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  • 07-20-2008 8:23 AM In reply to

    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    Oh, I forgot...

    Ninja.  I had know idea how I'd be paid, but I was really into the idea of being a ninja.  Part of the secret as to why I'm in Japan Wink

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  • 07-20-2008 10:41 AM In reply to

    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    Thats interesting. I was just thinking about that topic and goals in life in general yesterday

    5-6 writer, painter

    7-10 astronaut, archaelogist

    11-18 no clue, lost most of the times, actress, model, playing music in a band

    19-20 gen biology or anything that has to do with art

    Looking back I gave most of the things at least a shot except the sience part maybe thats the reason why I am now hooked with psychology, philosophy and economics ( unbelievable that I would say that one day. Political issues and economics-  I always avoided it like the pest, I hated it. But when Stef explains it I am astonished. Suddenly it makes sense. I just remember the chapter about money in PA!)

     

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  • 07-20-2008 3:48 PM In reply to

    • Joey
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    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    That question digs up a lot of sadness in me. The only time I can actually remember having some answers for that question was when I was in kindergarten. Then if you asked me what I wanted to do I would say some typical thing like "Oh, I wanna be a fireman!" or something like that. It only occured to me soon after about my disability and that I would not be able to do certain jobs due to physical limitations. Perhaps it was a defense mechanism that I hardly asked myself the question from then on.

    I spent a lot of time in high school and junior college just roaming around from subject to subject learning all I could about different things, hoping something would eventually stick. It was only until recently that I just stook with psychology only because that subject seems to ring a bell for me more than any other. Whether I'll be successful at psychology I have no idea, but I do intend to try many things until I find something that at least makes me happy.

    I come from a family full of people who either can't keep a job long or hate their current jobs. My mom is good at rising to managerial positions, but then she starts to feud with everyone and then is compelled to quit her job. My dad is stuck being a truck dispatcher because, so he would say, that that's all he was capable of doing when he was around my age.

    Thanks for posting this topic, Charlotte.

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  • 07-20-2008 4:56 PM In reply to

    • Colleen
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    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    I can't remember specific ages exactly, but here's an approximation:

    Age 5: Princess

    Age 6-7: Paleontologist

    Age 8-10: Mathematician, astronaut, astronomer, marine biologist

    Age 11-13: Artist, singer, writer, actress, dancer

    Age 15-16: Psychologist, lawyer, politician (until I read Ayn Rand)

    Age 17-20: Aerospace engineer, entrepreneur, philosopher

    I think I also had a brief nun thing in early childhood, but I don't remember when.

     

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  • 07-20-2008 6:09 PM In reply to

    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    Damn, we had some ambitious little lads running around 20 - 30 years ago!

    Here's my honest rundown:

    age 5 - hell knows. I wanted that cookie I couldn't reach.

    age 8 - got the cookie. At this point I have some ambitious plans for candy come saturday when the allowance train rolls in.

    age 10 - A...At-Atari 2600?  ???

    age 12 - Wow. Nintendo is way funner than Atari - and homework!!!

    age 15 - Starting to become self-conscious about the rolls around my belly and the opposite sex. Back to my Super Nintendo...

    age 18 - Finished highschool but let plans for post-secondary education fly right over my head. I head back for another subsequent year at my highschool to fill in science requirements, learn to type and feel old - all in hopes of getting into this thing called 'university' where everybody is heading.

    Age 19 - Flip through university program booklets in vain, searching for inspiration. I get excited about studying Forestry, because I love to camp, but scrunch my face when I notice 'calculus' requirements.

    Age 21 - Disillusioned by two years in University, I wander off the campus one afternoon just before class - I never return. I spend about half a year working odd jobs until an insightful but manipulative older woman enters my life and helps me recognize that I should be pursuing my artistic abilities. I study Design for three years and get thrusted promptly after school into animation.

    Now - Kind of disillusioned again, but hopeful

    Hey that felt good! :)

  • 07-20-2008 6:25 PM In reply to

    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    1-4: Fire truck. I didnt want to run into the fires. I just wanted to have the flashy lights.

    4-17: Doctor. Specifically ER. I had cut my chin open when I was almost four on the bathtub, and was amazed that this dude in a white coat could make it stop bleeding. I was determined to become that dude.

    17-18: Artist/Therapist/Psychiatrist. I still wanted to make a difference with people. But I wanted to work with the people, not the organs. Affect them in a bigger way.

    18: Politician. I began to realize that science was not at all for me. And I was disillusioned with art. Freshman year in college I became immersed in the pro-action environment of northern California. Then I got that fateful internship with the Gobernator, and well, that killed that.

