We share what "we wanted to be when we grow up" and what we do for a living now.
I'll start. Wanted to be:
>Video Game Developer (but turned out to be shit at math & art)
>Lawyer
>Dentist (like my dad)
ended up being:
>Urban Planner 55k :(
bamp
'nother bamp
Wanted to play ball
Graduates in finance, had a chance went undrafted.
Signed NFL as free agent twice got cut both times.
Now a regular Joe
>>598025168
i didnt want to be anything
i am nothing right now, not even working
>>598025558
Every time I see this one posted now, I can't help but to picture the one with the horse vagina that someone once posted as a reply that looks like almost exactly the same image.
>>598025168
>chef like spongebob
Am now a college student becoming a dentist and hate it but do it cause I need money and my family are all dentists. :(
FBI agent or maybe Computer Science something or other.
Drug Dealer.
>>598025774
damn I've had friends that lived through their childhoods believing they'd get into the NBA..few of them got some prestigious scholarships but they never got that close...
you have my sympathies anon
Wanted
> Cop
Doing
> Parole and Probation till school's done, then cop.
Wanted to be:
>police officer
>chef/own a restaurant
Ended up being:
>electrical lineman journeyman
>>598026512
What illegal thing did you do to prevent you from being able to get into a college job that made you go trade?
Wanted to be
>Pro Wrestler
Ended up being
>Special Ed Teacher
I pretty much went from being a wrestling fan to teaching them
>>598026249
Dentists don't go to college, though, they go to trade school.
>>598026433
depending on where you live, that may be VERY difficult anon, if not impossible
>>598025168
I wanted to be:
A Dad
Military Member
Police Officer
What I currently am:
Not a dad.
Ex-Military
Police Records Technician (Not a cop.) :/
>>598025168
Didn't really know what I wanted to do until about I was about 12 (26 now). But then it was a pro skater, army sniper, or artist. Now I'm a systems administrator.
>imokaywiththis.iso
Wanted to be a
> MMA fighter
> Pro wrestler
What i am now
>MMA fighter
> minimum wage worker.
>>598026249
I know that feel.
dad: dentist + ortho (350k)
uncle: radiologist (400 to 450k)
I'll probably be making under 100k for the rest of my life :( good luck with your studies tho
>wanted to travel world with best friend
>drowned
>>598026190
you need help anon
>>598026817
Yep, went through that. The "tech" part stung a little when I was there.
>>598026614
beastiality
>>598027320
That does happen....
>>598025168
Wanted to be:
>Scientist
Ended up being:
>Pharmacologist 120k
>>598026433
>wanted
>cop
>is
>Criminal
Living the dream, anon, you made it!
What I wanted to be:
> a nigger
>non fag
What I am now
> still white.
> non fag.
Not doing too bad
>soldier
Did that shit too, turns out it fucking sucks. Now I make prescription eyewear.
>>598026675
>>598027764
I'm working IN parole and probation...
If I was ON it would be EITHER parole or probation.
>>598025168
Wanted to be:
Astronaut
Ended up being:
Serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Current net worth kicking around $10 million. A hell of a lot better than NASA pay!
>wanted
>professor
>kickboxer
>am
>in school
>amateur kickboxer
ONLY 4 MORE YEARS OF SCHOOL, INTERNSHIPS, AND ADJUNCT POSITIONS YOU GUYS
>>598028006
Buy me a taco.
>>598028006
Buy 4chan.
>>598025168
>I don't remember what I wanted to be or if I ever did
>Just wanted the "30 year old me" vision in my head to come true
>Dimly lit by the morning light bedroom, curtains drawn, 1/4 window above the bed, lying in a king size bed leaned against the wall, shirtless, arm around wife with dark hair
>>598025168
I wanted to be an astronaut but I'm currently studying aerospace engineering so I'm semi related to it.
>>598027162
Yea, I need help finding the pic because it is eerily similar possibly photoshopped, but I don't want to google horse porn just to find it.
>>598028277
Taco first.
>>598025168
Wanted to be:
>Professional musician
>Pilot
ended up being
>Professional Chef
Shit didn't end up all that bad, I love what I do.
>>598028608
Make me a taco.
>>598028674
I'm down, anon. I make a pretty bad ass taco.
>wanted to be
always wanted to be a pilot
>what I do
Nothing yet, starting an apprenticeship once my hand is better though I still have no idea what I actually want to do, all i know is I want to join the army
>>598028277
Talked to Moot, the pussy left over the FCC Title II vote. I lost all respect for him to stay and fight.
>>598028770
No kidding. If you're in portland I'll pay for the supplies.
>>598028006
Give me Paypal, you get seven layers.
Wanted to be a police officer when I was a kid
As a teen I wanted to be a fireman
As a 27 year old adult now, I'm a programmer and have a popular channel on Youtube which I will not post here because I know how you all are but just know that youve probably seen my videos
>>598028884
Are you Evanescence?
