What career did you dream of as a kid?

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  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I wanted to be a farmer. I am a data analyst, who just bought a small farm!!
  • RockWarrior84
    RockWarrior84 Posts: 840 Member
    Wanted to be a Architect or car designer

    became a civil engineer
  • SexKittenlovesitrough
    SexKittenlovesitrough Posts: 486
    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
    Vampire or hitman.

    I got sent to counseling for that.
  • tavenne323
    tavenne323 Posts: 332 Member
    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
    Author or a comedian. I am an IT project manager......nothing funny about that.
  • EddieHaskell97
    EddieHaskell97 Posts: 2,227 Member
    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
    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: 15,228 Member
    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: 41,865 Member
    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...
  • AusAshMommy
    AusAshMommy Posts: 845 Member
    I wanted to be one of like three things Interior Designer/Architect, Systems Analyst, or HS French Teacher

    None of the three panned out - not good enough at Math/Computer Programming to do the 1st two
    Lost interest in #3

    Now I am a Professional Administrator aka Payroll Supp Specialist in the Nuclear industry (NO I DON'T WORK AT A POWER PLANT) pursuing a career in publishing through my Part-Time Book Review/Industry Note Blog
  • Crateria_
    Crateria_ Posts: 253 Member
    I wanted to be a dolphin trainer.

    And now I'm a dolphin trainer :)
    That is AMAZING~!
  • nataliesweet19
    nataliesweet19 Posts: 114
    6 to 8 years old
    Actress
    Celebrity
    Nurse
    Teacher
    Supermodel

    12 years old
    Actress
    Fashion designer
    Writer

    Currently studying psychology
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
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    Batman. But I discovered that I'm deathly allergic to bullets.
  • cm2owl
    cm2owl Posts: 38 Member
    Geologist.
  • sportyredhead01
    sportyredhead01 Posts: 482 Member
    I wanted to be an architect but ended up being a graphic designer.


    Now I daydream about being a chef or a personal trainer.
    (Certainly two ends of the spectrum there!) :bigsmile:
  • Beastmode454
    Beastmode454 Posts: 340 Member
    Wanted to creat my own line of cars and trucks i guess a Mechanical Engineer.(4th grade all the way up to sophomore in college then i realized it was hard as hell)

    Now i am a assistant for our countys spokesman on my way to be in law inforcement.
  • bigldesigns
    bigldesigns Posts: 102 Member
    From about 6 years old I wanted to be a computer programmer

    I am now and have been for the last 10+ years a Freelance Website Developer ( working on the programming side more than the design side)
  • socunpato
    socunpato Posts: 48
    Even when the word was bigger than I was I really wanted to be a paleontologist. I had tons and tons of books about dinosaurs and loved watching all the documentaries.

    I am now studying to become a Spanish teacher in English speaking countries.
  • pita7317
    pita7317 Posts: 1,437 Member
    Black Jack Dealer / Bartender. Lol. (big dreams, huh?)

    Did bartend for 4 years. Never did deal black jack. Oh well.

    Also wanted to be a flight attendant but passed on my final interview and got married. :)
  • rbn_held
    rbn_held Posts: 690 Member
    Wanted to be a Veterinarian.

    Now I am an Administrative Assistant at a CO-OP. I still volunteer now and then at animal shelters so I can be around animals.
  • BarbellBlondieRuns
    BarbellBlondieRuns Posts: 511 Member
    Definitely something that involved me flying. Not in a plane. More like a super hero.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    that i would grow up to be a fairy

    or beetlejuice
  • badbull69
    badbull69 Posts: 157 Member
    Wanted to be: a drummer in a rock band.

    Now: Civil designer during day, martial arts instructor at night
  • daniellabella986
    daniellabella986 Posts: 325 Member
    that i would grow up to be a fairy

    or beetlejuice

    Um, this is amazing. I wanted to be Lydia so that I could be with Beetlejuice all the time lol.

    And I wanted to be a professional golfer.
  • SamanthaD1218
    SamanthaD1218 Posts: 303 Member
    I told my mother that I wanted to be a migrant worker (I lived in Florida and it seemed like a fun, outdoorsy job at the time). My sister wanted to be an ice cream truck driver.

    We were DREAMERS

    I am now an event planner and my sister is a lawyer. Hmm.


    *Edited to include update on current non-migrant worker/ice cream truck driver jobs
  • Healingnutritionsolutions
    Healingnutritionsolutions Posts: 134 Member
    Childhood dream was to be a nurse - but my career path progressed like this:
    western retail, horse trainer, house and grounds keeper, ground crew for tree trimming company, housekeeper, concert promotion, shipping clerk, CNA, Telemetry Monitor Tech, EKG Tech, LPN, Sleep Technologist, RN, and I'm back in school again... lol.
  • TrevNiel22
    TrevNiel22 Posts: 182
    being a superhero
    I made it :laugh:
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I wanted to be a dolphin trainer.

    And now I'm a dolphin trainer :)
    That is AMAZING~!
    Yeah, seriously!
  • MichelleB69
    MichelleB69 Posts: 213 Member
    Astronaut
    Architect

    I became a xray/mammo/CT/MRI tech.

    I now stay at home w my kids :)

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