    19-now: Advertising/Cake Decorator/Animation. I know now that I cannot do something that doesnt bring me immense joy, so, well, art it is. But I cannot stand to be one of those stupid artists that live off the government grants they get to paint. I want to actually earn my money through creativity and the emotions that I conjour with my tools. So, these are the only real options left unless I feel like starving for the sake of not accepting grants.


    I sort of wish I could go back to those days when I was just a toddler again. I miss that innocence where you feel as if you could become absolutely anything in the world should you want, physical limitations be damned.

  • 07-20-2008 6:42 PM In reply to

    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    "So, these are the only real options left unless I feel like starving for the sake of not accepting grants."

    I've never applied for an artistic grant myself, but what bothers you about them? Is it the lifestyle of waiting to see if your income is 'approved' that you're referring to?

  • 07-20-2008 6:47 PM In reply to

    • Rich
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    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    2-5 : Paleontologist.  I was obsessed with dinos.

    5-8 : Astronaught or fighter pilot.  We would go to the aerospace museums and I would watch all of these boring documentaries on the NASA programs.

    9-13:  Programmer.  Qbasic.  I also was interested in being a volunteer fireman around this time due to all of the fires in California.

    14-16:  Computer repair tech or something related to computers.  I also remember going through a short "scientist" phase when I had my first chemistry set.

    16-18:  Koi pond supply salesman and pond builder. I sort of did this, more as my own hobby though.  I wrote a small pamphlet and sold it on the Internet before SSL.

    19-25:  Website designer, developer.  I did this on my spare time through college and then I started my own company.

    Now:  Unsure.  I enjoy being a project manager at a web firm, but I don't see it as my long term career.  Maybe for the next 4-5 years.  I'm excited to see what a couple years of therapy is going to stir up in me.

  • 07-20-2008 7:42 PM In reply to

    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    mcphilthy:

    "So, these are the only real options left unless I feel like starving for the sake of not accepting grants."

    I've never applied for an artistic grant myself, but what bothers you about them? Is it the lifestyle of waiting to see if your income is 'approved' that you're referring to?

     

    Grants are in general, a fairly corrupt meathod of payment in the artistic realm, Ive noticed. Ever notice how so many teenagers, even those with no real passion for the arts, are often quoted as wanting to have a career in the field? Ask the ones in college, for example. Out of ten people, at least three will answer, if truthful, "because its easier than ___."

    Thats totally true.

    You dont need any real talent, most of the times, to secure yourself an art grant by the US government. All you have to do, actually, is turn out just one painting that honors the government as it is due, and poof! theres your money for a year at least. Now, that doesnt take any real talent, most of the time. I will never forget the painter I saw who was being honored by the state of CA. He painted a red dot on a blank canvas. One dot. Not even correctly centered (when you looked carefully it was about a quarter inch to the right. Bad form on an artist's part). The reason he was being honored? Because of the title. It was something along the lines of "Saving the world from the dark". When he was describing his motivation behind it? He was motivated by the sucess hed seen of the Iraq war. How we were saving the world, one little red dot (gun aim) at a time.

    He was given a twenty thousand dollar grant, and was offered up an exhibition at the Ghetty in their modern section for three months, which would result in his being able to sell at least twenty more paintings, depending on how many he crammed into the floor he was given. It was just disgusting.

    Far better to be in an artistic field that encouraged you to be truley creative. To be in a field where you arent paid for doing nothing. Where you have to actually work for what you earn, and where you fully earn the money you get.

  • 07-20-2008 10:25 PM In reply to

    • ianchin
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    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    Up to age 8 or 9- cartoonist

    10-15 or so- wanted to own a baseball card shop (spent an unhealthy amount of time memorizing useless statistics and filing cards in numerical order)

    After that I just wanted to travel so I joined the navy at 17 for that reason. I have gone on some other travel adventures since but have never felt comfortable choosing a career path. Went to school for gis (computer mapping), then teaching and finally I just settled on a general social science degree which is pretty much pointless but I was sick of school and just wanted to finish something. Currently I own a small swimming pool service business-I like it but don't love it and just don't really have any idea what to do with myself but I agree with most of you- hapiness is the real goal.

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  • 07-21-2008 6:22 AM In reply to

    • Victor
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    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

     Well, lest see...

    Very young I wanted to be an inventor. I realized I had an advantage ober my peers as I had been playing by myself until I was 6 or 7. My imagination was very developed so when I played with action figures, my plots were more creative; and I was more inventive with lego blocks. I spent most of my time daydreaming about airplanes and submarines I would build.

    When I was 10 I began to be taken to my uncle's company. My uncle was a fan of the godfather and I latter decided I wanted to be powerful like him. My uncle had money and was powerful in the city, and my father was his right hand. I grew up seeing how my father was controled by him and I thought that would be cool to have power over people.

    I then spent years planning how I would build a business empire.

