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What did you want to be when you grow up?

ErwinErwin
edited May 2009 in Everything Else
I was wondering what were your childhood dream "jobs". I wanted to be a mad scientist :D
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  • SailSail
    Until about the end of middle school I had always wanted to go into animation.
  • trogdor9trogdor9
    I have wanted to go into computer science since I was three (no joke).

    I am currently enrolled in the Computer Science program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, beginning this fall.

    I am a nerd.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited May 2009
    Captain of a space ship. This not being all that feasible, I've settled for airship captain.
    Damn you Hollywood! Lying to us about the future!
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • GreatTeacherMacRossGreatTeacherMacRoss
    Marine biologist (before I knew it involved more than scuba diving with a camera), followed by comic book artist, followed by video game character designer in High School/College.
  • FunfetusFunfetus
    I pretty much wanted to be a comic book artist my whole childhood, until I saw Aladdin -- then I wanted to do animation, then I wanted to be an illustrator, then a concept artist. Now I'm back at comic book artist, and I think it's gonna stick.
  • Loganator456Loganator456
    Zoologist
    Chef
    Dude in a metal band
    Professional Pianist
    Marine Biologist
  • ChurbaChurba
    I can't really remember what I wanted to be as a kid, but I will tell you, my ex-fiancee always wanted to be a viking when she grew up - and she never really grew totally out of it, either - she sticks firmly to the conviction that her dream job is being one of the Viking-actors at the Jorvik Viking center - though she's happy to settle for her second choice, which is something in the field of animal science/veterinary science.
  • FunfetusFunfetus
    my ex-fiancee always wanted to be a viking when she grew up - and she never really grew totally out of it, either -
    This reminds me of a quote from the Norwegian punk band Turbonegro. Something like "Norwegians are always going on about being descended from vikings. We aren't descended from vikings. Everyone else is descended from vikings. We're descended from the guys who stayed home."
  • WalkerWalker
    For a while I wanted to be, predictably enough, either a firefighter or a veterinarian. Once I actually started to think about it I decided that I wanted to be a syndicated cartoonist. By the time I was 10 I had written several hundred comic strips, and Scott Adams and Bill Watterson were my heroes for much of my childhood. After that I floated in between stunt double and video game designer, eventually settling on video game level designer around the age of 13. That petered off after a few years, and now I haven't got a clue what I'd like to do.
  • MrRobotoMrRoboto
    I wanted to be an inventor, but most importantly, since I was like seven, to live in Toronto or Vancouver.
  • GreatTeacherMacRossGreatTeacherMacRoss
    edited May 2009
    At which moment? I don't know about anyone else, but whenever I learned something new as a child I would get so excited that I thought it would be my life's work. I used to think I wanted to be a lawyer or an actor. The realities of each profession (hating my job in the former and needing to eat in the latter) killed the desire for those professions, though I act as a hobby and am working as a paralegal while I complete my Masters in English Education.
    The one constant was my desire to be a mother.
    EDIT: I just realized I posted this under MR. MacRoss' account and not my own. Oops.
    Post edited by GreatTeacherMacRoss on
  • StarfoxStarfox
    Astronaut. This is still within the realm of possibility.
  • VigaViga
    I was 8 when decided I want to be an animator. Now I still want to be an animator but more specifically in storyboards. Also, a comic artist. That was my second dream job all my life.

    Is it kinda weird that I always wanted to be a bride as well. It's so girlie. ~_~
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    Is it kinda weird that I always wanted to be a bride as well. It's so girlie. ~_~
    Don't worry, that's just the social conditioning at work.
  • FunfetusFunfetus
    This thread should have a poll:
    • Artist
    • Scientist
    • Other
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited May 2009
    "Other" needs to be divided into "Other: Sci-fi related" and "Other: Non-Sci-fi related".
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • KieyKiey
    I think I wanted to be a movie director, at least in 1st grade.
  • AndrewAndrew
    Air Force Pilot. I even took a couple flying lessons.
  • JasonJason
    Architectural drafter.
  • WalkerWalker
    Architectural drafter.
    I forgot about that one. I also wanted to do this for about a year or so.
  • Li_AkahiLi_Akahi
    Walt Disney Imagineer.
  • fooflyfoofly
    When I was a child I wanted to be a cartoonist, and that pretty much was it for most of my life until I was 12 or so, then it was a computer game designer, and as of yesterday I've just finished my final year of BA Computer Games Design. So I guess I'm stuck with it now.
  • djfooboodjfooboo
    Interior Design

    I'm in the military now, how did I get here?
  • ......
    I have absolutely no idea what in the world I wanted to be as a little punk kid. I just played outside and laughed,
    and now I haven't got a clue what I'd like to do.
  • fluxflux
    God.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    God.
    Same here, it would make things so much easier.
  • ......
    God.
    Spin-off discussion. The insanity that would be the world if YOU were god. Armies of Kenshiro headsploding horrible, tentacled, furries. Mechs punching each other in the face 24/7. The sun just a series of disco lights. All night looong.
  • NuriNuri
    Artist, Marine Biologist, Teacher.

    Then I realized how little artists get paid and how crappy teachers get treated. Pretty much only left science.
  • RymRym
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  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    I was wondering how long that would take.
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