What did you want to be when you grew up?

Demetrius

Or if you are still in school, what do you want to be when you grow up?:p

Are you close to reaching your childhood fantasies, or have you been thrown a wobbly, and are somewhere completely different from where you "ought" to be?

All comments welcome!

Hail 2 Da Chimp

A gynocologist, im uh... studying on-line!

skywalker

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote:

A gynocologist, im uh... studying on-line!

Roffle

greenkittie

A vet. Messed about in 6th year of school so didn't get the grades or experiance i needed. Ended up doing computer science, happy enough with the result but would have prefered if i hadn't ****ed up.

DaBreno

An Astronaut.

best I could manage was space cadet.

Angels

Newsreader on RTE or working in TV, never really got there, did a course in film making but go nowhere after that, im now working in office admin.

peepsbates

Demetrius wrote:

Or if you are still in school, what do you want to be when you grow up?:pQUOTE]

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Endasaurus

All Things Retro surely?

I wanted to be an author, proper nerd that I was

projectmayhem

wanted to be a pilot, and here i am achieving that lofty goal in computer science.

nerds ftw

spurious

I wanted to be a teacher and I have been for 23 years.

c - 13

I wanted to write computer games. I was a real nerd child I guess.
I'm an electronic engineer now, and I have a two or three engineering tools written for fairly large companys that are in regular use, so I guess thats as close as i'm going to get.

Failing that i wanted to be a crane operator (or crane driver as I used to think it was) ? ? ?

StupidLikeAFox

A Fire Engine!

fabcat

I wanted to be a hairdresser, left school at 16, done it for 3 months, got bored, started to work in customer service, then back to college when I was 21, got bored after another 3 months then went back to customer service. Turns out I'm pretty good at customer service!! So I'm a CS rep now with good hair :rolleyes:

Ruu_Old

A mad scientist, not too far off my goal. I just need a few extra organs, PM for donation please.

SpitfireIV

In primary school I wanted to 'make robots', , dont know whethere there is such a job as a robot maker......but I wanted to be one! I put it down to loving the Short Circuit movies. I had this great book about robots that I got in Dublin when I was 7/8, so that was my bible!

Now I'm doing industrial design and have no desire to make robots......but you never know where my line of study might take me

Heisenberg.

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Mrs. MacGyver

A architect (loved lego) doing archaeology so destroying things instead of building them!! lol

aidan_dunne

A racing driver as a result of watching the epic battles that took place between Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet in the 1980's.

When I realised I was not destined to become the next F1 World Champion, I wanted to become a mechanic. Guess I always had some sort of interest in all things automotive in a way.

A fighter pilot (after seeing 'Top Gun', probably), until I found out the Irish Air Corps didn't have F-14 Tomcats or F-15 Eagle fighter jets!

Then computers came into my life and I wanted to do something involving them. Turned me into the geek I am today, I guess!

Though, even today, I still am a big petrolhead at heart as well and deep down I guess I'll always dream of soaring into the skies and pulling loops and barrel-rolls at 35,000 feet at Mach 1.5 in an F-15. *sigh*

bullets

I wanted to be an assassin.
(I got a really low empathy level when it comes to people)

As I got older would have loved to have been a sniper/army ranger or pilot.
Parents did not want me joining the army, Did computers instead of a language
in school which made me not qualify for the cadets. Just as well would have made
a good corperal or sargent but probably a crap officer.

~B

JungleBunny

A JCB driver! Those big yellow ones! Still makes me laugh every time I see one now.
So tempting to take one that is parked on the M50 where they are doing road works some night

Faith

A teacher or a doctor.

My mum's a teacher and my dad's a doctor.

I can't possibly imagine why those were my chosen careers.

I'm currently doing a degree in biology, so I'm not too far off medicine!

jazoo

porn star

Black Swan

An actress and a creative writer (novel).

the Shades

An animator always wanted to make the last Road Runner cartoon where that damn bird got eaten.

Now a TEFL teacher so went no where near that area lol

CiDeRmAn

As a kid I wanted to be an astronaut, watching the Salyut space stations and then the 1st Shuttle Launch when I was only 9, still crap eyesight and an allergy to gluten put pay to that, that and the fact that maths and I have a rocky relationship at the best of times!
Then something in science, yup, the maths thing again!
As a teenager I got into working with people with a mental handicap and started training in '90 and have been working in the field since then.
Strangely, despite my obsession with videogames I have never mixed up the delight if playing them with the drudgery of programming them, plus I probably get paid more now than if I typed code all day!

rainbow kirby

When I was younger, I wanted to be a doctor... I only changed my mind on that one when I was in 6th year in school. Now? In my 3rd year of a computer science degree and I've no idea what I want to do when I finish.

Chinafoot

When I was a kid I always wanted to own a pub. No idea why!

When I got to secondary school it changed from a pub to a bookshop. This is still my dream job. Unfortunately I don't have the funds to do it, and probably never will.

I'm starting my job as a library assistant soon though so that will be close enough for the time being

Miss Fluff

A nurse or a doctor because at 5 I wanted to be what Mum and Dad are and then later because I LOVED the thought of being able to help people who are ill. Unfortunately I'm atrocious at science though!!

dr.bollocko

A writer. Still trying. Come back to me in 5 years. (I'm sleeping on it)

Ruu_Old

peachypants wrote:

When I was a kid I always wanted to own a pub. No idea why!

When I got to secondary school it changed from a pub to a bookshop. This is still my dream job. Unfortunately I don't have the funds to do it, and probably never will.

I'm starting my job as a library assistant soon though so that will be close enough for the time being

That idea crossed my mind, who wouldn't want 'free crisps and minerals' anytime you wanted?

Chinafoot

Ruu wrote:

That idea crossed my mind, who wouldn't want 'free crisps and minerals' anytime you wanted?

Oh man, "minerals". Haven't heard that in a long time. Brings back memories of being in my grandad's house with red lemonade and french fancies.

Sorry..totally off-topic there but was hit with a wave of nostalgia!

Carry on!