>>598028840
Ahhhh, shit dude, I used to live in Vancouver, I would have actually made the hike. I'm in Toronto now.
i wanted to design video games
i later discovered i suck at math.....like REALLY suck at math to ever make that come true
now i work in a factory making 20.91 an hour
go me!!!
>>598028674
move to mexico or LA
>>598025168
>wanted to be
An attorney
>what I ended up being
a NEET douche
>>598028993
Dang, no worries. I appreciate the brotherhood.
>>598029069
I might just do that. If I could comprehend how to pay rent in LA without making 100k a year.
>>598026620
Thank you for the laugh.
>>598028884
You're Sam Pepper and don't even try denying it
>Wanted to be
Archaeologist like on Jurassic Park
>Ended up as
Illustrator who creates restorations to assist Archaeologists
no dirt under the fingers, paint instead
Fire truck. Or dinosaur. Then I started taking LSD. Still wanna be a dinosaur.
>>598028805
plz explain wtf that is
>>598029493
That's a butt...
I wanted to be an infantryman for the marines
Ended up being a nurse
Cruel irony
I wanted to be
>Mechanic (age 8), ended up realizing I don't know anything about cars
>Chef (age 11) realized chef dont make any money unless you get famous
>Doctor (age 15) Fuck doing that much school plus I suck at math
>Biomedical Engineer (age 17) again I suck too much at math
Ended up being
>Conultant an Penetration Tester at a tech firm
>>598029493
Moot is a pussy and made up a ton of bullshit over FCC Title II vote. In reality, it doesn't matter. IMO, Moot has been a fake gay for years hiding in girlfriend. I bet his is marrying this girl before the end of the year.
>wanted to be a paleontologist
>ended up an unemployed pothead
>pic related
>>598029193
Hollywood, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Downtown etc. have affordable rent options. LA's not Manhattan bra
If you really wanna live on the westside you could just get a roommate
>wanted to be a rich army general alcoholic....
>am 21 year old recovering alcoholic drug addict working at mcdonalds.....
>2years 7 months clean and going to be driving a tow truck soon
>>598029762
fuck wrong image
>>598029721
>I wanted to be
>>Mechanic (age 8), ended up realizing I don't know anything about cars
>>Chef (age 11) realized chef dont make any money unless you get famous
>>Doctor (age 15) Fuck doing that much school plus I suck at math
>>Biomedical Engineer (age 17) again I suck too much at math
Who was the asshole in you life that destroyed your dreams. At least give that asshole a Melvin and a Hot Pocket.
wanted to be
>a veterinarian
Ended up being
a useless piece of shit
>>598025168
>"someone who make drawings at the computer"
>UI Designer in Sillicon Valley
>Pretty much spot on what I wanted to be
>$145k
>>598025168
wanted to be a musician as a kid. Am a musician now. so... i guess it worked out. lol
>>598025168
>>598025168
wanted to be:
>network programer/administrator
ended up being:
>power station operator (homer simpson style job)
did the cisco level one course, didn't enjoy it and saw the types of nerdy, cringey fucks who did and realised i did not want to become one of them
>got a trade
>got a awesome paying job
>>598029193
If you are a hot girl, fuck the right rich guy. If a 20-something loser, get roommates. Knew this one pad a block form Sunset, I swear a dozen guys lived there with schedules on the bed just to be in town.
wanted to be:
happy
ended up being:
desperately out of love and an alcoholic
>>598029762
>have friend who is paleontologist
>he also pothead
>he depressed alcoholic
>has to live in shitty cities for his job
I don't think you're missing out on much....
>>598026278
Same, few buds in the NCAA though. Gave up on my hoop dreams when I was 14 I'm a tall guy I just didn't care enough.
I'm working in design now.
Before:
>soldier
>sniper
>hitman
>astronaut
now:
>Polyglot
>aerospace engineering student
>doing a minor in electricity
>got scholarship for 6 months in china
>work only during vacations
>>598025168
>wanted to be a game developer
>turned out to be an aircraft mechanic
Not bad I sort of grow out of the game thing when I was in middle school and just fell into the mechanic part
wanted to be
>Paleontologist because I liked dinosaurs. This was before I was 10. Then I realized how much I'd have to work for so little.
>Then a nurse because it sounded easy. Didn't want to clean shit for a living, changed my mind quickly.
>confused
ended up as
>Software engineer.
I think I went in the right direction.
>>598030227
>Paleontologist
A fucking grant slut profession if there ever was one.
>>598029873
Hey my dreams aren't destroyed, I make pretty good money and have plenty of room to rise in the industry, so I think I turned out fine.
>tfw have dreams of doing voice acting or commentating still
>wanted to be a game developer, engineer, or captain of a ship (navy, cruise, whatever)
>currently work three jobs: sales rep for pepsi (part time), unlicensed tile contractor (pick up jobs), and third shift red bull warehouse manager.
not completely disappointed, still in school and making bank. only go out once every 2 weeks -_-
>>598026433
I'm a cop. Job is fun as hell, plus, when nothing is happening, I just watch parks and rec on netflix in my car...AND GET PAAAID
before?
