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So I thought this would be interesting.

What kind of career did you want? Which profession? Have you managed to get into the profession you dreamed of? If no, why?

Well currently I attend university and work in a supermarket part time to pay the rent. The career I want to go into is Journalism. I have been told it isn't as well paying as many others but I feel I would be happiest in this sort of field. I'm not there yet as I am still focusing on my education. It's something I've always wanted to do.

So, Generalites, give me your answers!

I want to be a college professor and teach medieval history, both europian and near east.


Im working on getting there;)

Apart from all the fictional ones i can think of (God, Devil, time-traveler) in reality, i wouldn't mind being a charity worker in a foreign country, or maybe a journalist in a nice warm climate.
To be honest i have no idea, i'll probably end up in some backward office job, or in retail (which i really don't want to go into, due to past experience) maybe a social worker, because i know roughly what they do, but i'm not sure i'd last long in a tough job like that.
In conclusion i have no idea.

Politics.

I've been doing it in schools since the age of 10 (Yus, I was School Council President and we got to pick which awesome toys and such went outside, as well as picking new board games for wet weather days!) up until now, where I successfully changed the SU constitution to give myself a two-year term on a single year's vote (for the rewrite that we're doing at the moment, it's been changed back to one year, otoh that doesn't come into effect until this next year, yus!) and I've gotten involved in a whole bunch of commitees which do, overally, less than the School Council did in Year 6 (EQ and D, anyone?).

Just waiting to get to Uni, do my degree (which will be History), and stay on as a Sabb. for a couple of years and then move into 'proper' politics. Should be a good one.

I'm currently studying Medicine but if I could find a way to become a professional skydiver and also make a decent wage then I would drop medicine as fast as possible. Unfortunately the odds of that happening are slim

Writer.

medical marijuana

Are you sure you want this? Isn't the main requirement the need for long-term pain relief?

medical marijuana/snowboard/video game tester

Quality control in an orgasm pill factory.

Politics.

I've been doing it in schools since the age of 10 (Yus, I was School Council President and we got to pick which awesome toys and such went outside, as well as picking new board games for wet weather days!) up until now, where I successfully changed the SU constitution to give myself a two-year term on a single year's vote (for the rewrite that we're doing at the moment, it's been changed back to one year, otoh that doesn't come into effect until this next year, yus!) and I've gotten involved in a whole bunch of commitees which do, overally, less than the School Council did in Year 6 (EQ and D, anyone?).

Just waiting to get to Uni, do my degree (which will be History), and stay on as a Sabb. for a couple of years and then move into 'proper' politics. Should be a good one.

Nice choice.

Yootopia for PM!

I'm currently studying Medicine but if I could find a way to become a professional skydiver and also make a decent wage then I would drop medicine as fast as possible. Unfortunately the odds of that happening are slim

Xtreme Sports athlete! Start training now!

Writer.

Again a nice choice.

Quality control in an orgasm pill factory.

medical marijuana/snowboard/video game tester

Truly, you are Gods that walk among men to think of these.

medical marijuana/snowboard/video game tester

I want to be a research professor at a university in the Midwest. My area would be alternative energy, perhaps biofuels.
It would make such a difference to young female engineers, to know that this, too, is an option for them. There are six or seven professors in my department right now, all male. To have that role model ... it's something I don't have, and my dream is to provide it for someone else.

Are you sure you want this? Isn't the main requirement the need for long-term pain relief?

I'm sure I'll be in plenty of pain from testing out snowboards and getting carpal tunnel from the games.

Quality control in an orgasm pill factory.

ahahahaha

Professional Billionaire Playboy...who fights crime in his spare time...

Truly, you are Gods that walk among men to think of these.

*tries to run water into wine*

hmmmm, no change

perhaps I need practice

I always kind of wanted to do the same thing - I knew I wanted to be one of those guys who make movies, tv or plays happen. I wasn't sure entirely how I'd make them happen and my preference as to which one I wanted to prioritise changed repeatedly but that broad goal remained pretty constant.

I guess you could say that I've achieved that but over time my understanding as to how you make them has changed and so now I have new goals: I want to write and direct a movie and, if it turns out that I don't have the technical ability to do that, I want to make a feature length documentary.

