What did you want to be as a kid? Did you get that job?

I always wanted to be a session drummer. Im only 24, and most session drummers are older (40's 50's) so i guess i have time. The problem with being a session drummer is that it is not about how good you are, but who you know.


And how you sound (tone wise).

When i was like 12-17 i wanted to be apart of Nobou Uematsu's writing team for writing the music for final fantasies. That would still be a dream, but i don't know Japanese.
 
I wanted to be a firefighter when I was really young, but eventually I grew out of that dream, and looking at it now I certainly know I don't want to be one.

Then came race car driver because of GT2. I didn't care whether it was F1, WRC, NASCAR, I just wanted to be a race car driver. I really wanted to find a racing series with R34 Skylines with "stage 3 weight reduction". Part of this was because my dad and my uncle used to drive race cars (Chevy Nova's) when they were younger and it seemed really cool.

If I remember correctly, I think there was a little while when I wanted to be a Pokemon master, never really chased that dream :dopey:

Then came NHL player, which I wanted to be until I turned 13/14 and realized it would never ever happen :lol: (incidentally, this is also when I began to love the sport).

Then I thought I wanted to be a cop, but after a while I realized it just isn't what I wanted to do; I'm sure I'd be a good cop, but I don't think I'd enjoy it. That lead into wanting to be a soldier, but I changed my mind on that one after seeing how many Canadian soldiers died in Afghanistan (as well as how woefully under equipped and under funded the Canadian military is).

After that, I wanted to be a fighter pilot, but unfortunately I'm colourblind (I would...maybe be able to pass the eye test, but I'm also lazy which rules out the Air Force unless I want to fly a desk).

Then for a while when I was 14/15 I wanted to be a lawyer because I'm argumentative :lol:. I looked into the cost of law school and the realities of being a lawyer, which changed my mind on that path.

Finally, at the moment my career aspiration is accounting (hello ladies :sly:). I don't necessarily want to be an accountant for the sake of being an accountant, but I see it as a bit of a means to an end. I'd like to get into business, and I'm taking a business degree at the moment (first year), and I think a BBA or BComm on its own is a bit of a fluff degree. I'm interested in accounting so I can get an accounting designation (likely CMA (Certified Management Accountant)). I see it as a way to get something more tangible and prestigious out of a business degree (inb4 MBA).

The original desire was to be a CA, but I think I'd prefer the CMA designation. I've looked into both, and the CMA designation seems to be more up my alley as far as career paths go. The CA accreditation process is long and grueling hours, and I don't want to spend my 20's working 60 hours a week at a big 4 firm in Toronto.

So that's my career aspiration at the moment, it's very much subject to change. I don't have to declare a major until the end of my second year, and by then I'll have been able to get a bit of a taste of most aspects of a business.
 
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I cant really remember what I wanted to do as a child, nothing in particular that stuck anyway.
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Same here...I probably changed my answer every few months, based on whatever my interests were at the time. Construction worker was probably the first thing I ever proclaimed...but eventually, things like "baseball player", "doctor", "racing driver", "professor", "computer programmer", "architect", "engineer", sort of put ideas in my head, but I wasn't really a goal-oriented person until after college.

Around the age of 12, the gearhead bug bit me, and doing something in the automotive world always appealed to me a little bit. Around that time, tinkering with computers also came about...so I'd really narrowed down my ideas. My parents had other ideas; so even though they wanted me to go to college, they didn't want to pay for it. So admittedly, I took out tons of student loans, and still didn't really know what I wanted to do versus how much of a procrastinator I was (and still am).

In the past 9-10 years, I just sort of bounced from what I enjoyed, mainly in the automotive world, although now I get to travel, play with computers, talk about cars, and serve the automotive industry in a small way. So I really like it, it does fulfill a lot of different interests at once.

Interestingly, we made some idle chit chat with our five year old daughter about this in the past two weeks..."what do you want to be?" Her reply was "I like lots of things.", which reminded me a lot like myself. Two days ago, when I watched her (sick day), I caught up on some work...she asked me, "why do people work?". I discussed that we need to buy things, have a place to live, et cetera...to which she said, "I don't want to work. I want to be someone who sells telephones. Everyone likes telephones and buys new ones." She can BE whatever she wants, as long as it doesn't seem like work. And that's the difference.

I'm not really sure if there's any rhyme or reason to why I have the job I have now, but a lot of hard work and good luck played a part at exactly the right time. Some times, persistence pays off. Other times, you kind of wait around wishing to do something else.
 
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When I was little I wanted to be a pilot because my dad back then traveled a lot and thought flying him to wherever he goes would be cool.

Then when I got to middle school and high school I wanted to either be an architect or a car designer. I wanted to be a car designer, all I did most of the time were draw cars and enter these concept car design contests on Motor Trend every year.

When I entered college I wanted to be an accountant since my mother was one. Now I'm working in property management but since I didn't get to finish college with an Accounting degree (Economics major), I will need to go back to college for at least a year to get one and prepare for the CPA exam. That's my plan in the next year or two.

