like what did you dream for in the future or wanted as a job for when you became an adult. what did you end up getting stuck with?
i dident really have a dream as a kid, those were the years when i messed around and learned. now im in high school struggling with life and being paranoid for dumb reasons.
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I wanted to be a chef for years, took a few cooking and baking classes when I was younger. Now I’m a software developer. 🤷
You could say you are “cooking up some tasty updates”
immediately booed off stage
It took me actually working in food service to realize that cooking in a restaurant is way different than cooking at home.
I couldn’t deal with the stress of a restaurant so now I do cybersecurity for an MSP
you know sometimes life happens and software development is something i wish i could do.
I guarantee you can do it. All it takes is sitting down for a few hours a week and just trying it and figuring out what you like. :)
When I started college, I was thinking I was going to major in music. Took a bunch of music classes, piano, etc. Also a software developer.
I did composition, arranged concerts, went to art school, got a masters… Can you imagine; Software developer.
Never had one. I’m 35 and still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
Just be here now, man.
You wanna be the very best. Like no one ever was. Catch them is your real test. To train them is your cause. You will travel across the land. Searching far and wide. Teach Pokémon to understand. The power that’s inside.
I’ve never once known what I wanted to do. It’s working out. But I did sell my soul to Uncle Sam for a while.
I wanted to be a lawyer to fight for the oppressed
Did that work out?
They were denied entry into law school. In short, oppressed.
When I was a little kid people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I simply answered “Happy”.
As I got older I learned what I enjoyed doing and I had some ideas.
First I wanted to be teacher, then I wanted to be an engineer, then I wanted to be a teacher again, then I became homeless so I had only the dream of getting enough of a job to get a roof over my head.
Then life got harder once I left highschool and basically all the support I was getting went away. I was homeless and I had a job that I was dumping all of my money into going to school to try and make it work. I really wanted to be a teacher.
Then some stuff happened causing life to get even harder and I dropped out. What little support I had went away.
I still had dreams of being a teacher as soon as I could get my life together.
Then my life fell apart further.
And further.
Eventually I got my life together enough to try again. But then life got hard again and I had to make a call. Risk homelessness again or drop out again.
I drive a forklift now… I have for nearly a decade and I’ll probably drive it for a long long time more.
Sometimes I think about becoming a teacher, but finances being what they are nowadays I could never afford the schooling and rent. And with what teacher’s salaries are if I took loans I’d never be able to pay them back.
As a kid around age 5-6, I wanted to be a garbage truck driver. I knew that jobs paid the bills, and garbage truck drivers only had to work one day a week!
If only.
I’m happily stuck with my job in special education now. I didn’t know squat about myself when I was 5 :)
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that wanted to work on a garbage truck, for the exact same reason!
I didn’t really know what I wanted to be, but in hindsight it’s mostly because I didn’t really know any options. In a small town in the 90s it was finish school, then go work in a shop (girls) or a factory (boys). That was the assumption and basically the whole career “advice” setup at my school.
So it kinda makes sense that nobody there seemed to have any ambitions.
Thankfully, I eventually found out that you’re allowed to work with computers. Maybe someone would’ve mentioned that to me earlier if I’d been male but again, 90s. I taught myself web development, made a living off that for a while, eventually had enough and pivoted into being a small-time craft YouTuber!
Kid me had two things I wanted to be. Homeless and a soldier. I really liked war and I liked the idea of wandering around the city and being able to build a little hut wherever I wanted.
pilot
Im afraid of heights
I can’t get on a ladder taller than mysself but am a pilot as my job. You might want to try it, it might not affect you as far as being afraid of heights is concerned.
Sad :(
Same! I was told that I could not be a pilot because I wear glasses, so I gave up. In hindsight, it was probably OK. I’ve known several pilots and the first few years can be really hard to have a family or even a relationship.
Ironically, 3 of the pilots I know are afraid of heights.
Don’t worry bout it bud. Some ppl know what they wanna do and some ppl gotta find it. You’ll find it eventually.
I am in my 40s and still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
For real though, I had a variety of jobs when I got out of school. I went into the military, went to college for something that I didn’t want to do, worked in several fields, fell into a job in technology, went back to school, and I’ll retire doing this unless something drastically changes.
And many people think they know what they wanna do and then realize it isn’t for them when they actually do it
I wanted to be an astrophysicist, then I realize that I suck at theoretical maths, so I became an engineer and worked on rocket engines manufacturing, but I realize that working on aerospace projects is way too much paperwork.
Now I’m working with a small windows and doors manufacturing company to modernize their processes and I love it!
Astrophysicist do theoretical math?
Librarian. Author. Then game programmer.
Now I’m a senior fullstack software developer. And it is honestly fun to chase bugs, no matter if they’re my bugs or someone elses. Also I didn’t need any university education for this. Went IT trade school, learned programming myself, got job as 1st line phone support, then was promoted to developer when I found and fixed bugs before it reached the devs.
Still would have loved to go the librarian path too. Maybe in the next life.
I wanted to be an Imagineer and then at 50 years old, I fell into it after decades of being an IT Management Consultant.
Are they sending you to Florida? And did you consult for Disney prior to becoming an Imagineer?
Nope. I just started working on a passion project one day and made a Dark Ride in VR, and it ended up being my career as it was so well received. Turned that dark ride into a theme park. Still have years of work to imagineer more content, but that is half the fun.
I’m excited to try this out.
Fighter jet pilot, but without the bombing or fighting or anything.
Business man wheeling and dealing in a suit … seemed like fun.
Wanted to be an inventor since I can remember, kinda like George Gearloose.
Managed to set fire to my dad’s Lego train by bypassing the controller and sticking the rails directly into the wall socket at age 4. Told ya fuckers that the cable for the radio matched the cable for the rails! But would you listen? Oooh no, you wouldn’t. Had to wait all the loooong time for mom to go to the toilet to try out my idea. And yes, I did cry a lot afterwards.
Currently I’m an engineer on master level working with startups, but haven’t gotten around to get a doctors/PHD yet, if I ever choose to attempt one.
Now, my sister was different, didn’t have any real idea what she wanted to do, probably something with art? So back when I just started learning about C I made a simple project with her, where I did the programming, and she decided on the user interface and did some simple copy pasting. Contrary to me, she very much likes making and solving patterns, such as sodoku, and since has become a frontend engineer, combining work with people, arts and design, and programming.
What I’m trying to say is, that you might find your interests reflected in unlikely places. It can be hard to find them, but keep looking until you find something that catches your fancy. And don’t expect this choice to always be sunny and fun. Even those who have their work laid out for them at birth struggle and question themselves every now and again. :)
