How do you think your life would be if you'd never left Canterlot?
Well, let’s see.
The job I had as an atmospheric musician there was only a trial thing. The trial ended around the time I came to Ponyville.
Most of the ponies in Canterlot’s upper-end think they’re above working at a lot of places, so maybe I could have gotten a job as a grocer, a fast food attendant, or a floormare at a department store.