>astronaut
now?
>chemical engineering student, very close to finished.
anything affiliated w/ nasa would be amazing.
Wanted to be a doctor...
Now im in medical school, almost finishing my studies.
Feels god
Before:
Builder
Ended up:
Joining the army (its fucking shit dont do it)
>>598030446
kek. I work for Coca-Cola in Atlanta.
>>598030227
Are u a grill
>>598030421
I'd still Melvin the asshole that treated you like shit as a child. Be they drink too much. Just find their regular bar and get thrown out for what you do with them. Have backup that throws M-80s in the bathroom to keep other from joining in the fight. That worked with me and my bud. He made his own M-80's. Quite impressive.
>>598030554
have fun in orgo II bro, try not to hang yourself
I'm 30 and still haven't found a job I love. I want to own a business, but have no money to start a business.
Working for the man making shit wages and wishing I had a career instead of a loser job.
>to:dr all you newfags at life, don't major in liberal arts. Get a real fucking degree.
>>598030373
Unless you get a billionaire Bruce Wayne-style trust fund, you're in a slut profession just like the rest of us. Now take it all, bitch!
Wanted to be a cop still pursuing
Currently an EMT
Wanted to die since i was 15, 19 now.
>>598030602
How much tuition debt?
Wanted to be a surgeon.
Work at Lowes (20k)
>>598030985
I am so fuck off!
>>598030479
do you hate niggers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZmKjOqOmko
>>598031137
>Wanted to be a surgeon.
>Work at Lowes (20k)
More job satisfaction and less student debt.
>>598030723
>Joining the army
>I wanted to fly helicopters...
>tfw I don't fly helicopters
c-can I just ride in one?
lol so many "game designers/testers"
i have this knob guy i used to know who thinks he's living this dream of working with games by selling them at JB hi-fi (amerifags its like like a large audio/visual section of bestbuy, target etc)
he always wanted to be a video game tester, went to uni to try and be a designer, couldn't handle the math and is now trying to become a primary school teacher. he think $600 a week is a good paying job
>MFW i make over double his wage
>MFW i do it by not dealing with 10 year olds buying ps3 games
>MFW i dont have to work weekends like he does
Wanted:
>astrophysicist
Am:
>physics student atm
Close enough.
>>598030928
Hmm. Same boat here anon, but 10 years older. That said, about 3 years ago I lucked into a do-nothing full-time job which literally requires about 10 hours of work a week which I do from home in my bathroom.
That being said, I wish I was doing something I enjoyed and felt like was of value. I have so much free time, but ironically, I get less done than when I had a 40-hour job working all 40 hours.
>>598030795
aw shit, you hear the one about the pepsi guy who got fired? he tested positive fore COKE :D
What I wanted to be:
> Never knew really, I knew I wanted to help people, fireman, doctor like my sister, scientist like my father...
What I am now
> I look after several of the largest porn sites in the world, I also post numerous videos to Youtube which millions enjoy, straight up.
I tell you it's funny what you end up doing when you don't know what you want to do.
>>598031171
my nigga
I'm glad to see this thread full of people who wanted to go into game design and decided not to
It annoys the fuck out of me when some dipshit in Highschool wants to make video games for a living. Colleges that have a "game design" program are fucking scams.
Go learn to program and go into application development for some corporation and make fucking bank.
I know way to many people who wanted to make games and ended up dropping out because they didn't realize the whole programming aspect that game design has to kinda sorta deal with. Not to mention the years of experience in the programming industry to even be considered for a job in a big name studio.
I wanted to be a game designer when I was younger, around pre-teen years. Good thing I didn't because the game industry is shit nowadays. I sincerely hope some good developers come out of the woodworks though.
>therapist
>food critic
Not bad, would do again
>>598027924
I kekd
wanted to be
> doctor
ended up being :
> doctor
Anyone went in a completely different direction than what they initially intended? Besides failing, of course.
>>598031291
Go to bed Brendan
>>598031518
>>Not to mention the years of experience in the programming industry to even be considered for a job in a big name studio.
Is this why most games of the past 10 years suck and have no soul?
>>598025168
Wanted to be someone, have a decent life (not needed to be rich), a gf, those things.
Became a hopeless guy, no life, no money, never had any gf.
>Pilot
shit fell through when I was denied my aviation medical certificate due to migraines
>studying
I've made it guys
wanted:
>comic book artist/writer
am:
>records office paper pusher
Funny thing is with indie comics as easy to publish as they are, I could fulfill my childhood dream at any time. I'm just too depressed/tired/scared of being judged to ever do it.
>>598031359
You know, I had a job like that and gave it up because I wanted to move up the the world.
I'm worse off with no better job satisfaction.
My job is full time and not hard, but doing a dummy job is worse than doing a hard one.