Narrative artist.

Sounds pretentious, doesn't it? Well, it is. Essentially I'm a story teller but I don't want to be married to one medium. I started off writing plays (actually I started off writing fake news stories in a fake setting, but anyway), studied and then wrote screenplays (not nearly successful as the plays, in that only work I've consulted on has been done), written comics (three published, but all at once so that's not nearly as cool as I want it to sound...and the publisher was postage stamp small), but I aspire to also write video games (I think their narrative potential is only starting to be tapped), operas (I started life as a musician) and multimedia content. I want to tell stories in the medium that best suites the story and not the medium that I have anchored myself in. The only medium I have no ambition for is prose/the novel. I have absolutely no talent for it.

So that's my 'up my own ass' answer to my dream career.

My absolute dream job would be a "Multimedia Evaluation Official"...or more simply, a guy who sits around playing video games, watching movies and reading books all day and then righting reviews and such about 'em for major newspapers and broadcasters.

Nothing else need be said. I'd be making money doing the things that I like to do.

I would go marathon style too: Stay up for two days straight at a time playing the latest games, sleeping for 24 hours, then moving on to a quadruple feature, sustaining myself only on Coke and Cheetoes.

However, though it would be most excellent and epic, no doubt I would become as hated and lethargic as Robert Ebert, and in a few years would realize that I had wasted my life.

So though it is doubtful I will ever become one of the world's premier couch potatoes as a nurse, I'll certainly be making more of an impact and living a more rewarding life...probably be making more money too.

Besides, there's nothing wrong with being a simple ubergeek in your free time.

I want to be a college professor...
I'd love to be a college professor. Not in my current field though. Which kinda sucks for me.

Totally unrealistic: Broadway star.

Fairly unrealistic, but not utterly impossible: director of some respected professional choir.

Realistic: High-school music teacher.

:)

Multi-billionaire financier and writer that maintains a diverse harem.

That or the benevolent dictator of a realist Earth.

There was a time where I wanted to write music for a living, but I've kind of gone off that on the basis that I'm not really good or consistent enough, and it would be such a struggle to get into it and maintain a wage. Professional choral singer or accompanist would be nice, but again, I'm not quite up there in standard.

Well, I am studying international marketing as a graduate student at IESE in barcelona, spain. I also have my B.S. in Film one of my favourite all time loves. I also have studied fashion, french, german, I love school so much...And plan to work for some automobile, aerospace, or really anything in the marketing department...

Totally unrealistic: Broadway star.

Fairly unrealistic, but not utterly impossible: director of some respected professional choir.

Realistic: High-school music teacher.

:)

Okay, here's the thing, and I have no idea how good you are, but this has been true for me in music and in writing:

There has always, in both fields, no shortage of people who will tell you how 'hard' or even 'impossible' each step on the way is. And I mean every step.

But I never had a problem with each step and the only difficulty I ever really encountered is when I didn't pursue it vigorously. I'm not where I want to be yet, but so far my experience has taught me it's only because I haven't tried hard enough. I'm not saying that if I'd just apply myself I'd be the best in the field, but I could be doing what I should be doing.

So why do people say these things? I don't know. My egotistical theory is that they just suck so they think it's hard, and it's not, they just suck. Or even more egotistical, I just rock that hard. But I think it's just that we're really good at talking ourselves out of things. No one wants to look like one of the asses on American Idol, but you have to make sure your self-evaluation is balanced.

Okay, here's the thing, and I have no idea how good you are, but this has been true for me in music and in writing:

There has always, in both fields, no shortage of people who will tell you how 'hard' or even 'impossible' each step on the way is. And I mean every step.

But I never had a problem with each step and the only difficulty I ever really encountered is when I didn't pursue it vigorously. I'm not where I want to be yet, but so far my experience has taught me it's only because I haven't tried hard enough. I'm not saying that if I'd just apply myself I'd be the best in the field, but I could be doing what I should be doing.

So why do people say these things? I don't know. My egotistical theory is that they just suck so they think it's hard, and it's not, they just suck. Or even more egotistical, I just rock that hard. But I think it's just that we're really good at talking ourselves out of things. No one wants to look like one of the asses on American Idol, but you have to make sure your self-evaluation is balanced.

