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What career did you dream of as a kid?

Crateria_
Crateria_ Posts: 253 Member
edited February 14 in Chit-Chat
And what are you now? Did you become your dream?

I wanted to be a Marine Biologist.

I'm now an assistant at a Real Estate agency.
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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Marine Biologist or video game developer.

    I'm a video game developer.
  • MagJam2004
    MagJam2004 Posts: 651 Member
    My parents tell me that I wanted to be a construction worker when I was a kid.

    During school I wanted to be an author.

    Now I am a purchaser for a distribution center.

    I can still be an author if I took the time and can always fall back on construction if I lose my job, so my dreams might still come true!
  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    In order:
    • A Princess
    • A Supermodel
    • A Lawyer

    I became a graphic designer/marketing consultant.
  • sewerchick93
    sewerchick93 Posts: 1,438 Member
    I wanted to work for the CDC in one of their level 4 biohazard labs.

    Now, I run the laboratory and Industrial pretreatment program for my community's wastewater treatment plant.
  • Crateria_
    Crateria_ Posts: 253 Member
    Marine Biologist or video game developer.

    I'm a video game developer.
    That..is awesome. :)
  • mmartinez_az
    mmartinez_az Posts: 580
    Porn star

    I'm a porn star
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    I wanted to be a lawyer.

    I work for a bank instead.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I thought it would be cool to be an architect. But really, I didn't know what went into it. I basically pictured drawing blueprints which included furniture placement lol. So I dreamed of being an interior decorator who somehow magically designed the self-building homes I guess ;-)

    I have a liberal arts/communication degree, and have had a variety of somewhat random jobs. Most of them have fallen into either social services, auditing, or accounting realms.
  • sheenarama
    sheenarama Posts: 733 Member
    I wanted to be a robot.



    Ohh.. I forgot to add what I do now. I'm an editor.
  • EternalDecadence
    EternalDecadence Posts: 445 Member
    Dream: Investigative Journalist
    Am: SAHM/Teacher
  • MagJam2004
    MagJam2004 Posts: 651 Member
    I wanted to be a robot.

    this made me smile
  • brewji
    brewji Posts: 752 Member
    I wanted to be either a soldier or a teacher.

    Now I'm a technical writer, but I still want to be a teacher.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    Paleontologist.

    Became an Engineer.
  • hep26000
    hep26000 Posts: 156 Member
    I wanted to be a vet or work in crime labs doing forensics.

    I am a life insurance agent. SOOOO exciting! :yawn:
  • doug_pierce
    doug_pierce Posts: 255
    International House Pancake
  • empressichel
    empressichel Posts: 730 Member
    I wanted to be a ballet dancer.
    Then I wanted to be an athlete.
    I'm now a managing director of an import company.
    Haven't given up on being an athlete though. :wink:
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    I wanted to be a robot.



    Ohh.. I forgot to add what I do now. I'm an editor.

    Did you want to be a regular robot? Or a robot in disguise?

    bumblebee.jpg
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  • MikaMojito
    MikaMojito Posts: 680 Member
    I wanted to be a teacher, a doctor, a vet or a car sales woman.

    Became a teacher and loving it!
  • softwind
    softwind Posts: 590 Member
    Wanted to be a marine biologist, but wasn't very good in science.
    I'm a banker - going on 16 years now.
  • Kelkath72
    Kelkath72 Posts: 18 Member
    I wanted to be a back up singer on Hee Haw (yes, I'm old)...lol. I am now a receptionist and love my job and my coworkers :smile:
  • silvergurl518
    silvergurl518 Posts: 4,123 Member
    more than anything in the whole world, i wanted to be flight attendant!!
  • Sag2015
    Sag2015 Posts: 88
    As a child, Math teacher. As a teenager, Child/teenage psychologist.

    I do medical billing now. Some days I want to hang myself. :grumble:
  • stringbeann
    stringbeann Posts: 84
    i wanted to be a ballerina or a pediatrician

    but I am a legal assistant now
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    I wanted to be an American Gladiator.
    I ended up doing marketing in the ski/snowboard industry.
    Now I'm at home with my kids... training to be an American Gladiator.
    I win.
    :bigsmile:
  • csltrainer
    csltrainer Posts: 1 Member
    I wanted to be a dolphin trainer.

    And now I'm a dolphin trainer :)
  • monkeywizard
    monkeywizard Posts: 222 Member
    When I was real young I wanted to be a garbage man so I could ride along on the back of the trucks..

    Now i'm in I.T... yeah, much better in my opinion!
  • allergygirl
    allergygirl Posts: 10
    I also really wanted to be an architect or interior designer.
    Now I am a marketing researcher/planner.
  • gmoneycole
    gmoneycole Posts: 813 Member
    Wanted to be an astronaut and a sports hero

    I am a project manager in finance
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    I remember watching Bewitched as a child and telling my Mom that I wanted Darren Stevens' job.
    Mom said don't go into Advertising, you'll get ulcers.
    I went into Advertising and got ulcers.

    Segued over to Graphic Design.
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