Wanted
>diplomat
Ended up
>Translator
Not too bad, working at home on mostly my own terms and hours
Wanted to be:
>Archaeologist
Ended up:
>Graduating medschool in few months
Wanted to be
>monster truck driver
What I am
>baker
bump
>>598031284
if you live in a coastal city that shouldn't be that difficult...pay $200 to $400 for local ride and listen to this on repeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uj74a78lZw
your welcome.
>>598031246
Definitely less student debt, but I hate the job.
>>598030130
well at least he's got the job, all i have is the crushing edginess of reality. such edge, very wow
>>598029721
>mechanic
Don't know anything about cars.
Cunt do you know how a fucking apprentice ship works.?
>Wanted to be: Famous Entertainer Comedian/Actor
>What I am doing: Going to school while working minimum wage
>>598031386
hey what's the new Pepsi ad slogan?
"Cause sometimes they don't have coke!"
>>598027320
anywhere else id think this was a joke
Wanted:
>Dentist
>Police officer
>Politician
Doing:
>Professor of medieval lit & lang
>>598026675
>difficult to become a Cop
you have to be trolling. They're ALWAYS recruiting regardless of where you live. Always.
>>598031967
I was fucking 8 at the time you think I knew about apprenticeships you dumb nigger? Anyways it was just a phase, I wouldn't have fit in with the fucking rednecks.
Wanted
>archaeologists
Now
>going to college for petroleum geology
>>598029359
sauce?
wanted to be
>first woman president
ended up being
>in school for women's studies
Still trying to afford the sex change.
>>598029407
>no dirt under the fingers, paint instead
Just get that cute undergrad coed ass to fuck on digs. That happens in the field, stays in the field.
>>598025168
sure why not.
>POTUS ( turns out I need to be a natural citizen whatevs )
>Air force pilot ( i have shit eye sight and also broke too many bones as a kid to even be considered )
>NASA Pilot. same as above
ended up being
>District manager for a major bank.
>>598029764
Most places in downtown for rent is stupidly expensive if you dont want to live somewhere shit.
Source: I live in downtown LA and I pay 3.8k a month in rent. FML.
>>598031835
>>doing a dummy job is worse than doing a hard one
That's the rub. I have a friend who made 2x or 3x what I make, and he quit to travel the world and try to forge a new career path. He got to do the former, but the latter didn't pan out, and now he's got a less profitable (and enjoyable) version of the job he had a year before.
Ah well, gotta remind myself it's a first-world problem compared to what most folks on this planet have to deal with. Best of luck to you, /b/ro.
>>598032717
Thanks man. You too.
>>598032643
I live Downtown also and am paying 2800. (but I know there's cheaper options) you part of the DTLA fb group?
Wanted:
>Chef
>Realized dchool for cooking is easy, but too long for a shit pay job
>Then I wanted Military
>Military turned me down
Currently:
>Industrial Roofer
>Flat out fucking drunk
Shit sucks yo.
>>598025168
Wanted to be:
>Doctor
>Lawyer
>Firefighter
>President of the U.S
>Wanted to be pro Starcraft player in my teenage years
ended up being:
>Dermatologist, 160k after taxes.
>>598025168
Wanted to be:
>bunch of stupid shit when a kid
>butcher (and was)
ended up being
>on welfare/SSD
>>598033010
fuck no. fuck social media.
i got tired of facebook and people posting their dull lives and crafting posts to make themselves seem happy and hide their miserable existence.
Wanted;
(youngest memory) Builder like bob the builder
12 Solider
16 find out i have a medical condition and cant join military
18 now and i have no idea
What i am doing;
Joined fire brigade when i found out i cant join military
KFC crew
student but just found out i cant do 2nd year of uni course cause i fucked up last year
>>598033057
Try smack. It's so much better than booze.
I wanted to be the singer or guitar player for U2.
I'm currently a drummer for the band Coldplay. Fml
Wanted to be
> Game Designer
> Soldier/Sniper/SF
> CIA operator
Ended up as
> Cop, young cop but still a cop. Feels batman pay is shite
>>598025168
>wanted to be on Wall St.
>got busted for CP
>family abandoned me, no financial support for college
>not even supposed to be on internet or own computer
>am now furniture mover
Wanted to be:
Writer
Ended up being:
NY Times Bestseller
>pro hacker
>pro gambler with some hacking skills
not so bad
>>598033813
post penis
>>598033375
well that's too bad it's actually a great place to meet banging hot chicks.
do you at least know who Spartacus the dog is?
at various ages (particularly from maybe 6-12 when aspirations were strong)
>veterinarian
>lawyer
>firefighter
>doctor
>all of those traditional 'good' jobs i guess
fast forward
>be 23
>recently finished cert 3/4 in IT support (literally only did this because couldnt find anything better and mate got me the job, don't give a fuck about IT)
>made redundant last october
>unemployed
>unofficially got a job in a callcentre at about 45k
>mfw this thread makes me hate myself a bit more than i already did
>mfw i still don't know what i want to do for a career
>mfw time is running out
>mfw my country now has unrestricted university fees
>>598033057
Fitness test?