Well, I think a large part of it is simply that the relative numbers of people who will eventually become Broadway stars and the people who will eventually become high school teachers dictate that one of those jobs is much, much more likely to have an opening for you than the other.

There's also the fact that, for certain jobs, talent just isn't enough. As someone with self-esteem that's minimal at best, I am still aware that as far as raw musical talent goes, I am more than qualified to be headlining the next Sondheim revival. But I don't have the looks or the connections or the dancing ability or the financial means to survive while waiting for that one good audition to pan out - and so the odds of me being able to stay that particular course are rather low.

There are probably even fewer successful directors of really good professional choirs - but you don't have to be nearly so pretty or young or capable of surviving in a studio apartment in NYC for years on no income to pull that one off. You mostly just have to kick ass at music, which is why I consider that one possible if not terribly easy or likely. :)

Well, I think a large part of it is simply that the relative numbers of people who will eventually become Broadway stars and the people who will eventually become high school teachers dictate that one of those jobs is much, much more likely to have an opening for you than the other.

There's also the fact that, for certain jobs, talent just isn't enough. As someone with self-esteem that's minimal at best, I am still aware that as far as raw musical talent goes, I am more than qualified to be headlining the next Sondheim revival. But I don't have the looks or the connections or the dancing ability or the financial means to survive while waiting for that one good audition to pan out - and so the odds of me being able to stay that particular course are rather low.

There are probably even fewer successful directors of really good professional choirs - but you don't have to be nearly so pretty or young or capable of surviving in a studio apartment in NYC for years on no income to pull that one off. You mostly just have to kick ass at music, which is why I consider that one possible if not terribly easy or likely. :)

I'm poor and ugly and have to do crew work to get by (barely) while I charge the hill. People do get those jobs. I don't want to go to the grave having not tried. Granted, I don't have to be pretty to write or play jazz...

I'm poor and ugly and have to do crew work to get by (barely) while I charge the hill. People do get those jobs. I don't want to go to the grave having not tried. Granted, I don't have to be pretty to write or play jazz...

Being pretty makes jazz harder. You can't possibly have the sufficient amount of blues in your soul without a certain amount of ugliness. ;)

A self indulgent rock star of course!

I want to be a writer. Poet, surgeon, chef.

The Almighty. :)

Being pretty makes jazz harder. You can't possibly have the sufficient amount of blues in your soul without a certain amount of ugliness. ;)

very true. Take me for example. I think I'm ugly and yet I'm a good Jazz player.

I secretly would kill to be able to play bass in either a ska band or a real, respectable rock band. But this would mean I'd have to be able to play bass. Tiny hands... no access to a bass.. and I want to learn acoustic guitar before I move on to any "rock star" stuff.

Or I'd like to be like George Martin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Martin)- I'd be a major player in the rise of a band that would influence popular music for years, and it'd be a bonus that I'd be a female doing this. Always nice to be a role model for girls in a male-dominant field.

If I had to move away from music, I wanted to be a forensic pathologist for a long time. Before CSI. Forensics is crazy interesting.

Being pretty makes jazz harder. You can't possibly have the sufficient amount of blues in your soul without a certain amount of ugliness. ;)

You got them "too pretty to sing the blues" blues :p

Dream Career? I'm thinking Psychologist. Dream job I actually have a chance at? Not sure.

My dream career used to be a fast jet pilot in the RAF but when that went tits up it took me a long time to re-evaluate what I want to do with my life. These days I'm working on becoming an air traffic controller.

Okay, here's the thing, and I have no idea how good you are, but this has been true for me in music and in writing:

There has always, in both fields, no shortage of people who will tell you how 'hard' or even 'impossible' each step on the way is. And I mean every step.

But I never had a problem with each step and the only difficulty I ever really encountered is when I didn't pursue it vigorously. I'm not where I want to be yet, but so far my experience has taught me it's only because I haven't tried hard enough. I'm not saying that if I'd just apply myself I'd be the best in the field, but I could be doing what I should be doing.

