I would have been a factory worker

Phil and I are in the same group in our Japanese class. Phil is a Canadian and an English teacher by profession. We have lot of fun during our class. Today during the break, I told him that I am working on my English these days. He said very funnily that his strengths are: being a native English speaker and having a charming personality; and that if he would not have born in Canada, he would have been a factory worker in some other country. Some expressions are so idyllic that makes you laugh. 

JLPT result is about to come and I hope that both of us will pass it.