes hard!), check out [dubtrivia.com](https://dubtrivia.com) Is my first public facing app and so far, getting a really good response. ---
**Author:** ![Kenny\_Gillette](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/kenny_gillette/32/20170_2.png) [@Kenny\_Gillette](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Kenny_Gillette)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/32 "2026-03-23T14:01:40Z")
Really have no idea since I have always loved computers/IT. I did love math in high school so probably something like: Mathematician Statistician Actuary Data Scientist Engineer - majored in computer engineering Math teacher/professor ---
**Author:** ![MaximilianoML](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/maximilianoml/32/25038_2.png) [@MaximilianoML](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/MaximilianoML)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/33 "2026-03-23T14:08:09Z")
I loved your app, for real! And I just discovered the worst game of all time hahaha ---
**Author:** ![Josh\_Overland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Josh\_Overland](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Josh_Overland)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/34 "2026-03-23T14:16:14Z")
Oh awesome!!  If you create an account it will connect us and then we can “compete” and it will track your streaks, etc…  5 new questions daily :). Thank you for trying it out, it’s been really fun to build. ---
**Author:** ![MaximilianoML](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/maximilianoml/32/25038_2.png) [@MaximilianoML](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/MaximilianoML)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/35 "2026-03-23T14:58:36Z")
Cool! My username is @the\_ghost, it’s a reference to the Ghost from Call Of Duty! ---
**Author:** ![Josh\_Overland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Josh\_Overland](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Josh_Overland)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/36 "2026-03-23T15:07:37Z")
Didnt pick up your score from today but if you are logged in and play tomorrow it will capture it.  My username is [@josh](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/17621) and it should auto-connect us. Enjoy the game!  I pre-load 30 days worth of questions so I mostly dont remember the answers -- gives me the chance to play like everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![AntonioSousa](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/antoniosousa/32/50_2.png) [@AntonioSousa](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AntonioSousa)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/37 "2026-03-23T23:54:21Z")
[@Josh\_Overland](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/102617) , So nice! Didn’t do any good in the results, only got one right :rofl: ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Kulesza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@Joe\_Kulesza](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Joe_Kulesza)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/38 "2026-03-25T20:25:37Z")
If I had not moved into the world of Tech, I would probably still be a mechanic. I still wrench on my own stuff/friends on the weekends tho, as I it’s still a passion of mine. ---
**Author:** ![gopher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/gopher/32/5728_2.png) [@gopher](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/gopher)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/39 "2026-03-25T22:36:22Z")
I would be out prospecting every day in the golden triangle.  me, the detector and the native killers in the Aussie bush ---
**Author:** ![tracegazer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/tracegazer/32/32785_2.png) [@tracegazer](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/tracegazer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241/40 "2026-03-31T16:00:43Z")
If I weren’t in IT, I’d be chasing two dreams: professional football player or racing driver. Let’s be honest — every time I get behind the wheel of a go-kart, I leave everyone eating my dust, so the talent is clearly there! 😄 On the road though? That’s a different story… deep breaths every time I drive. Maybe that’s just saving the competitive edge for the track! Football would’ve been the other path — there’s nothing like the beautiful game. But hey, who says these dreams have an expiration date? For now, I’ll stick to making Dynatrace dashboards go fast instead of cars. [Previous page](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-alternative-career-challenge/55241.md?page=3)