I want to be... a tree (",)

audge

Hey, what did you want to be when you where younger? and what are you doing now? Did you make your dream job a reality? Or where did it all go wrong??
I wanted to be famous, or a journalist, I write for an event guide and I am marketing manager for an IT company, but I only finished college a few months ago, and haven't ruled out getting back into the media. I don't want to be famous anymore (so that dream changed) but I do want to be involved in the media!!!!!:p :rolleyes: :eek: :cool:

Kiera

I wanted to be a nurse and trained for 2 years but it wasn’t for me so now I work in accounts and love it.

shakaman

Wanted to be a fireman and still dress up as one in my spare time

Ended up in IT!....it ain't so bad!

combat_sombo

Kiera wrote:

I wanted to be a nurse and trained for 2 years but it wasn’t for me so now I work in accounts and love it.

there's a chick that works with me that trained for 2 years to be a nurse.....!

audge

Oh I am happy with marketing, i love my job, still want my 15minutes of fame though....... maybe one day

azezil

I always wanted to be a doctor, but I really don't like being around sick people or give a crap about others suffering so prolly for the best that didn't pan out.

Working in IT now, enjoying it ^_^

Dades

Rock star.

My career ended just before my Leaving Cert though. :mad:

monkeyfudge

I wanted to make cartoons.

I love cartoons.

But instead I currently run an IT Training Centre and an Internet Café among other things.

Kiera

combat_sombo wrote:

there's a chick that works with me that trained for 2 years to be a nurse.....!

Okie Dokie :eek:

monkeyfudge

combat_sombo wrote:

there's a chick that works with me that trained for 2 years to be a nurse.....!

I'm guessing that in some sort of crazy scheme to increase the workforce of nurses they trained more than one girl how to do it.

giveth

I remember telling my mum when I was young that I wanted to be a mammy when I grow up. (I'm a guy)

I have not yet achieved my dream.:(

Kiera

giveth wrote:

I remember telling my mum when I was young that I wanted to be a mammy when I grow up. (I'm a guy)

I have not yet achieved my dream.:(

Em em em, do you want to talk about it maybe???

rainbow kirby

When I was younger... I wanted to be a doctor.
Now... Computer Science student.
Go figure

giveth

Kiera wrote:

Em em em, do you want to talk about it maybe???

I just liked the idea of being a housewife.... working at home, making the dinner and watching TV.
That's what I meant I swear! It's not like I wanted breasts and to get pregnant and all that!.... Well, maybe just a little...
Where's the PI forum again?

NoDayBut2Day

I never really had a specific thing that I wanted to be... singer, perhaps. :rolleyes: I'm still not sure on my major (although it's Journalism for now) so we'll see....

Binomate

As a kid I always wanted to be Michael Jackson or a Soldier, lol. Bit of contrast between the two. Now I'm doing computer science!

I wanted to be a rocket scientist, and I'm currently studying Astrophysics so you never know, it could still happen!

Nightwish

i wanted to be a crane driver, sitting up in the air all alone with a beautiful view....now I'm going to be either a GIS technician or a Cartographer, well thats what I'll be qualified as, I really dont see myself working in either profession

Mossy Monk

being the government was a dream job for me as a child. more of a dictator as i wanted complete control over everything

i have ended up a phone monkey

monkeyfudge

Nightwish wrote:

or a Cartographer

Is that something to do with heart surgery?

chillywilly

when i was younger my dream was to die on the titanic...seriously

Piste

When I was three I wanted to be a shepherd. I had it all planned out, my parents would mind the sheep for me when I went on holidays.

When I was older than thst (7-9) I wanted to open a restaurant with my friend and we's cook together.

Now I either want to do something in drama or music or something in international diplomacy/politics.

Binomate

monkeyfudge wrote:

Is that something to do with heart surgery?

Map making.

Rb

When I was younger I wanted to be a vet, then thought about going into IT. Did work experience in an IT firm and said no way. Now I'm doing business in college(as generic as you can get) and haven't a clue what I want to do or where I'm going to end up.

Bard

I wanted to work in radio... presenting, producing, etc.

I'm now a salesman in a computer retail outlet... AND a presenter and producer on a local community radio station \o/ - so I guess I've (sort of) realised that dream.

Next step is to make it a paid job/career...

Rb

I've been told I'll be Irelands first astronaut by a psychic.

monkeyfudge

Binomate wrote:

Map making.

I was making a Monkey Island 2 reference... probably a bit too abstract of me...

Guy:Incognito

rb_ie wrote:

I've been told I'll be Irelands first astronaut by a psychic.

Are you the guy in the picture in the Irish physic's live ad?

monkeyfudge

Stekelly wrote:

Are you the guy in the picture in the Irish physic's live ad?

But didn't he go on a Russian ship? Wouldn't that make him Ireland's first Cosmonaut.

So the position of Ireland's first Astronaut is still open.

audge

Bard wrote:

I wanted to work in radio... presenting, producing, etc.

I'm now a salesman in a computer retail outlet... AND a presenter and producer on a local community radio station \o/ - so I guess I've (sort of) realised that dream.

Next step is to make it a paid job/career...

B.C.F.E, They have the best radio course in the country, seriously! Rick o Shea went to BCFE, so did Simon Maher, Brian Ormon, Aidan Power, Aisling Bastible, Barry Dunne, Ali, from Jack and Ali, chris barry.... the list is endless, the radio course gicve you a HND in media production, radio broadcasting, and then there is an option to progress to degree, a one yr degree, credited by DCU in media production and media management!!! Go make your dreams come through!

di11on

You know that scene at the end of The Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman's character goes looking for Tim Robbin's character and eventually finds him on some island working on a boat?