>>598034303
timestamp or you're full of shit and your a faggot that faps to trap threads
>>598034602
iktf
>>598034454
who the fuck is spartacus? i hate pets.
im banging an employee's daughter atm so dont really need anyting else on the side. im 32 and shes 22.
>>598034602
If rich, kill parents and gain inheritance.
just kidding sell your ass on the street
>>598034854
It's not like you'd know how I am. There are thousands and thousands of NY Times Bestsellers. Not hard to get on the list, just don't suck at writing.
THEN:
>comic book artist/writer
>21, working at a chipotle
I plan to release a webcomic sometime this year though. so theres still hope for me /b/ros
>>598034303
>>598033813
Timestamp or you're full of shit and a faggot that faps to trap threads
>>598030892
already over and done with man, that's when i realized i loved it
Wanted to be:
>(Age 5)Complete badass: throw knives and tomahawks, bow and arrow master, live in a teepee. (Maybe I wanted to be an Indian)
>(Age 8) Doctor: Sorry kid you have no drive for school.
>(Age 14) Lawyer: have proven by this point I have no drive for school
>(Age 16) Musician: Completely terrified of playing for people.
Ended up being:
>Real estate agent
>>598025168
At MIT
Ended up at Caltech
Fucking Nigel Thornberry
>>598035188
>I hate pets
you have no soul but congrats on the little girl i'm jelly
>>598035242
parents not rich, have had nothing to do with my biological dad for a long time and my mum is one of very few people i give a shit about. no cock in the ass for me, i will have to explore other options. thanks.
>>598035300
your a lying faggot that faps to trap threads.
do you realize that people can see right through your lies? I bet people talk behind your back about it...
you're only fooling yourself faggot
Wanted to be:
> Police Officer
> High School Band Teacher
Never knew they polygraphed all potential cops, may or may not have sold my ADHD pills when I was 18 and I think that ruined my chances. So I gave up on that and smoked weed and did LSD recently out of spite which DEFINITELY ruined my chances.
Music program in college sucked and I realized how saturated the market was and dropped out.
Currently 22 and make pizzas for a living while pursuing my drumming goals. Finally getting back in school this summer. Several years late but atleast I'll have a degree by 28ish which is better than nothing. Not sure what I want to be.
>>598029025
>That picture uses grave accents as quotation marks.
I don't know why, but that really annoys me.
>>598035364
>Nigel Thornberry
2012?
Wanted
>Baseball Player
Am
>Architecture Student
such is life.
wanted to be:
Chef, worked as a cook for 3 years realized you work your ass off for shitty pay
Currently
Went back to college studying accounting and getting a real estate license
Wanted to be
>Pharmacist
>Software engineer
>Welder (Like my father)
Ended up being
>Machinist, CNC mills
>Wanted to be
Software Engineer
>Currently
Pilot/Flight Instructor and Prostitute
>>598035349
in the words of Seth MacFarlane
"that's like a real estate agent giving up...before they got into real estate"
>>598036242
I'd seek your services. Love your nipples.
>>598036242
u know the rule...post timestamp if that's OC
>>598036507
Where are you?
>>598036723
It's old OC
>>598036727
Where are u?
>>wanted
Army pilot
>>now
Work in a pawn shop. Too colourblind for anything in the military, too old to start actually doing anything.
>>598036242
post city and next time I'm there I will pay for your pussy. (I travel quite a bit)
and don't lie you're a flight attendant
>>598025168
wanted to be:
>Lawyer
This didn't last long. I was like 11 and wanted $$$$
>Writer
Still kinda want this, don't wanna work for it though, so it will remain a hobby
>Professor
Still on the radar, but not currently in grad school.
Currently
> "tutor"
Hard to explain. I work full time with elementary school kids who go to shit tier schools. I don't have a teaching degree, but the organization I work for works within the school system. The kids come to us (there's 5 tutors) and splits up into small groups and we teach them math, because that's where the biggest gap is.
Pay is garbage. Huge surprise, I know. Working in non-profit and education, you'd think I'd be making bank.
Gotta help these little nigs learn, though.
And it's kinda crazy working in a place that was 100% black, students and faculty, until I got there. Swayin the stats.
Wanted to be:
Scientist
Ended up being:
crazy lunatic psychopathic ex junky
>>598036727
Midwest
>>598025168
What I wanted to be:
>a free lance bounty hunter
>a champion boxer
>a soldier
What I ended up being
>a free lance bounty hunter
>a small time kick boxing champion
>an army veteran
everythingwentasexpected.avi
>>598036920
dooooown in the pawn shop
so you buy and sell items from crackheads?
>>598027151
are you posting from the afterlife
>>598030795
coca cola tempe, az reporting in
>>598037048
>pussy
It should be obvious what I have anon
>>598025168
Wanted to be:
>fighter pilot
ended up being:
>fighter pilot trainee
gettingthere.jpg
>>598037879
A pergina?
>>598037879
Why wouldn't you clear those 2 missed calls. It only takes a second.
>>598037879
You have a penis. That license says you're a male.
