Q4 Jack of all trades, master of none.

[Bijela]

Most of us can do the same things. Which is where the questions idea starts from. If there was 10 of us. Why would someone pick you over the next person ?

[jansman]

Everyone has something to offer.

[daylen]

I can't see that the IT engineer skills would be any use but you never know.

I think that IT skills would be really useful in a wide variety of situations. Setting up a local DNS server when regional/global ones fail but the internet is still working. In a wide ranging internet outage, getting a local community setup with a local area network to allow communication and information sharing. Even configuring local devices to work without the interwebs working.

I know that often people think of SHTF situations as going back to primitive ways but I think in reality we'd need to utilise whatever tools and technology we had available. There's no doubt that communication and information sharing makes us better.

[ForgeCorvus]

Most of us can do the same things. Which is where the questions idea starts from. If there was 10 of us. Why would someone pick you over the next person ?

I'm prettiest

[jansman]

I can't see that the IT engineer skills would be any use but you never know.

I think that IT skills would be really useful in a wide variety of situations. Setting up a local DNS server when regional/global ones fail but the internet is still working. In a wide ranging internet outage, getting a local community setup with a local area network to allow communication and information sharing. Even configuring local devices to work without the interwebs working.

I know that often people think of SHTF situations as going back to primitive ways but I think in reality we'd need to utilise whatever tools and technology we had available. There's no doubt that communication and information sharing makes us better.

I don’t know enough about the resilience of Information Technology. I am very Old School. To me,resilience of information,means a case full of books. They need no power,nor banks of air- cooled servers on anonymous industrial sites.

If someone knows how to keep that going in a crisis,then fair play to them,and well done to you. I won’t be able to help though. I’ll be in the garden looking after plants,rabbits and fowls and cutting firewood. Or out shooting dinner.

[WomanOfTheWoods]

I've got a lot less to offer my neighbours in a crisis, than they have to offer me in terms of practical help.
My nearest neighbour is well over a mile from me,,,, so here "neighbour" means anyone within a ten mile radius.

I grow a massive range of foods so I can provide fruit and veg boxes 9 months of the year to rival Riverford Organics. And meagre boxes the other 3 months.
I've always got lots of home made jams and chutneys to offer,, and home baked bread and cakes.
I can trade fresh eggs,,,, and hopefully will have a good supply of honey this year too.
I can calve cows and lamb yews,,,, so I suppose that's helpful. And with small hands and slim forearms, I'm a lot cheaper than the vet. Coffee, cake or a n occasional bale of straw as payment please!
I can drive a tractor,,, and could help working with livestock.
I could pluck and prep birds,,, but just haven't plucked up the courage to kill them.
I could trade firewood,,, but everyone around here has there own supply.
All in all I'd muddle along. In the Age Of The Specialist, I'd revert to being a generalist.

Storm Arwen was a bit of a test. My road was blocked at both ends in multiple places for 4 days and the mains electricity was out for 7 days. But life just kind of carried on in a weirdly blissful seclusion...
One late afternoon and with dark approaching there was a knock on the door. A roads foremen from the council had crawled through what looked like an Armageddon of forest devastation further down the hill, to walk a further half mile, just to knock on the door to check I was OK and let me know his men would be back to clearing the road the next day.

[jansman]

I've got a lot less to offer my neighbours in a crisis, than they have to offer me in terms of practical help.
My nearest neighbour is well over a mile from me,,,, so here "neighbour" means anyone within a ten mile radius.

I grow a massive range of foods so I can provide fruit and veg boxes 9 months of the year to rival Riverford Organics. And meagre boxes the other 3 months.
I've always got lots of home made jams and chutneys to offer,, and home baked bread and cakes.
I can trade fresh eggs,,,, and hopefully will have a good supply of honey this year too.
I can calve cows and lamb yews,,,, so I suppose that's helpful. And with small hands and slim forearms, I'm a lot cheaper than the vet. Coffee, cake or a n occasional bale of straw as payment please!
I can drive a tractor,,, and could help working with livestock.
I could pluck and prep birds,,, but just haven't plucked up the courage to kill them.
I could trade firewood,,, but everyone around here has there own supply.
All in all I'd muddle along. In the Age Of The Specialist, I'd revert to being a generalist.

Storm Arwen was a bit of a test. My road was blocked at both ends in multiple places for 4 days and the mains electricity was out for 7 days. But life just kind of carried on in a weirdly blissful seclusion...
One late afternoon and with dark approaching there was a knock on the door. A roads foremen from the council had crawled through what looked like an Armageddon of forest devastation further down the hill, to walk a further half mile, just to knock on the door to check I was OK and let me know his men would be back to clearing the road the next day.

Top marks for delivering lambs and calves. As for slaughtering animals,it’s a learned skill. I am a butcher,and I can remember learning that skill ( a long time ago now ). It takes a certain mindset too.

[Bijela]

Sounds like you have plenty to offer