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The board is slow today! Let's talk about something.


When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?


What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it?


What is your dream job?

[acorn99]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be an anthropologist or archaeologist, like Indiana Jones. I freaking loved those movies.

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it?
I am a lab technician in a medical research lab. I like my job a lot; I have a great boss and get a lot of satisfaction and enjoyment from what I do. 

What is your dream job? My dream job would be working where I am now, but part time so I could SAH a day or two a week with DS. Or a professional horse rider, if I had the time and money. 

[emilie]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? A pediatrician or an OB-GYN

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? I work on the business side at a movie studio. It is great, but at the end of the day it's just a job. The movie/TV industry is a business just like any other industry. There are smart, creative, wonderful people, but there are also a lot of the egotistical assholes you hear about.

What is your dream job? Running a digital entertainment studio and selling a script or two on the side.

[Deleted]

When I was younger I wanted to be a contortionist in a circus! I even trained for several years.

My most recent job was managing a group home for adults with developmental disabilities. I absolutely loved it. Best job ever. There were 4 men and 4 women in each house. I worked at several houses while I was with that company. I miss them all soooo much. I hate that I had to leave them.

My dream job is to be a SAHM. Duh.

[emilie]

Aug 7, 2015 12:53:03 GMT -5 @led said:

When I was younger I wanted to be a contortionist in a circus! I even trained for several years.

My most recent job was managing a group home for adults with developmental disabilities. I absolutely loved it. Best job ever. There were 4 men and 4 women in each house. I worked at several houses while I was with that company. I miss them all soooo much. I hate that I had to leave them.

My dream job is to be a SAHM. Duh.

Wow, so cool.  What is the craziest thing you could do?  Can you still do any of it?

[shemarie82]

When I was in high school, I was sure that I wanted to be an accountant. Once I took a couple college accounting classes, I knew it wasn't for me. I thought seriously about going into counseling or social services of some sort. Then I worked in social services and got my degree in HR.

My current job is HR. Do I like it? I like my company and the job is alright, but it is certainly not something that I have a passion for.

I am not sure what my dream job actually is. But I really enjoy planning trips and events. I think that I would like doing that professionally.

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Aug 7, 2015 12:54:16 GMT -5 emilie said:

Aug 7, 2015 12:53:03 GMT -5 @led said:

When I was younger I wanted to be a contortionist in a circus! I even trained for several years.

My most recent job was managing a group home for adults with developmental disabilities. I absolutely loved it. Best job ever. There were 4 men and 4 women in each house. I worked at several houses while I was with that company. I miss them all soooo much. I hate that I had to leave them.

My dream job is to be a SAHM. Duh.

Wow, so cool.  What is the craziest thing you could do?  Can you still do any of it?

I'm still really flexible, but I can't do much. I had to quit because all my joints dislocate really easily and my ortho essentially said that if I didn't want to have several surgeries, it was time to stop. I also have a neurocardiogenic syncope that got worse in HS/college, so it just made it really not safe. 

I don't really know what the craziest thing was, but I remember being ridiculously proud of myself (I think I was 12?) when I was finally able to do this:

[shemarie82]

@led, That is something to be proud of for sure!

[joy]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to work in Mission Control at NASA. Actually, working at NASA still seems fucking amazing to me.


What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it?
I'm a scientist. I do drug development for cancer. I like bench science. A lot of people ask me what am I going to move on to? Uh.. I don't know. But, I have been slightly lost career-wise since graduation. I'm happy to keep on doing what I'm doing, but people don't do bench science forever. It's a strange world.


What is your dream job?
I want to write non-fiction books while sitting on my deck in the sunshine.

[JustJudy]

When I was little I wanted to be a teacher. In HS I started teaching dance and continued that until I was about 22 when my full time job got in the way.

I'm a Realtor now and can't imagine doing anything else. I love love my job even on the days that I have 100 emails to return and 6 places to be at once.

I'd say this is my dream job. My schedule is fairly flexible, I have good and bad months but they seem to even out, and I become friends with so many of my clients. I love watching their families grow, holding their new babies, selling their starter homes, and celebrating other milestones.

[joy]

@led wins! I've never known anyone who could contort.

[mcktymck]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
 I wanted to be a vet, until I realized there was no way I'd be able to put animals to sleep. And then at 17/18 I wanted to be a trophy wife. Alas, 8 years later I am definitely not a trophy wife.