So why do people say these things? I don't know. My egotistical theory is that they just suck so they think it's hard, and it's not, they just suck. Or even more egotistical, I just rock that hard. But I think it's just that we're really good at talking ourselves out of things. No one wants to look like one of the asses on American Idol, but you have to make sure your self-evaluation is balanced.

One of my first posts on here started off a big argument with you on this subject. I think that whilst there are very few things that are impossible there are certain ways of doing it that are very unlikely to get you anything by way of return for your efforts.

I think that although its true that in any competitive field there are far more people who don't succeed than do, a lot of the people who don't make it fail because they take themselves out of the race by getting a job as a result of changing circumstances or just through a lack of guts.

In the words of Woody Allen "80% of success is showing up". As most people don't show up, you jump ahead of most people in the queue just by doing any proactive step. Most people who come to me asking about agents and 'breaking in' have never completed a screenplay, most people who want to be actors don't want to go to constant auditions and take a job waiting tables (part lack of commitment, part fear of waiting tables aged 50), most people who want to direct say they'll go on some course and don't bother to just say fuck it and make a short.

So, whilst I have no experience of music, from all that I know the only thing I can say to Poliwanacraca is to keep doing whatever it is you like to do as often as you can and something will probably happen for you if you're talented (and sometimes even if you're not). The myth about creativity isn't that it's a lot about inspiration and luck - it is - but that inspiration and luck don't come out of perspiration.

I hope that made some kind of sense. Needless to say, if I had the path to success all figured out I'd been doing a lot better right now :p

Warren Buffett.

Professional Billionaire Playboy...who fights crime in his spare time...

Please. That's been done to death. Why not be a professional crime fighter who is a billionaire playboy in his spare time?

Comedian.
But no more of this stand up stuff - it's far too stressful.
British Sitcoms are the way for me ^_^

World Travelling, Couch Surfing, Hitchhiking Extraordinaire. In other words, a Professional Bum.

I'd say a Computer Science job, they pay amazing and seem to have a low stress rate to my current job.

Ultimate Fantasy Career position: Ion the Undying Flame.

Definitively more realistic: Renowned Professor of Archeology and Finder of Important Artifacts. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones) EDIT: With the cool hat and jacket (http://www.thefilmbox.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/real-indiana-jones.jpg).

Within my grasp: Respected Professor of Archeology.

For Fun: Video game rater for Game Informer

Warren Buffett.
Good choice.
One of my first posts on here started off a big argument with you on this subject. I think that whilst there are very few things that are impossible there are certain ways of doing it that are very unlikely to get you anything by way of return for your efforts.
Talking to enough people who've made their way the only conclusion one can come to is that there is no 'way.'

I think that although its true that in any competitive field there are far more people who don't succeed than do, a lot of the people who don't make it fail because they take themselves out of the race by getting a job as a result of changing circumstances or just through a lack of guts.

In the words of Woody Allen "80% of success is showing up". As most people don't show up, you jump ahead of most people in the queue just by doing any proactive step. Most people who come to me asking about agents and 'breaking in' have never completed a screenplay,
I keep going back and forth on whether trying to get an agent is putting the cart before the horse. I have scripts, but kind of feel they should do the work for me. Current theory is to enter a bunch of contests (most of which are bullshit, but whatever) and hope that works itself out. Or hope that playwrighting suddenly pays better. Ha...

most people who want to be actors don't want to go to constant auditions and take a job waiting tables (part lack of commitment, part fear of waiting tables aged 50), most people who want to direct say they'll go on some course and don't bother to just say fuck it and make a short.
It's not so much 'fuck it and make a short.' Making a short takes scratch. Granted I'm making it harder on myself because I won't use a 'volunteer crew' because I crew and it sucks to have people presume your labor for free, and because I've worked those 'freebies' and the crew-wise you definitely get what you pay for. Since I'm pretty much going to only get that one shot for a while, I want it to look good. If the crew isn't going to put in at least a third of the effort I put into writing it then it's not going to do the job for me.

So, whilst I have no experience of music, from all that I know the only thing I can say to Poliwanacraca is to keep doing whatever it is you like to do as often as you can and something will probably happen for you if you're talented (and sometimes even if you're not). The myth about creativity isn't that it's a lot about inspiration and luck - it is - but that inspiration and luck don't come out of perspiration.

