To be perfectly clear: In English, "would/wouldn't" can refer to somebody being in a hypothetical situation. Saying "I wouldn't want to be you" is a fairly obvious case because, well, I'm not you.

Also starting a sentence with "As a X" would also make the hypothetical extend to that. "As a firefighter, I wouldn't want to run into that burning building" is grammatically correct, even though I am not a firefighter.
What must I never do?!