What are you going to be when you grow up? (Or, job help)

[Asthaloth]

Ah, come on, Setekh, we all know your ambition is to become a thundering god of death.

more an Avatar of chaos and disorder, with a healthy dose of death.
as a god my innevitable failures would be... Catastrophic for the universe i immagine.
or maybe a Daemon prince...

Heh. Maybe I should go and work at Neopets on support and actually answer people.

Don't expect us to fund your mental institution fees

theyre free, in the UK atleast.
and if you value your sanity, you wont ask me why i know that...*ominous silence*

[Igg]

Possibly because the UK has something called the NHS?

[Asthaloth]

yes... there is that.

[Dobbitron]

I'm going to be a code monkey aka programmer. And or a political journalist.

[Matt]

I wanted to become a rugby player, teacher or computer programmer.

The first I had to give up, when I got scouted by a local Rugby team. (-sigh- Really hard decision, but too big a risk to take)

The third is what I want to be, but becuase our stupid school doesn't have ICT GCSEs or A-Levels, it's also a little unrealistic -kicks school-

I'd love to be a Secondary School (High School) Maths or Sports teacher, preferably both. I get to do something that I really love, I get to be creative, and I got to wield power to little, arrogant twerps (Hmmm... Is Jim a teacher...?) It's something I'd like to be

[Maureen]

I have no idea. I used to want to act/sing, but I don't have enough experience witht the dancing part. I want to do theatre; I hate cameras more so than crowds. I don't get stage fright, and cameras I just don't like. But in case that doesn't work out, which I doubt it will (I can't sing...that's what I think at least) I want to be a fashion designer or a Starbucks barista. But the singing thing is a dream if only a dream.

[Butterflyhornet]

I probably should know what I should be doing, Being 22, but honestly I'm confused.


When I was a child I'd either answer I want to be a bug catcher (6 years old)

Either an entomologist or an artist when I was older.

In high school, physical science (where they introduce chemistry and phyisics) sucked horribly and I could only pull it off with a C+ B-. Didn't enjoy it much.

And then when I studied geometry I was getting a nice A in it though I hated it. The end of the semester we got to doing proofs and I hated it and was utterly confused.


I decided right there a career in science would not fit me because of my hate for math and numbers and how long it took for me to figure them out.


So I dropped the geometry course the second semester and picked up the art semester that I would have missed.


I studied at an art college until my sophomore year in college, but then the courses got to be too difficult (thinking skill wise and art wise)

I was going for a major in illustration, but now I am unsure.

Money has always been a difficult issue (one parent being jobless since I was in highschool and my other parent working as a caregiver with about mininum wage pay) My grandma who had been paying my way up til this year has decided not to pay for the college I was going to. (tuition is extremely expensive being a private college)

And me having autism and a fear of using the telephone/ leaving the house to unfamiliar locations doesn't help much either.

So currently it looks like I will not be enrolled in a college for the fall semester. I haven't heard back from one of the colleges I was considering, and the second one looked like I'd be in a dead end.

Communication design I heard is a saturated market and finding/maintaining a job is practically impossible unless you can truly shine and be super.

I've heard illustration isn't much different. Either way I had to grip the reality that I may not thrive considering my weaknesses and myself.

I do not have that kind of art ability so eh... (I mean I am skilled in art, no doubt, but not enough to truly be able to market from it)

I guess I need the time off college to figure out what I am to do.

[Sock]

(I can't sing...that's what I think at least)

Oh blah, you can sing.

[Clemson]

Wow, I suppose I have several "pathways" I'd consider. The first would be double majoring in engineering and architecture in college, then pursuing a career in which I'd get to do a little of both. That would probably be the most realistic of my ideas. Second, I think I'd enjoy being an ER doctor or surgeon alot. Then, least likely, I could see myself doing something with sports medicine or maybe being a police officer.