If you lived in the 1600's what would your job be? what would your life be like?

i would captain a ship in the british royal navy. i would sail off the coast of africa and plunder enemy ships. when i had enough loot i would buy my own ship but get a charter from the queen so i could still plunder enemy ships. i would still sail the coast of africa but i would concentrate more on being a merchant. buying goods from africa, sailing them far away and making alot of money from them. and back then in africa they considered gl beads high currency and gold and diamonds were even below the gl beads, i still would not take advantage of them though. you could still be filthy rich without doing that.