The one question...

SamuraiDave

SamuraiDave

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I have been asking myself this since high school. I turn 25 tomorrow. It is the question that I haven't been able to figure out and that bothers me on a daily basis.

So I have to ask yall... What do yall want to do when you grow up?
 
Turning 22 this march, I plan to eventually get involved in either space-based technology or autonomous robotics. I think both of these will require an additional degree, so a real career choice is still a bit off in the distance.

Planning to take a year teaching english in japan after wrapping up my current degree this spring.
 
and I still don't know what I'd like to do when I grow up. I think it would be fun to work for one of the RPG companies, like Atlas Games or Wizards of the Coast. I don't think I could retire from something like that but I think it would fun. I might go back to school to get my teaching credential if I ever grow up.

Maybe I should stop living my life like a leaf in the wind:confused:

Frank
 
I wanted to be a cowboy. That way I can use my favorite expression and it would ALSO be a pun. "That really chaps my @$$!" Then i would point to legskins and laugh. (insert Brokeback jokes here)

Then i wanted to be a boob inspector. However, that takes a turn when you get married "Status Quo, Status Quo".

Actually, i'm pretty happy where I am. I'll be 25 on Friday with a good executive job..well executive in title anyway (pay, benefits, etc are a bit suspect). I dunno if i want to do this the same way forever, though. My grandfather founded the company, my father and uncle built on it, and i guess it will be up to me let it stagnate, grow, or burn. I've thought about being prudent and keeping growth and risk to a point that we could weather any storm and it would be here for my kids. The other part of me wants to dream it big, franchise it out, and maybe even see it crash and burn or be pecked to pieces by shareholders in another 20 years. 60 or 70 years is a good run. If I am fated to kill the company then I don't want it to droop and die like weed. I want it to explode like beached whale packed with TNT;) Then my kids wouldn't have the tempting option of just skating by until they were old enough to go to work for their dad.

Happy birthday, Dave. I hope you grow up to be whatever you want to be.

Jake
 
53. Given up on growing up. Wanted to be a marine biologist. Wound up a software engineer.
 
Where I came from RPG meant Rocket Propelled Grenade. I've tried the USMC, Nat'l Park Service, FBN, DEA and now ten years as a teacher, and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. A philanthropist???
 
I'll be 49 this July. I have done some very different and interesting things along the way. What I havent done is have a career, per se.
No 30 yr plan, no 401K, no "future" set aside. Mostly I have done customer service of one sort or another, with some arts thrown in for dream's sake.
Now that I am a father, and my son's sole provider, I have to make some decision myself.

DaddyDett
 
SamuraiDave said:
I have been asking myself this since high school. I turn 25 tomorrow. It is the question that I haven't been able to figure out and that bothers me on a daily basis.

So I have to ask yall... What do yall want to do when you grow up?
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I haven't figured that out yet and I am 63 going on 64.:D
 
Well, I'm 34. I worked for a while in the Telecom industry, joined the Army after 9-11, and then went back to school.

Best guess is that I'll eventually either end up as a college instructor or working at a think tank.

But my longest-held goal has always been to write.

John
 
Same thing I want to be everyday: Happy. Not a cop out that's really all I want. I don't care what I do really as long as I'm happy.

I thought about this a bit, and need to add some more. I should have added that I need to do something that lets me help people and do good, and yet not do harm to anyone. Hence massage therapy. I also would like to work in an environment that is positive and healthy--again Massage therapy. That's my path at the moment anyway. It may change and that's ok. As long as any new paths get me to happy, I'm well, happy:)
 
Been wrestling with this question for quite a while myself. I joined the Army after high school in order to fund college and buy some time to consider different plans and careers. Four years went by and still no plan. I've always been very capable academically, but never applied myself in high school. Now I've decided I want to do something challenging even if it does require a lot of work, something that will help people and provide a very comfortable living for me. I think I'm going to be a doctor. The more I've thought of it over the last few months the more appealing it sounds. Doctor it is. One who has a massive knife and gun collection of course. And a grinder and a forge. Definitely a forge.
 
Wasn't sure what I wanted to do joined the Navy out of hs first 11 years were supply last 2.5 were law enforcement. Got out in 2002 unnemployed for about 6 mnths living with my mom. Now working as a cop for the Army in Ft. Leavenworth Kansas. Would ultimately love to be a Deputy US Marshal.


James
 
I want to retire and spend most of my time working in the garden, walking in the woods, fixing up my old farmhouse, taking care of my goats, and hanging out with my wife and friends. I'll be 46 here in a few days and the earliest I can make the break is between 53 and 55 so still a few more years.
 
Astronaut got ruled out, so did weapons engineer.

Trying to make the transition from boat owner to Pirate...

the khukuris are helping.



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