I hope that made some kind of sense. Needless to say, if I had the path to success all figured out I'd been doing a lot better right now :p
You got to do it to do it. I don't know if that's what you're saying or not, but that's pretty much the case.

I keep going back and forth on whether trying to get an agent is putting the cart before the horse. I have scripts, but kind of feel they should do the work for me. Current theory is to enter a bunch of contests (most of which are bullshit, but whatever) and hope that works itself out. Or hope that playwrighting suddenly pays better. Ha...


If your feel like you scripts reflect the best you can do then getting an agent is absolutely the right thing for you to do right now. That route certainly has a better track record than even the most prestigous contests like the nicholls etc. Of course, probably the best one is if you personally know somebody who could pass a script along - perhaps through the crew work you've done.


You got to do it to do it. I don't know if that's what you're saying or not, but that's pretty much the case.

Agreed. And yes, that's exactly what I'm saying (or am trying to say).

Police Officer, retire from that, and teach.

I want to take over the world through nuclear war and establish an empire, while wiping out 7 billion people.

Judge.

I'd be the best judge ever, totally unswayed by sentiment.

I'd dearly love to be a cricket of football journalist, or a conservative politician. However cliched it may be, the example of Thatcher genuinely does inspire me.

Fainling the unlikely realisation of the above, I would quite like to teach. When more inclined to elaboration when sobre, I will elaborate.

Ironically, I really want to do what most people want to avoid in their life. Since I was young I really wanted to join the armed forces, most likely Army or RAF and work in military intelligence, somehow I feel I'd be good at intelligence and the idea is fascinating to me. Unfortunatly I can't because my eyesight, despite being correctable, is still far too bad for a military (or indeed police) career.

So instead I'm on the way to doing my other career choice as a career academic doing research in forensic psychology. I'm currently on my PhD, after which I hope to go into post-doc research work looking at either aggression and related personality factors (including psychopathy which is what my thesis is on, but other personality disorders as well) or terrorism and related factors (extremist/cult indoctrination etc...). I am, in all honesty, fascinated by the factors that cause specific individuals to commit acts that, irrespective of culture, most people who consider abhorrant and wrong.

President of the Plutonian Empire. :D

Besides that unrealistic goal, probably sci-fi novelist, although that'll be hard considering my ADD and lack of creativity.

Ok, I know this is going to sound stupid, but Night Manager at an airport. I love airplanes and I'm a Night Owl, it's a match made in heaven, but alas it shall never be.

Architect.

I'm an architectural draftsman right now.

Field Archaeologist

So I thought this would be interesting.

What kind of career did you want? Which profession?I want to be a truck driver.
Have you managed to get into the profession you dreamed of?

Yeppers

i don't really have any ambition to work particularly. i used to want to be a fighter pilot though until i was about 16. now i just want to win the lottery and travel. all i really want out of a job is good people, a regular wage and the ability to take liberties. at the moment i have that without the regular wage. some weeks i earn less than 100 quid a week which really is not enough.

Field Archaeologist

it's fun but the pay is atrocious. average earnings for a field archaeologist is 11 grand a year, and that's only if you get regular work.

either a high ranking military officer, a geneticist, a co host of myth busters, navy intelligence or centeral intelligence analyst, or an nsa cia or navy cryptanalyst

So I thought this would be interesting.

What kind of career did you want?
I wanted something technical...
Which profession?
Software development
Have you managed to get into the profession you dreamed of? If no, why?
Yes, I have

either a high ranking military officer, a geneticist, or a co host of myth busters

Eh, in order to do that you have to be working for Jamie Hyneman M5 Studio, I think the only person who doesn't work for M5 is Adam Savage.

it's fun but the pay is atrocious. average earnings for a field archaeologist is 11 grand a year, and that's only if you get regular work.
I know that full well. It just still seems like exactly what I want to do.

Plus, I'm doing an archaeology degree.

