Are you doing what you thought you'd be doing?

[cantdrv55]

If you are, lucky you. I never knew what I wanted to be growing up. I knew I was people person early on (what a cliche, but it's true). I knew I was smarter than the average bear but barely. I've always liked science and math but language and literature were my favorite subjects. I guess I was always meant to be in medical sales. Great career, sales. The easiest, lowest paying job and the hardest, highest paying job. No ceiling but no floor either.

Are you doing what you are meant or thought you'd be doing?

[targa911S]

yes but only part time. I was born to be a musician. But it's a hard way to support a family. So a day job was a must. I at least like what I do as a newspaper ad guy. It also allows me to enjoy my avocation as a musician without the pressure to survive. Life is good.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Still waiting to hear from astronaut school.

[legion]

I set out a plan junior year of college. I got exactly the job I wanted, from the company I had picked out. When I set my mind to something, it happens.

I haven't put together a plan since then.

[bryanthompson]

Dunno what I want to be doing when I grow up, but I'm happy with what I'm doing right now.

[singpilot]

I keep telling people that one of these days I have to settle down and get a real job.

34 years of commercial flying and 24,200 flight hours later, I suspect I might have waited too long to join the real work force.

At my age, my Dad had 4 kids, 3 of them in college at the same time.

I haven't even gotten around to having the first one.

Michael.

[Rot 911]

I always wanted to join the Army which I did at 18. Active duty for 8 years and 17 years in the reserves. Went to college and law school during that time and went into private law practice. What I really wanted to do was be a prosecuting attorney. Became one this year and love every minute of it.

[juanbenae]

i wanted to be a giggolo, problem is all but my pinis quit growing when i was about 14. i am too short to bring home enough bread doing it now. so i did the next best thing, got a goverment job and F people all day!

[craigster59]

I had always been sorta creative and artistic, so working in the Art Department end of the TV/Movie biz kind of fell into place. But it hit me when I was putting a plaster cast on Maureen McCormick's leg for a MOW and thought " Man, when I was 12 I would never have pictured myself holding Marcia Brady's bare leg between my knees!" Wierd how life turns out...

[Oh Haha]

I, too, was supposed to be a musician/rockstar drummer. I pursued that dream for ten years after high school. Had a lot of fun but realized that without moving to California/Seattle it would be tough to get a break.
Ended up getting a job with a vending company through a buddy. Started out at more than most were paid in our area. That was almost 15 years ago. Now I manage 25 employees in 5 counties for the same company. I really love my job most days. I have a lot of freedom and am not tied to a desk all day. I didn't exactly squeeze in any college during that time so I consider myself most fortunate.

[Icemaster]

At the moment, yes. Ask me in 5 years if I'm doing the same thing I'd most likely answer no.

I see it as all part of a master plan. I just have to figure out what the plan is, I think that's when you officially grow up.

[M.D. Holloway]

From the day I took my first breath I always wanted to be a lubrication / reliability expert! My dream has come true...God I love grease and all the advantages it brings! Gears and Hydraulics makes me all sorts of giggly and don't even get me going on engine oil...

[Icemaster]

Lube that's like the 6'th time you've posted immediately after me.

Stop it, you're scaring me.

[jyl]

Depends. I first thought I'd be a mathematician, then I thought I'd be a lawyer, then I thought I'd be an investment manager. So, I got a mathematics degree, then I became a lawyer, now I'm an equity analyst and hopefully progressing toward investment manager. So in one sense I'm doing what I meant to do, but in another sense what I meant to do keeps changing. If I'd stuck with one thing, I'd be a lot further ahead right now. But perhaps I'd be bored - I left each thing when I couldn't stand it any more. Seems like I was really meant to win the lottery but never quite got around to it.

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally posted by Icemaster
Lube that's like the 6'th time you've posted immediately after me.

Stop it, you're scaring me.

I'm getting into your head...best not to play poker with anytime soon.

[techweenie]

We had a class assignment in 10th grade -- to write an essay on our future careers. I wanted to ba "an ad man." And that's what I'm still doing a trillion years later -- though I also write marketing plans, which is the level above advertising...

[Moses]

As a kid I was pretty sure I'd play professional football. Turned out I had loads of enthusiasm but very little talent.

In college I was pretty sure I wanted to be a teacher, so I went to grad school. In the early 80's college professorships were damn near impossible to get, so I dropped out of grad school after two years. All things considered, it has worked out pretty well.

Oh, I worked my way through college as a mechanic. I was really awful.

[Moneyguy1]

Am I doing now what I thought I would be doing?

No. BY this time I thought I would be dead.

[nostatic]

Originally posted by Moneyguy1
Am I doing now what I thought I would be doing?

No. BY this time I thought I would be dead.

word. I thought I'd be dead by 25. Almost achieved it too...

Let's see, I spend how many years in school, got a ph.d. in chemistry, was a professor for awhile.

Now I run a new media research center.

Yup...my trajectory is right on target.

[gavinlit]

wanted to be living happy - seems to be working out. The 911 helps a litte when I've had a ****ty day earning the coin. Thought I'd be a country vet - instead I'm lecturing to aspiring maths teachers. Not even close really is it. Still think about the vet thing occasionally.