What did you want to be as a kid?

[Zipp]

I always wanted to race cars when I was young.

I manage a gentleman's club now.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I wanted to be a pyrotechnician or a stunt plane pilot.
I'm a software developer.

 

[TallBill]

Retired, not yet.

 

[Saulbadguy]

I wanted to get married and have 100 kids so I can have 100 friends and no one can say no to being my friend.

 

[RKS]

Rich

Poor

 

[Anubis]

for as long as i can remember i desired to do nothing

im an engineer, so its kinda close

 

[rstove02]

Wanted to be: Stand up Comic

Became: Software Engineer

...so close.

 

[Descartes]

When I was really young (< 10), I wanted to be an architect. Not sure why. That really never developed.

Shortly after that, I wanted to be a classical pianist and tennis pro. I was well on my way to doing that until some issues left me to focus on something else. I still play the piano to this day at least, though my tennis game has suffered.

After that, all I really wanted to be was an entrepreneur/business owner of some kind doing something I enjoyed. That's what I do now.

What I found was that I never really "found" anything new that I wanted to be, but instead things I always did just got shuffled to the forefront. I'm happy with where things went, though I'd still do some things differently if I had the chance.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: rstove02
Wanted to be: Stand up Comic

Became: Software Engineer

...so close.

Blend the two. I've seen so many horrid implementations in my career that I can only assume that the person creating them must have had a great sense of humor.

 

[krunchykrome]

As a kid, I always wanted to be a special effect makeup artist. The person that makes people look like monsters and zombies.

I ended up being an accountant.

 

[Whitecloak]

wanted to be a vet; ended up being depressed.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Wanted to be: Basketball player or Stunt coordinator

On my way to being: Electrical Engineer

Will probably be: Electrical Engineer

Will NOT be: Basketball player

 

[Gibson486]

Rock star
became an engineer

 

[nakedfrog]

Chef or comedian.
Of course, at that age (when I wanted to be something when I grew up) I had no idea I would be able to have a career involving computers.
Now I'm a programmer.

 

[Muse]

I don't recall ever imagining "what will I be?" as a child. The future loomed, but I didn't deal with it by generating an idea of what I wanted to be other than my aspiration to succeed academically, i.e. at the university.

 

[KeithTalent]

Judge when I was really little, then Veterinarian once I got a little older (8ish). Even started my undergrad with an eye on going to Vet school, but then calculus and O-chem happened and I decided to shift into accounting.

KT

 

[AmpedSilence]

wanted: pilot/truck driver

became: Programmer., but hey at least i can still go back and do the things i wanted to as a kid!

new goal: Photographer/business owner, still possible!

 

[IceBergSLiM]

I wanted to be a cheetah

 

[theeedude]

Car designer.
Electrical Engineer.

 

[TXHokie]

Wanted to be a pilot/astronaut
Tried to join the Navy for pilot program but with my bad eyesight, best they could promise was I'd be a radar guy but they can put me in the back of a copter. Went to school and got an aeronautical degree instead. Found out aeronautical engineering isn't the same as flying - whodathunk so much math/science goes into soaring like a bird?
Now working in IT. Man, talk about missing the mark. Whenever I see plane overhead or watch shuttle launch on TV *tear*

 

[judasmachine]

dream: veterinarian
amount of dream achieved: vet technician
soon to be unrelated profession: teacher

 

[sdifox]

Scientist. I am a senior consultant, so my business card tells me.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: TXHokie
Wanted to be a pilot/astronaut
Tried to join the Navy for pilot program but with my bad eyesight, best they could promise was I'd be a radar guy...
...Now working in IT. Man, talk about missing the mark. Whenever I see plane overhead or watch shuttle launch on TV *tear*

Aye.

 

[imthebadguy]

just wanted to roll in dat loot....

......and thats what im doin

 

[imported_Imp]

As a kid, I dreamt of soldier, cop or fireman. I am officially too blind for the latter 2.

As a highschooler, I thought about being a civil engineer. Lo and behold, I got my degree for it.

Now, I just finished college and am unemployed. I'm trying to get into shape to make option number 1 feasible. No, they won't let me be on the frontlines, but I can combine kid-dream with highschool/realist-dream into a technical job.