Successfully unemployed.

power category:
President of Earth.

hedonism category:
Pornography quality control.
Pediatric Adolescent Gynecologist.

power and hedonism categories:
Leader of FLDS Church.

laziness category:
Unemployed filthy rich

badass category:
Assassin.
Test space pilot astronaut.
Batman.

I want to attend college while working the night shift at a psychiatric hospital and during my shift I will write a book like Ken Kesey did.
(He wrote One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest while working the night shift at a hospital.)
I want to major in psychology.


Either that, or I will learn to play the guitar, be a traveling bum, live in a van, and spanging. (Spare-changing.)

Well my dream career is Politics, a seat in the UN even president or some sort of ambassador, political journalist/activist. Lol since I was little I have always wanted to be a spy also. But I am studying Medicine so blah!

My greatest dream is to be a singer, and I would love to publish novels too.

Restaurant Critic for major newspaper
Ambassador
Chief of Station
Justice

Would be equally happy with any of those.

Astronaut or Dictator of the Earth, but if I was dictator of the Earth, I'd be sure to visit space a few times. So, Dictator of the Earth is my first choice.

Rolling squid;13492054']I'd say a Computer Science job, they pay amazing and seem to have a low stress rate to my current job.

Did you also know that enrollement in CS programs has imploded?
Enrollement in CS programs has imploded.

Chef.

I was a secretary for over 20 years. I've finally retired and will probably enroll in culinary school.

Well, an accountant. More specifically, I want to someday become CFO of a company, preferably a large one. Right now, however, I've got a long way to go before I get there.

Hmmmm.

Needs no thought at all.


Author (successful) who uses their money to get into Politics then Becomes British PM and re-establishes the British Empire.

Or Foreign Secretary/Minister of Defence/Minister of Colonialism and Empire. (all in 1)

I'm studying medicine. It wasn't something that has always been my dream but I enjoy it. It's interesting, challenging, you can work with people etc. I would love to work in the third world at a certain time in my life. After that I would like to go into politics or start studying again (philosophy or history).

now its to be a forensic psychologist however due to the lack of psychiatrists the NHS has I may go into it so I can sleep better

right now I've applied for an apprenticeship as a piercer even though I have no piercings...yeah there isn't many jobs out right now and I may as well do this so I can pick up a trade for the sake of it

I'm studying medicine. It wasn't something that has always been my dream but I enjoy it.

ah I've been wondering if I was the only one who's childhood can't wait to kick their arse for what they have done with their lives :p

I think that I'm on my way to my dream job right now. I'm a graduate student in astronomy. I've been thinking lately that going for a phd (I'm in a masters progamme right now) and then eventually becoming a prof would be awesome.

I think that I'm on my way to my dream job right now. I'm a graduate student in astronomy. I've been thinking lately that going for a phd (I'm in a masters progamme right now) and then eventually becoming a prof would be awesome.

I see a book cover:

Uranus the inch by inch study

*blurry picture of Uranus*

by Professor Dakini Lúve-hook IV

(you must get this all the time:p)

I see a book cover:

Uranus the inch by inch study

*blurry picture of Uranus*

by Professor Dakini Lúve-hook IV
haha.

(you must get this all the time:p)

Not really, I don't do planetary astronomy. :P

Not really, I don't do planetary astronomy. :P

I see a book cover:

How Uranus went supernova because Dakini was too good for it

*blurry picture of Earth Burning*


by Professor Dakini Lúve-hook IV

better? :p

I would like to get my writing published. I would also enjoy any job where I would be paid to read Sci-fi or fantasy or get paid to play video games. I would settle for being able to get back into working as a special ed-para (apparently para's are not in as short supply here in Michigan as they were in Denver) or child care. I like kids, I just prefer the ones I can give back to their parents.

dream job?

Professional Student.

of course, I'll need the funds to make it happen...

better? :p
Not really, Uranus isn't a high mass star so it won't go supernova. I also don't do supernovae. I'm currently looking at intermediate mass evolved stars.

dream job?

Professional Student.

of course, I'll need the funds to make it happen...
You can always go for a series of phd's. Grad students do get paid, not terribly well, but paid.

I'm surprised that no one said, "porn star".

I'm surprised that no one said, "porn star".

i'm surprised you thought that.