I still draw cars now and then but I just do it for fun.
 
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Interestingly, we made some idle chit chat with our five year old daughter about this in the past two weeks..."what do you want to be?" Her reply was "I like lots of things.", which reminded me a lot like myself. Two days ago, when I watched her (sick day), I caught up on some work...she asked me, "why do people work?". I discussed that we need to buy things, have a place to live, et cetera...to which she said, "I don't want to work. I want to be someone who sells telephones. Everyone likes telephones and buys new ones."
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That is one of the funniest ,👍 worthy paragraph i have every read on this forum. Kids are funny sometimes, especially when you try to be one with them.
 
Pupik
Interestingly, we made some idle chit chat with our five year old daughter about this in the past two weeks..."what do you want to be?" Her reply was "I like lots of things.", which reminded me a lot like myself. Two days ago, when I watched her (sick day), I caught up on some work...she asked me, "why do people work?". I discussed that we need to buy things, have a place to live, et cetera...to which she said, "I don't want to work. I want to be someone who sells telephones. Everyone likes telephones and buys new ones."
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Smart daughter =P.
It's not quite like that though XD.
 
Still a student, but I'm trying to go for astronaut or something in that field, whether it be building the first suit suitable for Mars, or just repairing minor stuff.👍
 
Im still in middle school, but I have 2 goals I'm going to do my very best to get to 1.) some sort of race car driver. Local or worldwide I don't care as long as I'm racing... 2.) something having to do with NASCAR. Mechanic, driver, crew chief, anything. If I get a chance to do anything related I'll be very satisfied with what I have done. I have yet to think of anything else I would want to do other than hit the lottery.
 
I wanted to design cars as an automotive engineer. Still do, in fact, 'cause I'm in my last year at high school.
 
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I wanted to be a professional marathon runner, a painter or a person who engages himself in the works of mechanic or under support of a professional car-racing sponsor, but is too late to get to train my body all over again and then began to go into studying about liberal arts and stuff alike, when I was smaller years back. :lol:

Skuh
Soldier or Race driver

not very well

I work in reprographics/graphic design

If I could do it again though I would be a military historian.
Who knows, I may still get to be one.
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That's a cool appointment you had dreamed of man, but you ought to have been apt to be influenced by your experiences, what you do in your infancy to get a position in either of the two occupations.
 
For a few years I wanted to be a farmer, then I wanted to be an airborne soldier. For a brief period after that I wanted to be an engineer, but then I wanted to be a soldier again!

So far in life I have been a farm hand (my first paying job), then I applied for the army but changed my mind after being offered an apprenticeship with an engineering firm. I stayed in engineering until fairly recently and I now split my time between small engineering projects and working on a farm. It's looking likely that I will be joining the army in the next few years - hopefully as a paratrooper.

Maybe if i'd wanted to be a multi-millionaire when I was younger that would have came true too?
 
When I was a kid I wanted to be a doctor/lawyer/actor/baseball player/rapper. :lol: I was only average in school, not very charismatic, only average at sports, and I can't rap. So none of that panned out for me. I ended up following in my parents footsteps you could say. My father was an officer in the Army. I was enlisted in the 82nd Airborne. My mother worked at a Phamaceutical for 20 years. I now work at a Pharmaceutical.

While I never was good enough to acheive any of those big dreams I had when I was a kid, I'm proud to be where I'm at now because I'm happy. However if I could do the Army thing again I would have went for a job that translates better into the civilian world. If your considering the military I would recommend something in the medical field, or a pilot. Do your research and don't just choose Infantry like me. :dunce:
 
I still don't know what I want to be.

As I grew up, was exposed to more and more different fields, the less I knew what I want to do. At this point, I'm in the engineering field (which is what I wanted to do as a child, though not in the same industry), and that's fun and all, but we'll see where life takes me, and I'll seek out and take opportunities where I can.

I have realized though that whatever I do, I want to be working with other people.
 
Always wanted to be a Penguin or a lorry driver. And I still would like to follow either as a career path.

Although now, I would like to be either a teacher or a radio broadcaster and they seem like attainable goals.
Like everyone else here I had a short stint as wanting to be a professional racer but after growing up with grass roots competitors I easily decided to want it as a hobby.

Finally, I strive to be a multi millionaire entrepreneur. I constantly come up with new money making schemes and ideas,but like racing I would prefer to have it on the side along with a regular job.
 
It swung between racing driver, paleontologist, car designer, and train driver. These days I'm stuck on either orchestral cellist or composer.
 
An astronaut.:dopey:

I guess I wanna be a racing driver, or a pilot, but I'd need tonnes of money to be either.:indiff:
 
I really wish I'd followed my dad and gone into the family business of submarine washing.
 
Always wanted to be a race driver myself too. I did racing school and was a front-runner in the amateur stuff I've done but barring a miracle I don't see it becoming something that makes money.