>>598025168
Want to be:
>Dinosaur
Ended up being:
>Massage Therapist
>>598027689
Wanted to be:
>Aerospace engineer
Ended up becoming:
>Pilot
close enough
>>598037879
i dont understand.
are you a pilot a trap and a prostitute?
YOU CANT BE ALL THREE!
>>598037240
How many dog the bounty hunter jokes do you get on a weekly basis?
>oh look she has a dick
>don't even care, sorry to burst your bubble
>continue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4iBBfEHNaE
>>598038331
Duh?
> Wanted to be
Game Developer
> Ended up being
Software Engineer
Close enough, I don't have the creative ability to think up games though. Thus I'm stuck writing boring things, but hey finding a job was easy as fuck and I have an endless job market when I choose to go for more (only make about 60k, but with no coop or any experience i suppose that aint bad)
>>598037245
Yep. God damn I fucking hate crackheads so god damn much. Fuck.
>magician
>cartoonist
>comedian
ended up being:
>indie video game developer
>musician
>"cartoonist" not really what it's called
Wanted:
>Police Officer
>Famous Guitarist
Am:
>Write horror stories for video games/board games/movies/music
Make:
>145k
Wanted to be:
Fireman, Cop, Work on video games etc.
Ended up being:
Builder running a crew of 5 guys (incl me)
average 150-180k/y depending on jobs and how much i make off the boys
>>598025168
had no idea, but now i want to be a linguist "when i grow up-" though i'm 20 now
i make conveyor belts for $12.25 an hour. my day consists of gaming, then 8 hours of work, 4 hours of computer shit, then sleep.
rinse wash repeat.
>>598036242
>>598037048
Actually those make some amount of sense together
>Prostitution to pay for flight school
>Flight Instruction to get paid for hours needed for Airline Transport Pilot
>>598025168
wanted to be mechanical engineer at age 8.
Be now: mechnical engineer and industrial designer (artist). Building rides for leisure parks yay
Wanted to be on welfare
I am on Welfare
Coincidence?
Wanted to play in NHL/be a limo driver during the off season. Ended up being a motorcycle builder for a while, now I brew beer for a living.
This is the order of what I wanted to be through my life
Army general
President
Army general then president
Philosopher
God(I had some issues in middle school)
Chef
Astrophysicist
Nuclear engineer
Mechanical engineer
I am now an acting and licensed engineer and the title with my company is Electromechanical Design Engineer
>>598037154
I've never met a single person as a self described lunatic who wasn't just an edgy faggot.
If you're an ex junkie, that means that the hard part is over. Move on with your life and quit being an autist.
Wanted to be:
Veterinary
Ended up being:
Millionaire, selling supermarket charts wheels!
Wanted to be a soldier.
Now I am and have been for twenty nine years.
Now I want to go back to the farm. Easier work, less work, fewer kids who think they are gods gift to the army.
>>598038815
Pretty much this. Plus it helps me get through winter which is very slow, especially as a new instructor.
You must be that other pilot itt
>>598037879
m-more
Wanted to be
>doctor
>politician
What I'm doing now
>animator
>artist
>video game developer
Turns out making games is more fun then fixing people.
>>598025168
I'm kind of the opposite of you OP. I wanted to be an archcitect when I was younger but grew up becoming a game developer. You should take it up as a hobby. You do not have to be a math genius or a crazy artist to get started
>>598039038
Wtf is a super market chart wheel
Wanted to be a no aspirations
Ended up stay at home dad while wife pursues MD degree. Life's alright.
I wanted to be a movie Director.
Currently unemployed after working in steel mill for two years. Many possibilities but I don't know what I want to do?!?
>>598026658
Dentists in America are full doctors
They need to go to college and medical school
We do have dental technicians that do the cleanings and shit but dentists do the real medical stuff
I wanted to be an astronaut like a stereotypical kid. Astronomy and physics are two of my favorite things even today, but I got into video game design and 3d arts, which is nice.
>>598039154
Think there's three pilots ITT
>You
>Milfag trainee
>me
Admittedly no Comm/ATP/CFI here yet. Doing IFR/Comm right now
>>598038472
It's 2015 SIR. A man pretending to be a woman can be anything they want in today's modern society.
(except respected)
>>598026658
Depends where you live and what path you want to take my nigga. You should definitely have a bachelors in science if you want to become a dentist.
Most schools require at least some university education to be accepted to become a dentist.
When I was a kid I literally wanted to be a drug addict living in a van. It seemed really freeing.
Now I'm almost 25 and rent a room in a house my friend owns for crazy cheap and get drunk and high almost every night so it's going pretty alright I guess.
I did own a minivan for a while too, but I gave it to my sister and got my younger brother's '08 Chevy Aveo when he bought an '04 Audi.
There's still a part of me that wants to be a drifter piece of shit and tour the country in a VW van selling drugs to get by. It just seems noble and like it would teach you a lot about yourself.
wanted to be an animator
now im an electrician
>>598039584
>>598039154
Wait wait wait. A few back before I got my SEL my instructor mentioned having had a student who was a prostitute...
