What is this IF that you speak of? At this point the whole lot of us would rent out our ball-sacks to the highest bidder. No offers. Not yet at least.

Oh wait, you did say no loopholes....

a surgeon. or an aircraft test pilot. at the very least i would own my own business.

welder or electrician.....

or i would have went into industrial/product design

Earlier today I was listening to an interview on NPR with a musician in New Orleans who said that for many musicians in N.O. playing music is a "bodily function" even when they can't make a living at it. Kinda reminded me of architecture.

builder of rammed earth walls...

I have been thinking this for about a year now. When the F* am I going to work again? Right now I have found myself in business doing remodeling and any other construction jobs that come my way. Its not bad work but its not what I got my Masters for.

sorry to say it, but i think more folks should become self employed in the creative sector......

I'd be a designer and business owner...oh, wait, that's what I am...if I absolutely, completely, couldn't do that, then I'd be an architect

I think someone missed the point.

I'd work for the guvment.

Oh wait.

build boat hulls

or

build custom process equipment for factories

teach history

multimedia artist!

make sure you buy a multimedia computer! With Pentium RAM and soundblaster pro monitor!!!

Documentary filmmaker

Start a microbrewery

I'd be the town drunk.

I'd like to be an astronaut... no wait... a spy.... prob have just as much luck...........

Comedy writer

independently wealthy

Investment banker. Even in an epic recession these guys are still raking in the $$$.

I would design and build airplanes. preferably small ones, with unusual form factors, in a plant somewhere in the Seattle/Vancouver area, with forests, mountains, and water nearby to test-fly them over. and yes I would test-fly them too:]

I'd be an architectural critic.

teacher, something health related, or demographer

Investment banker. Even in an epic recession these guys are still raking in the $$$. 

This post is about 3 years old, but you have to be cut from a certain cloth to be an investment banker.  A mere love of money will not suffice.

an architectural consultant xDD  ok maybe not.. i never understood these consultants.. its like, "I suck at design or building real work so I'll become a consultant."

hmmm ... To me its not IF anymore... I realized that becoming an architect takes many years of commitment and its not even a guarantee you'll turn out successful or make a living at it unless you plan to work under someone else and get paid mediocre.. There is a good possibility one might fail and not make a living if venturing out on your own is one of your goals.  I have lately gotten into product design and painting as a side job.. I get paid a heck lot more than architecture for sure.  I plan to take this up full-time in the future if my plans don't work out in architecture.  Architecture has become a passion, not about getting rich or living comfortably off it.  Sure its nice if I could, but given the hurdles, I'm not too worried about that.  A second profession allows me to keep practicing architecture without having to worry about the 'what ifs'

i never had any interest in medicine... but if i had the chance i would like to be a plastic surgeon... im fascinated by the study of perfection and objective beauty

1). Crossfit Coach

2). Web Developer

3). Bank Teller

1) Lawyer

2) Writer

3) MMA Fighter

4) Navy Seal

pilot

movie cinematographer

i never had any interest in medicine... but if i had the chance i would like to be a plastic surgeon... im fascinated by the study of perfection and objective beauty

Yeah, I've always been fascinated by it, because growing up in a major metro area, you see the difference plastic surgery can make in people's appearance, and sometimes even their psyche.  It is a highly sought-after service in the largest metro areas.  But, like you, I would not opt to be a MD.

carpenter, comedian, musician

oh but im not an architect yet...does this count?

archaeologist.  symptom of countless boyhood viewings of the indiana jones trilogy.

start a art store next to every arch school in the US. charge kiddies with their parents credit card $12 for a 40" x 30" sheet of strathmore.