I wouldn't mind being in a Cabaret, except Berlin's a long way from the Lake District.

So I'll stick with writing my very explicit stories!!!!!!!!!:D

A village vicar

A Village Gossip would be fun but the Salary sucks.

Wallet inspector.

big time chef :)

or pro photographer


or retired ;)


edit: no way near there at the mo :(

I already have my dream career, I work with Protocol. I just wished it paid more.

I have no dream career, because what's the point? All the good ones require a degree.

Digital artist: preferentially storyboards, concept art, and backgrounds. And yes, I am working on that now.

The Almighty. :)

I can't help but think The Almighty might have too high a set of expectations attached to the job. Perhaps shooting for the Almighty's eternal enemy might be a more realistic goal? Nah, it would be frusterating losing all the time. I think I'll stick with middle management. Pays pretty good and I get to tell people what to do, whether they think I'm fat or not!

I have no dream career, because what's the point? All the good ones require a degree.

Whilst I wouldn't agree (although that obviously depends on what you think of as good), you can always get a degree shirley?

well..... since i'm kindof young to be thinking about what i want to be when i grow up but i've had some very interesting ideas...

1) A drug specialist like Dr. Drew! :D
2) an artist
3) an author
or an archaeologist
:headbang::confused:

Whilst I wouldn't agree (although that obviously depends on what you think of as good), you can always get a degree shirley?

Nope.

Nope.

Why not?

Why not?

Math is a requirement.

Math is a requirement.

So for your specific dream career (unnamed) you need a specific degree (unnamed) and for that you need a specific prior qualification (maths). Why can't you get that maths qualification?

So I thought this would be interesting.

What kind of career did you want? Which profession? Have you managed to get into the profession you dreamed of? If no, why?

Well currently I attend university and work in a supermarket part time to pay the rent. The career I want to go into is Journalism. I have been told it isn't as well paying as many others but I feel I would be happiest in this sort of field. I'm not there yet as I am still focusing on my education. It's something I've always wanted to do.

So, Generalites, give me your answers!
My dream career would be one in politics. But before I can do that, I have a career in the Navy first.

Which I have successfully joined.

My dream career would be one in politics. But before I can do that, I have a career in the Navy first.

Which I have successfully joined.

Congratulations. What "A" school will you be going to after boot camp?

Congratulations. What "A" school will you be going to after boot camp?

Most likely the Nuclear Program "A" school...and probably ET, though my intent is to try and go for the officer programs as soon as possible.

So for your specific dream career (unnamed) you need a specific degree (unnamed) and for that you need a specific prior qualification (maths). Why can't you get that maths qualification?

From the looks of his thread whining about California considering regulating homeschooling, it would appear that he is, ironically, an example of the shortcomings of homeschooling.

There are, after all, advantages to being educated by people thoroughly competent in their respective fields, an important one being mathematics.

Most likely the Nuclear Program "A" school...and probably ET, though my intent is to try and go for the officer programs as soon as possible.

So you did well on the tests. My son was an ET, specializing in satellite communications. My daughter was an IS. Both left the Navy about 10 years ago - my son is now an engineer for some aerospace firm (I've forgotten the name) and my daughter got a commission, but it's in the Air Force.

Good luck.

I always wanted to be an artist.. a DJ, or a police officer.

I am happy to say I am a freelance Graphic designer, and I work as a part time radio disc joskcey.

So for your specific dream career (unnamed) you need a specific degree (unnamed) and for that you need a specific prior qualification (maths). Why can't you get that maths qualification?

Because some people are too lazy to realize that on the way to reaching a goal sometimes you have to do things you don't like or that are difficult.

Professional generalite and/or emperor of the universe.

Though doctor is slightly more realistic.

Since I've more or less abandoned a 'serious' music career, playing bari sax in a New Orleans style second line band or in my little dream ska/jazz/surf/rockabilly band. I don't listen to rockabilly, but it seemed like a good add. I have no gumption to start a band and am not looking for bands, so this dream would have to come about by magic.

So, Generalites, give me your answers!Very well:

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Minister in the Mehthodist Church sounds Good to me. House, expenses et al thrown in, guaranteed Pay rise, Lots of Country postings...