>>598027044
You really had your sites set on rolling around half naked with sweaty men. Glad you fulfilled your dreams.
>>598039754
Did your instructors first name start with W. C. or S.?
>>598028805
Doesnt even make sense. He would have absolutely no reason. That wouldn't effect him negatively at all.
>>598029752
Noot isn't a troll he's magic! :(
dream:
>nothing
current:
>retail (worse than nothing)
>>598038734
thats incredible...how the fuck did u go about writing horror stories for big name shit to the point u get 145k?? thats the thing i dont get, how do u guys get so goddamn lucky like that? do u have epic connections or did u just build a reputation for yourself
>>598025168
Wanted to be a fireman
Am an accountant
>>598029193
>implying LA doesn't have people renting rooms for $300-$500/month in half decent neighborhoods.
>>598038734
Any examples of your work?
wanted to be:
>artist
ended up being
>sandwich artist
heh...
I'm majoring in urban planning too. Should I be worried?
>>598040019
Where did you learn to fly?
>>598039177
Been trying to get into game animation since graduating 2 years ago. Damn it's so difficult.
At the moment my actual title is "CGI artist" not long started though so mainly consists of tedious jobs nobody else wants to do. Scene clean up and propping. That kind of thing.
>>598040000
Dem quads
>>598040000
quads get
also, check em
>>598025168
What I wanted to be:
>infantry
Ended up being:
>in college got offer to be data scientist 60k/year
I just wanted to kill people in Iraq/Afghanistan.
>>598025168
i never fucking knew what i wanted to be
still don't, so i just work shit jobs now
>>598040220
I'd be a bit doxable at that point, but I'll tell you SoCal.
>>598038918
how much does welfare give u? and how do u go about getting it?? im really curious. its always been my dream to be able to live the r9k NEET life, but i live in a god tier city in cakifornia and need 1500 a month minimum to live comfortably
>>598040065]
how much does welfare give u? and how do u go about getting it?? im really curious. its always been my dream to be able to live the r9k NEET life, but i live in a god tier city in cakifornia and need 1500 a month minimum to live comfortably
>>598040476
Oh. He definitely wasn't talking about me. Wrong side of the country
KY here
>>598040411
also, check em
>>598040631
My guess is its pretty common for the reasons I mentioned. Hours?
>>598032643
Sure, downtown in any major city is going to cost a butt load. However, you can also catch a 15 minute bus ride outside of the downtown core and check out the other neighborhoods for half the price in rent.
Some will be crack heads and gangs, but some will be poor hardworking immigrant families who dont put up with bullshit, or hispters/university kids.
>>598037879
I remember you from a thread awhile back. this is a trap, that license or whatever the fuck it is says male. she also posted penis.
>Meteorologist
>Truck Driver
>>598039713
I feel you I had a similar dream and a part of me still wants to just get a van and go maybe one day
>>598040411
checked
now, check my dubs
I wanted to direct movies when I was in highschool. I wanted to be an animator when I first got into college. I wanted to be an attorney when I graduated college. I wanted to be anything except an attorney when I was in law school. I'm now a general contractor. I have loads of discretionary income (deep into 6 figures), I make my own schedule, and I fuck a ton of 20 something year olds because I stay fit, im blessed with good genes (I look young, but I'm 40) and I love my life.
wanted to be: astronaut
what I am: dope shooting dish washer
>>598040065
I just started writing my own short horror stories and posting them on various sites online. Eventually I got contacted by Warner Bros about them wanting to make one of my stories into a movie but I said no because I wanted to direct that particular story some day.
I talked to them some more and eventually was asked for a couple ideas and they paid top dollar. Then I started getting requests from video game developers and other authors to collaborate with.
Also my great uncle is R. Lee Ermey and he's been in a few horror movies.
Wanted to be a film director
Ended up a video game director
Still feels like I failed
>>598040804
No less common that stripping that college, at least.
Right at 500 total now. I've been doing alright and I still have ~20 months until I can work on an ATP
Wanted to be:
Paramedic
Is:
Finishing paramedic school
wanted to be a mechanic, then electrician (like dad/grandpa) then went to school for cnc, now working surveillance at a casino
>tfw can'twait to go back to work this weekend.
>>598041090
~150 here, all in Skyhawks. Primary aircraft?
>What I am now: Unemployed
>What I wanted to be: Not unemployed
>>598028277
>implying you'd need $10mm to buy 4Chan
Wanted to be:
>Astronaut
>Sniper
>Voclanologist
ended up being:
>astronaut
>sniper
>liar
>>598040945
Return to reality and realize you're not fooling anyone because your kissless virgin status seeps through even the internet
>>598041002
funny how life turns out sometimes.
>>598040065
>lucky
If you are going to make money writing, you need 3 things above all else, in this order.
1. Marketing skills
Under this I am including getting/maintaining connections, advertising your work intelligently, etc.