What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it?
 Talent Acquisition Recruiter. I am starting a new position in a couple weeks as a Recruiter. My current job is okay, but I am definitely looking forward to being a Recruiter and having more challenging tasks.




What is your dream job?  I would love to be either a teacher or a marriage/family counselor. I kick myself for not going to school for something more meaningful to me, but oh well.

[summerdonna]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a nurse or something in the medical field.


What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? I do accounting type things for a federal agency. I really like the people I work with and the benefits are great. There are a lot of frustrating parts about my job but I have just learned to SMH and move on.


What is your dream job? I would liked to have done something in meteorology. Learning about storms fascinates me so I think it would have been really interesting.

[sleepymonkey]

The only thing I can remember wanting to be for more than 5 minutes when I was younger was a lawyer. I wanted to put all the bad people away.

Now I work in project management at a large defense contractor. My job is ok. I like the I people I currently work with and it pays pretty well. my company also paid for me to get my MBA which I really appreciate.

I don't really think I have a dream job. But I did go to college for fashion merchandising and worked as an assistant buyer for a department store for 3 years after I graduated. I really loved my job and found great satisfaction in being a part of the selection of merchandise, advertising, developing pricing strategies, etc. But for the most part you need to live in a large city and the job doesn't pay enough to live comfortably in a large city. I lived in Miami and hated it so I quit my job and moved back to my hometown.

[littlelion]

When I was younger I wanted to be an architect

I've been working in Financial Planning and Analytic's going on 4 yrs now. My background & business degree is in Operations and my least favorite classes have always been finance and accounting. Go figure. 

Dream job is working in Analytic's part time or run my own business (any kind as long as it made money!). But I'd love to be SAHM part time as well. 

[Andrea]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A teacher, nurse, or vet.

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it?
I am a early intervention service coordinator. I do case management for babies birth to three with special needs.

What is your dream job?
Open an inclusive Reggio Emilia/Montessori blend preschool.

[shadesofgold]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? A mermaid. Then a journalist.

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? I'm a policy analyst at a small public interest advocacy nonprofit. I study problems in my community, write reports, and lobby the government to respond in specific ways. I'm a registered lobbyist in my state. In particular, I work on HIV/AIDS, end-of-life, asthma and housing issues. I love it.

What is your dream job? Honestly, what I'm doing now was my dream job when I went to grad school. I still think being a mermaid or a journalist would be fun.

[Rama]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? I don't think I ever really chose.  I never knew what I wanted to be, because I knew I'd get bored of it.

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? I like my job well enough.  I'm a desk monkey at a local college.

What is your dream job? I'm pretty much in the same boat as when I was a kid.  I still don't know what I wanna be when I grow up.  I don't have any distinct passions.  Can I choose millionaire?  I think I could dig being a millionaire philanthropist.  Maybe that's what I want to be as a grown-up: a philanthropist.

[mrsjene]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? A lawyer.


What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? HR, so I guess I deal in employment law at least? Do I like it? Meh. It's something I fell into, I'm pretty good at, and now feel like it's kind of what I am. I wouldn't even know how to go about changing my career.


What is your dream job? Event planner.

[Ray]

When I was younger I wanted to be a dance choreographer or a politician haha

Now I teach K-8 French in a catholic school board. I really love my career but kind of hate my job currently (I got switched schools and I reeeeeeally miss my old school).

My dream job would be teaching extended French in a kindergarten classroom. I love kinder and there is so much R&D going on with kinder programming right now

[tincupchalice]

Aug 7, 2015 12:42:34 GMT -5 ceejay said:

The board is slow today! Let's talk about something.


When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?


What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it?


What is your dream job?

I wanted to be a vet.  Then someone told me that I'd only get to see the animals when they were sick and I decided that didn't sound fun.

My last non-volunteer job was teaching music.  I loved it when I taught at a charter elementary school in Alaska.  I hated my life when I taught at public elementary and middle schools in south carolina.  I would be willing to consider going back (in the far, far distant future), but only to the elementary level.  I'm so burned out on it right now.

Dream job would be a park ranger, probably with the national forest service.

[BurritosAtEveryMeal]

The board is slow today! Let's talk about something.