Also wanted to be a pilot, but I was a horrible student and my eyesight is terrible.

I'm in the irritating place of being in my late-20s and not knowing what direction I want to take. I really like being an automotive journalist but I haven't yet found a way to actually make a living doing it and I don't know how much longer I can keep trying to be a photog/journo before I have to just throw in the towel and find a "real" profession. I just started college (10 years late...) and don't know what I'm gonna end up majoring in.

I'm thinking about maybe going into international business, with a minor in Mandarin. I enjoy Chinese history and culture, like travelling (I even don't mind flying, especially if it's in business or first, which is almost automatic once you've racked up enough miles), and the money would be great.

On the total opposite end of the spectrum, part of me wants to just say eff it and become a Porsche mechanic or go into classic car restoration.
 
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I have a cool job now. I work in advertising in automotive. I picked it as a career during my freshman year of college. I don't think I had any thoughts of future career as a kid. My dad worked in a factory and expected that I would either do the same or join the army. My high school career councelor didn't even look at my grades - just followed along with the small town attitude of work at the shop with my dad, military or work on a farm. I didn't fit very well with any of those. I excelled at art, design, mechanical drawing, music, math, physics and shop. I wish someone would have looked at that skill set when I was 15 years old and told me that it was possible to become a car designer. I didn't get than influence until too late in life.

So, if I could do anything differently, I would be designing cars right now. Life turned out pretty well though. At least I get to use that creativity to help tell others about cars they may be interested in. It is a good career and enough to support my family and afford some travel and to play with race cars as a hobby. Life is good.
 
When I was young I wanted to be a doctor (later on when I learned more about such things, a radiologist) so I could make lots of money. :lol: Later I thought about being an architect or a civil engineer. I also wanted to be a locomotive engineer off and on due to my continuing love for trains, and if all else fails I can always fall back on that.

I've always thought it would be cool to be a racing driver, and I seem to have a knack for driving, but it's definitely not an aspiration of mine. I would, however, like to one day buy a cheap sports car and take it racing on the weekends, purely for fun. I'd also like to build my own Shelby Cobra kit car one day, but that's for another thread. :p

For a while I wanted to be a car designer, and I was even in touch with an employee at GM (one of my dad's friends) who could have led me down that path if I had chosen to pursue it. But then I got distracted by what I have discovered is my true passion, playing music, which is what I'm currently pursuing a degree in and hoping to get a career in. Although I really want to work at RoosterTeeth... :lol:

Right now I'm technically employed as a member of the development team for a video game, and we hope to eventually become a physical professional video game development studio. That would be an awesome career, as I would help design video games (one of my loves) and record parts for the soundtrack using my musical talents. But we shall see.
 
I got an idea when I was 12 watching a IT guy working on my parent's Pentium II desktop at the time. One look at a IDE ribbon cable inspired me to want to work with computers. Working and building computers for myself and family members made me happy in the last few years. I don't exactly have that kind of job today but I do contracting work for various people and companies(some have involved computer work) as a side job while I take networking in college. My idea of working with computers has been a very generic one but I'll start drilling down to what I really want to do with my life very soon. Thankfully I have the support of my parents and my college dean so when the right time comes I will make use of what I can get to help set that "Ideal" job.
 
When I was younger I wanted to be a pilot, preferably in the military. Then I learned about their standards for eyesight and knew there was no way I would be qualified since I started wearing glasses when I was 9 and my vision is terrible now that I'm 20.

Now I'm in college looking for a management information systems degree - so no, I didn't get my dream job :( I still kinda wish I tried though.
 
Never really had the massive "I want to be..." moment, but was good at science. So went to uni and did science. Finished uni, spent 2+ years as a backpacker, bouncing around jobs in Canada and the UK. Got sick of minimum wage, so I came home to get more qualifications.

I hope to hand in my PhD thesis in 6months or so... then it will be Dr Barra :)
 
My preferred job as a kid was retirement. And I'm finally working towards it :lol:
 
I wanted to become a professional F1-driver... But that'll most likely never happen.
 
When I was 9 I wanted to drive trucks but by the time I was nearing my O levels I wanted to be an engineer so I chose maths, physics, surveying etc for my options. I also choose art and design as was pretty good at it I enjoyed it. At 16 (just before choosing my A levels) I got seriously into the idea of flying helicopters for the Navy, so I went to all the interviews and meetings, filled in the forms and was even choosing my A levels which the Navy would have paid for as part of my officer training. But at the last minute I came to my senses and had WTF moment - I was too young to get into that nonsense - so I completed my A levels and went to art college - best idea I ever had.

So to answer the OP, I wanted to be a driver, an engineer or a pilot but became a designer (now creative director) instead.
 
when i was a kid, i visited The Alabama space center. i knew right then and there i wanted to be an astronaut. needless to say i've since grown up in those 20 years and now Obama has cut all funding for NASA and my dreams crushed.... well that and i much rather learn International business now...

oh well.
 

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