Well that's what I want to do when I grow up - build boats on a tropical island with no boss and no cares.

I'm an Engineer now... *Yawn*

RotalicaV

Bard wrote:

I wanted to work in radio... presenting, producing, etc.

I'm now a salesman in a computer retail outlet... AND a presenter and producer on a local community radio station \o/ - so I guess I've (sort of) realised that dream.

Next step is to make it a paid job/career...

What about your dream to live in a trailer park, with a fat yank twice your age for three years?

Sammyjo

when i was about three or four i wanted to be a meterologist and used to spend my time drawing maps of ireland (well what i thought looked like maps of ireland). Then soon after i wanted to do anything that was involved with horses. After jurassic park i wanted to be a palentologist, at the time i wasnt too sure what it was but if it involved dinosaurs i thought that would be cool! when i hit 13 i just wanted to be famous, but seeing as i couldnt dance, sing, act and was too short to be a model, that kinda didnt work out.....

misswex

When I was 5 I wanted to be a Nun!!!!!!!!!!

di11on

Misswex: How did that turn out?

Should we call you sister?

Binomate

monkeyfudge wrote:

I was making a Monkey Island 2 reference... probably a bit too abstract of me...

Oh right! My bad.

JungleBunny

I wanted to be a zoologist and only work with monkeys, but only the baby monkeys. I was very fussy!
For a while I also wanted to drive a JCB. I think it was the yellow colour that got me?!

Ended up working with a bunch of monkeys in IT, so I guess I kinda got what I wished for I guess.

monkeyfudge

JungleBunny wrote:

I wanted to be a zoologist and only work with monkeys, but only the baby monkeys. I was very fussy!
For a while I also wanted to drive a JCB. I think it was the yellow colour that got me?!

Ended up working with a bunch of monkeys in IT, so I guess I kinda got what I wished for I guess.

I like this post because it mentions monkeys a lot.

audge

My ma tells me that when i was a kid I wanted to work in a sweet shop, so I could eat all the sweets, then we drove past cadburys one day, and when she told me it was a chocolate facotry i swore i would work there one day.... what a fat dumb kid I was!

eefs

I really wanted to be a teacher so I could write on the blackboard.

Then, I realised I was ****e at looking after kids.

So, now I'm 6 months away from being a qualified journalist. No children there!

dahooligan

Well, I wanted to be a photographer when I was a wee lad.. then a football star/webhosting genius (it sounded good in my head) Then because all the lads in my class in school were talkin about becoming a DJ - when it was still a craze like - I saved up like mad and bought me first set of decks. Then I went on to become a worldclass superstar DeeJay.. me arse! But it did lead me to do a course in radio, where I met the love of my life and all things became happy after that!

But at my young age I am a qualified barman, bouncer, DJ (if you can be qualified to do that), and I have worked as a plumber, electrician, steel erector (heh heh), and labourer.. and I'm happy as a plum now working for RTE where I get lots of money to pretend to be busy... nice!:D :rolleyes: :eek: :cool:

BoozyBabe

Wanted to work in music, teaching or something like that.
Now I work in IT (which is nearly the same, NOT)

Have you noticed how many people here are in IT!!!!
Don't we ever do any work??????

dahooligan

BoozyBabe wrote:

Don't we ever do any work??????

Ha ha ha ha ha, sure when you've access to the net you're hardly gonna let something as trivial as work get in the way! I'd say that if I had no access to the net my productivity as a worker would go up at least 30% to 40%... don't tell any employer friends though - they might take it away!

audge

seriously, every week I do feck all until the day before my deadline, then I kill myself to get it all done, and have the neck to complain about being overworkd!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! Sometimes I think about having boards blocked, just so I could get some work done..... but then I think...............NAAAAHHHhhhhhhh!!:p

*Lees*

My dad told me this... I don't remember really but I wanted to be a shop keeper when i was small!.... So i could eat all the sweets!!!

Ehhh... I'm kinda happy that I opted for the receptionist job instead!! (my teeth would probably be falling out of my head by now!!:rolleyes: )

nobodythere

I wanted to be a JCB....
no... not a JCB driver... a JCB.
And I will be.

I wanted to be a priest for a time being.

Also, dahooligan, steel erector? As in putting up the spire . How'd you become a qualified barman anyway

trishh

misswex wrote:

When I was 5 I wanted to be a Nun!!!!!!!!!!

OMG !!!! Same here, only I was older, like 9/10, after my mother shoved a book about becoming a nun under my nose !!!!

NineMoons

Since I was 10 or 11, I've wanted to be a barrister. So far I've got the law degree and a Masters and am paralegaling while I get money together for going to the King's Inns. I'm nine months and one degree away from doing what I've wanted to do since I was a kid. YAY!

The only thing that worries me is that I won't like it when I finally get there!

DEmeant0r

When I was small I wanted to be a writer/journalist, I'm doing a degree in I.T now -_-;;

YeatsCounty

In order, from age four:

Fireman
T-Rex
Astronaut
Adventurer (that seems to have come true actually)
Football + Gaelic Football goalie
Teacher (On course for that, hope to become a lecturer within 15 years after I get good experience in my career).


Currently taking a year our of college, completed three years and have a Diploma in Computer Science. It's a far bit away from a T-Rex.

jrey1981

Apparently when I was very young I used to say I wanted to be a gardener - I used to help my Grandad in his vegetable garden.....then went to uni where I was trying to make it in business at the same time as studying - was naive enough to think I would become a millionaire....