What career did you dream of as a kid?

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  • Kelkath72
    Kelkath72 Posts: 18 Member
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    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
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    more than anything in the whole world, i wanted to be flight attendant!!
  • Sag2015
    Sag2015 Posts: 88
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    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
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    i wanted to be a ballerina or a pediatrician

    but I am a legal assistant now
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
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    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
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    I wanted to be a dolphin trainer.

    And now I'm a dolphin trainer :)
  • monkeywizard
    monkeywizard Posts: 222 Member
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    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
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    I also really wanted to be an architect or interior designer.
    Now I am a marketing researcher/planner.
  • gmoneycole
    gmoneycole Posts: 813 Member
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    Wanted to be an astronaut and a sports hero

    I am a project manager in finance
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
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    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.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    I wanted to be a farmer. I am a data analyst, who just bought a small farm!!
  • RockWarrior84
    RockWarrior84 Posts: 839 Member
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    Wanted to be a Architect or car designer

    became a civil engineer
  • SexKittenlovesitrough
    SexKittenlovesitrough Posts: 486
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    I wanted to be a librarian or teacher.

    because I was so great a learning. I was a FANTASTIC learner and I wanted to share that with people...

    it felt like a dream that was completely out of reach as I was growing up because I was so shy and held back (in my head) by my disability.

    i am now an administrative coordinator for a post secondary school registrations department. I LOVE my job and it's actually more rewarding than teaching for me at this point (I also make more)
  • TheRealMarsupial12
    TheRealMarsupial12 Posts: 36
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    Vampire or hitman.

    I got sent to counseling for that.
  • tavenne323
    tavenne323 Posts: 332 Member
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    Interpreter.

    But after three years of high school French, I realized I was awful at learning a language. I still do dream of one day being bilingual. I have a friend that picks up languages so quickly, makes me jealous.
  • brianfmatthews
    brianfmatthews Posts: 22 Member
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    Author or a comedian. I am an IT project manager......nothing funny about that.
  • EddieHaskell97
    EddieHaskell97 Posts: 2,227 Member
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    737 Pilot, but I'm glad that didn't pan out. I love flying single engine GA aircraft for fun, but I would have gotten bored flying a bus day-in, day-out after about a year...
  • kanstulpants
    kanstulpants Posts: 20 Member
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    I wanted to be an archeologist or a rebel spaceship pilot. (Maybe had something to do with my crush on Harrison Ford)

    Now I'm a graphic artist/small business owner.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    I wanted to be a world-famous artist, like Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock.

    Presently, I'm a government employee.





    If I hurry up and paint some stuff, my dream may still come true when I die.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    A policeman, fireman, race car driver, stunt man, professional football player, teacher, rock star, actor...really just depended on the day.

    I'm an accountant and just livin' the dream...

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