When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
According to my mom, I wanted to be a cashier at TJMaxx. When a bit ilder, I contemplated being a psychologist or being a teacher.

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it?
I have taught kindergarten for 8 years. I love it but it is exhausting.




What is your dream job? Realistically, I have my dream job. It could only get better if I worked 8am-1pm and still got paid my current salary. Unlikely.
In a fantasy world, I would love to anchor the Today Show or be an interior decorator. I watch too much (HG)TV clearly.

[teraiin]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Veterinarian


What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? I'm the "tech" person at the local public library. I teach all kinds of computer classes, do tech support for staff and patrons, try to keep our computers running, publicity, press releases, etc. I Really like it overall and it gives me a lot of flexibility. I also am a freelance writer and do fairly well with that. I was intending to switch into doing it fulltime when I was offered this job.

My biggest issue with my current job is I doubt I'm any better at it than nearly anyone else around my age would be. but as long as they're satisfied I guess...


What is your dream job? Freelance writing/Stay at home mom

[beckynsean11]

@led you totally win the day!

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? As a little kid, I wanted to be a ballerina & archaeologist. In high school I wanted to be an Occupational Therapist.


What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? I don't work right now. My most recent job was as an office manager/jack of all trades at an insurance agency. I didn't love it.


What is your dream job? I have 2. I want to open a rescue, but that's probably 10-15 years down the road. I'm getting ready to start working towards the other one, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. I applied for school this week. I have a few undergrad classes I need to complete & then I'm hoping to get started on my BSN & go from there.

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Aug 7, 2015 13:25:05 GMT -5 Rama said:

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? I don't think I ever really chose.  I never knew what I wanted to be, because I knew I'd get bored of it.

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? I like my job well enough.  I'm a desk monkey at a local college.

What is your dream job? I'm pretty much in the same boat as when I was a kid.  I still don't know what I wanna be when I grow up.  I don't have any distinct passions.  Can I choose millionaire?  I think I could dig being a millionaire philanthropist.  Maybe that's what I want to be as a grown-up: a philanthropist.

Rama's dream job: find a flavor enhancer for water that EVERYONE loves! 

[icaughtfire]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be all the things! A doctor, a lawyer, a teacher, a therapist, a fashion designer, Leonardo DiCaprio's stay at home wife..

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? I'm a branch manager for a financial services company. The job itself isn't awful, but the schedule is horrible.

What is your dream job? Besides Leo's SAHW? I would really like to be a teacher, but at the high school or college level.

[emc]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a teacher, police officer, or FBI agent.

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it?
I'm a public accountant. I'm almost halfway done with my MAcc and will then sit for the CPA exam. I've been in accounting for a while and recently decided to pursue my masters and CPA license. I really like it. I love my firm and clients. The work is interesting.

What is your dream job?
I have thought about going into the FBI, as they do approach and recruit for accountants. I don't know that I ever will. I would also like to be a PI, but being self-employed scares me. I like my inexpensive benefits! I'm not even sure if people hire private investigators anymore. I just want to be Kinsey Millhone or Tess Monaghan.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

I wanted to be an accountant when I was younger because that's what my mom was/is (she's an auditor now, but whatevs.) Once I got to mid-high school, I was like:

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I am a process engineer at an intermediate chemical plant. I do like it. I get to design and implement safety, environmental, and production improvements, which is quite empowering. My hours are flexible and benefits are competitive, especially the 401k.

I would love to work part-time doing what I'm doing. I think I would like being a SAHM/W, but I worry that I would get too restless or spend too much money (ha).

[LadyNymeria]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Veterinarian, then Marine Biologist, then Pharmacist.

What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? Accountant, don't like it at all

What is your dream job? I have no idea. Not accounting apparently. And it's scary because I already feel stuck due to the income difference between MH and I.

[PonyGirl]

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? A vet, a crime scene investigator (thank you CSI), or work in the ER or OR.


What is your current (or most recent) job? Do you like it? I'm a bank teller. No I do not like it, I'm more than over it. I've tried since the first of the year to get out of this position (stay in the bank though) but nobody has hired me so far.


What is your dream job?
I would love to be a lawyer that only handled cases for abused and neglected children so I could get all those predators off the street. I even started towards it and got my paralegal degree, but once I graduated and got my degree, I started my life (got married and a full time job) and my education went to a halt. Now I think it would be too expensive and take too long.