What did you want to be when/if you grew up and how close are you now?

[unxpurg8d]

I asked this question here back in 2000 and was wondering how many of us got where we were planning to be. Or how many of us got around to growing up.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I wanted to be a lawyer... in the 5th grade.

Thank GOD IN HEAVEN I'm nothing like that now.

 

[Fayd]

i had no goals growing up.

it shows now.

 

[Dominato3r]

Wanted to be a surgeon or pilot as a kid. I'm close to becoming a pilot.

 

[PrinceofWands]

I wanted to be married with a family. I have been married, and I do have a daughter, though not the way I wanted it. Overall I'd say I'm no where near what I wanted, with the odds reducing exponentially.

 

[Maximilian]

i had no goals growing up.

it shows now.

Ditto

 

[Anneka]

Remember i wanted to be a big football player. Now i enjoy making SEO research, promoting sites and all kind of useful rank related jobs

 

[moshquerade]

I wanted to be a writer.

I am no where near that, but satisfied with where I am.

 

[Joemonkey]

I wanted to be either a chemist or a neurosurgeon, but I suffer from an anomalous trichromacy, deuteranomaly to be precise, so I stayed away from professions where that could cause an issue and ended up in IT. I can't complain, I like what I do.

 

[dardarla]

I wanted to be a teacher or writer when I was 10, and decided I wanted to influence policy when I was 15 in regards to human services. I'm 20 now, almost done my base degree and headed for a masters. I'd say I'm pretty much on track, and I probably will do policy, write and go back to teach in a program related to my work by the time I retire.

 

[Juddog]

I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. Nothing even close, unfortunately.

 

[ShawnD1]

I wanted to be an engineer and thats what i am

 

[bobdole369]

either astronaut (never gonna happen with these eyes) - radio, electronic, or computer technician. I do a little of both the last 2 right now and I'm moving into the carrier business (a bandwidth provider for ISP's) - so all the last now. I realized in 11th grade that radio tech was probably not gonna get me any real money - simply because I saw the industry moving to SMT/throwaway parts/allinone stuff.

You don't fix electronics much anymore.

 

[SandEagle]

when i was a kid, i wanted to be a dinosaur when i grew up. now that i'm getting old, i am slowly becoming one. dreams do come true

 

[SandEagle]

I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. Nothing even close, unfortunately.

if it makes you feel any better, aeronautical engineers do want fries with that, most of the time

 

[RKS]

My parents wanted me to be a doctor or engineer. I ended up disappointing the entire family by becoming an attorney. Now my dad is working on getting my boys (7 & 5) into med school.

 

[BrownShoes]

Wanted to be a meteorologist.
I'm an accountant.

 

[amdhunter]

Gynecologist.

I guess I am super far from that goal, but once I get a girlfriend who is into freaky shit, I'll be satisfied.

 

[khon]

I wanted to be a zoologist, but I got over that.

Now I'm an engineer in the semiconductor industry, and I gotta say I'm pretty happy with that.

 

[mmntech]

I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was 5. Then I wanted to work in business, then be a political analyst. Now I have my diploma in broadcasting.

 

[bignateyk]

My mom gave me a box of my old crap from when I was growing up and I found a scrapbook from elementary school. Apparently I wanted to be an Electrical Engineer. That's exactly what I turned out to be.

Unfortunately it kind of sucks and I'm looking for something better to do.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I'm at where I wanted to be exactly since I was a teenager, however, when I was a little kid in the early 80s I wanted to be a Pilot, an Astronaut, and a Pharmacist.... I am none of those 3 things.

 

[IronWing]

Geologist ==> Geologist

When I was first learning to read I devoured all the volcano and glacier books in the look library. Then I kind of forgot about it for a few years until I got to college. I started as a geography major and then thought about broadfield science (education) but after taking my first geology course I switched and never looked back.

 

[techs]

I wanted to be a gynecologist. I ended a up a taste tester.

 

[darkxshade]

When I was 5, I wanted to be a transformer :|