I was always found science fascinating. So I wanted to be a scientist. In whatever way that could mean. But science degrees are the new arts degrees in terms of graduate job prospects. In the end I pivoted to engineering and it worked out really well.
thrawn ( @thrawn21@beehaw.org ) English8•1 year agoA metrologist! I still find the weather and climate fascinating, and love wasting time on websites like Weather spark and Windy.
StringTheory ( @StringTheory@beehaw.org ) English7•1 year agoA hermit. The old-fashioned kind, living in a hut deep in the woods, far from any other people.
ZenGrammy ( @ZenGrammy@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year agoI wanted to be an interior designer! I still love decorating but I mostly use my Sims 4 game to make my dreams come true these days.
Lionir [he/him] ( @Lionir@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year agoI wanted to be a lawyer for a while but I ended up deciding that law was too difficult and I’d rather not have to defend an asshole for example.
Chris Remington ( @remington@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year agoA veterinarian.
CeresGalliot ( @CeresGalliot@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year agoExactly what I am. A Veterinary Professional.
tangentism ( @tangentism@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year agoWith a different family.
Lycan ( @Lycan@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year agoI wanted to be a veterinarian so badly. Once I found out about wolf sanctuaries, I wanted to be a “wolf veterinarian” lol
tombuben ( @tombuben@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year agoI always wanted to be a space garbageman. I’ve read in some encyclopedia that there’s a lot of space debris out there, and imagined that when I’d grow up people would realise there’s a need to clean it up.
earthshatteringkboom ( @earthshatteringkboom@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year agoI like this! I think as a kid you were on to something and ahead of your time.
newtraditionalists ( @newtraditionalists@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year agoA Rockstar. And then later a Broadway star. And now I want to be someone with a pension lol.
emma ( @emma@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year agoOne of Jacques Cousteau’s grown-up kids so I could be on their team of underwater explorers, then I was going to marry Jane Goodall’s son and work with her (apparently my wee understanding of life had advanced to this as a way of acquiring a scientist parent but not yet understanding I could do it on my own). Then it was simply “move to Canada”, no occupation specified. Age 12, I was back to primates and set on studying communication in monkeys or apes or another animal altogether because Penny was already doing that with Koko the gorilla. Somewhere in there was astronomy because Cosmos. I really liked science television because it showed me so many new and different things.
None of this worked out of course. randomnick ( @randomnick@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year agoI was told to be a doctor. Like saving lifes and doing important stuff. However I always was the word kid disassembling electronic devices to see how they were made and how they worked. Now I am an electronic engineer, although I still see electronic systems as magic.
koalateatime ( @koalateatime@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year agoWhen I was in kindergarten I wanted to be a teacher because I was convinced I coul do a better job being in charge than my teachers did lol Now I’m working on becoming self employed so I can be in charge of my work. It’s funny how that stayed with me.
Linnce ( @Linnce@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year agoNothing really, I was just fine doing kid stuff. Maybe that’s why I have such a hard time nowadays.