    When I was 14 my father and my uncle split. My father ended up without a job and on the charity of other family members. By then I wanted to be a doctor or an economist. I wanted to be a teacher and even a politician. Then my father got to work with another distant uncle who is one of the most powerful men in the city and he again took me to work with him.

    When I was 17 I became an electronic technitian because he needed help with a project. I was given all I needed to learn and test and repair electronic control boards for japanese air conditioners. It was exiting, but I was always kept away from the money I was producing. I was treated as a kid, but I was making real money for my father and my uncle. My father bought me a car. That was my pay.

    Those days my father would allow me to race bikes and for a time I wanted to become a racer. I was too big for that and could only compete with the 1200 cc heavy bikes. I had an accident and lost all interest.

    After that my father and that uncle split and he started his own company. Again I was encouraged to design something. I developed power inverter/chargers and thought that was it. I worked for more than five years on that project and thought through it I wouls finaly have my business empire. I never realized I was just a tool. I became an engineer for him and his business, I learned about computers for him, I learned electronic CAD for him, I learned a bunch of things for him and always put aside what I wanted.

    In 2003 we sold half a million dollars worth of inverters.

    I never got any money. My father would always treat my like a kid and we would always fight whenever I demanded something. He became more and more violent as more money came in. He ended up screwing up the business. He took all the earnings and invested it in a shipment of air conditioners from china and one from japan He lost all the money when he couldn't get them through in time. With the bribes and all, he ended up having to borrow money.

    After that I got too angry and stopped working with him. That's when I took conspiracy theories and peek oil.

    He is bankrupt now and deep in debts. He had to separate from my mother and go back to live with his mother.

    Now I want to be free and hapy. I want to be a writer to help me be free. I guess imagining all those plots with my GIJOEs can after all be of help.

    I won't let go of past me, but rather invite him to chill at my birthday.

  • 07-21-2008 11:41 AM In reply to

    • thirdear
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    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    Charlotte:

    I was talking about this with my roommate tonight - that is, careers we considered for ourselves when we were kids. I'm really curious to see what careers y'all dreamed up for yourselves! Here are a few of mine:

    age 5 - marine biologist (then I realized that marine biologists actually study marine life)

    age 8 - nun (I wanted to be able to sit and read all day at the expense of Mother Church)

    age 10 - FBI profiler

    age 12 - legionnaire (no really, I wanted to join the French Foreign Legion)

    age 15 - barrister (brief consideration)

    age 18 - IT drone (even briefer consideration)

    age 12-22 - history professor

    Now I just want to be happy. Smile

    How about y'all?

    ages 5-7: astronomer, astronaut, commercial airline pilot, fighter pilot, indy car driver.

    age 7-13: all of the above, but now include guitarist/musician/singer/songwriter and computer programmer/analyst. By 13, after "Hello World" and a Snafu game I did in BASIC, I started buying books on astronomical algorithms and modulus arithmetic and began writing astronomy and astrology routines for personal use with some ideas toward commercial software.

    age 13-18: all of the previous, but now problems with authority and seeing the nature of government & armed forces were putting a big damper on ambitions as astronaut and fighter pilot, mostly fighter pilot. Ultimately, I think I just have a "need for speed". I didn't want to be a fighter pilot so I could shoot down "the enemy" or out of any desire to protect anyone. I just like to go fast, hence also Indy car driver. By 18, music, performing and entertainment production really had its hold on me and I've been doing mostly that ever since. As an aside, the computer stuff came in handy as I came up with lots of ideas for user interfaces and software code for wireless control of various aspects of pro-audio concert systems, but at that time a cell phone was as big as a freekin' brick. Nevertheless, all of the stuff I tinkered with actually exist today in the industry, no thanks to me.

    Later got into IT as a professional along the MS Visual Studio and BackOffice party line. By now, my ambitions for writing some new piece of astronomical code or inventing some gadget for the pro-audio field all faded memories, credited to someone else, IT was now just a "job" that I still use whenever necessary (which is often) to suppliment my pro-audio and musical ambitions.

    I still have a back-burner desire to be a private investigator/detective or some kind of forensics analyst, but what makes most sense for me now is to continue my education along some related aspect to the audio field, like acoustical engineering & design.

     

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  • 07-21-2008 12:03 PM In reply to

    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    Does anyone else find it fascinating and curious, how popular this thread is?

  • 07-21-2008 12:30 PM In reply to

    • JamesP
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    Re: What did you want to be when you grow up?

    Yeah, I noticed that and thought it curious as well.  Do you have any thoughts as to why it's so popular?

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  • 07-21-2008 12:57 PM In reply to

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    It's great, isn't it? Maybe because it is so positive? I am at work and every now and then drops another response into my email account. What a sweet distraction Smile

     

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