2. Organization
How do you get connections? Doing a FUCK TON of shitty writing jobs. Writing website copy for 50 bucks, maybe a few shitty blog articles for some companies. On top of this, you should be writing fiction/articles (whatever you're into) and trying to get them published.
All of this means you can't be a slacker, and you can't be unorganized. You can crush that website copy in a couple hours, maybe less. Have it to them by 9 AM and it's the first thing they see in their inbox when they get to their desk. BOOM, impression made. Now write those 20-30 minute articles for 10 dollars a piece, maybe you'll get semi steady work out of one of them. I could go on about this, but I won't.
3. Writing ability
>Hurr durr this should be number 1
You're a retard
>buh buh buh but If I'm good enough...
No fuck you. You aren't nearly fucking good enough for your writing ability to just carry you to a job. I promise.
You do have to be good, which is why it makes the list. You have to be damn good, actually. Better than all those other faggots trying to make money doing the same shit. But if you can't market yourself and your work, and you aren't organized, you're dead in the water.
--- Been a freelance writer for a few years, making okay money off of it.
>>598041204
172S, 182RP, and about 100 hours in a Seminole from flight school.
I don't fly with them, just did my training there.
>>598041433
Oh yeah I'll bet he's laughing his arse off.
>Wanted to be a rapist.
>Ended up being a rap victim.
>mfw
>>598040625
Not getting 1500 from welfare without a kid and a disability bro. Sorry to dash your dreams. More like $150 a week.
as a kid, I wanted to be in the Marines.
now, I am working as a diesel mechanic and make $30 an hour, and I'm 20. so not that bad. oh, and I'm currently enlisting in the Marines.
I'm happy.
>>598041525
>Seminole
Fucking Jelly
>>598041282
4chan just sold for $30million.
Wanted to be:
>Business owner
>Police Officer
>Black Smith
Am:
>I'm training to be a Blacksmith
>Regular Joe
Not a bad life though
Wanted to be:
>military
>cop
ended up being:
military
>>598041002
>dope shooting dishwasher
are you me? i wanted to be a rockstar or a guitar teacher cause i knew rockstar never happens. if im dead broke ill teach kids here and there, but ive just been washing dishes since i turned 18. started doin it for 8$ an hour, 3 years later im a prep cook at 11 an hour. its not a kings ransom or anything, but hell it pays for my habit, i get to eat gourmet food during my shift, and i have my own little prep station where i blast my ipod and nobody bothers me. thinking about just saying fuck it and keeping on moving up in the industry, be a chef somewhere shitty and get like 25k a year.
>>598041724
They're heavy pigs that fly like shit and drink fuel like it's free with no good tradeoff.
But, that's just Pipers
>>598030479
Is your name Shawn?
>>598042022
Hmmm, noted. The skyhawk has great flight characteristics but its so goddamn slow. Also rather tiring of shitty fragmented plastic interiors with bits getting ready to fall off/seatbelts that don't unravel for shit/doors that don't close.
>>598042084
Yeah... I think I am hopping off here now. This is getting weird.
>>598042084
haha yeah!!! whose this?! never thought id actually have a moment where someone guesses my name right.
lol let me gues...steve?
>>598025168
Wanted to be:
>Doctor (too heavy time investment for school)
>Programmer (turns out after doing it for a while it's really annoying)
ended up being:
>Mathematician. I pretty much solve problems and still get to use what i know of programming, just don't do that all the time. 60k atm, but potential for increase is high, so fairly happy with it for a bachelors degree.
>>598025168
> VGD
> Join the military like nearly everyone in my family for the past 500 years
> Author (may still have potential but no creative drive atm)
> Professional student because free college 4 lyfe basically thanks to eye disorder that'll leave me blind in a few years
> Gonna become a teacher maybe college professor some day
>>598030150
Holy shit, we are the same person
>>598042270
Let me guess ... You live near kc right? Part time as mall security?
>>598041433
indeed
>>598041534
sometimes I do laugh about it
>>598041948
I also wanted to make video games but that didn't happen either, clearly. I've considered saying fuck it and just roll with the foodservice business considering I've done it for like 8 years now. Would have to let my trackmarks heal up and find another job, though, since I work at a shitty place that pays me $8/hr to wash dishes and sometimes short order cook.
I dunno. You make bad choices and shit happens, I guess, haha.
>>598027151
fucking LOL
>>598031289
You sound insecure
>>598025168
Wanted to be
>Successful musician
Am
>Currently unemployed, in a band, just finished a degree in education
Been bartending for years making decent money. Time to teach people, and still have fun playing music.
>>598029407
Paleontologists study dinosaurs. Archaeologists study ancient humanity. Your dream was impossible from the start.
Wanted:
>Film Director
Ended:
>Film Director
feelsgoodman.jpg
>>598042729
correct.
>>598043563
Let's make a porno
> dream job: Terrorist
ever since 9/11 i've had a strong obsession with what motivated those crazy fucks to crash those planes into buildings
12 years later and now ISIS is around recruiting young white westerners like myself
>too pussy for this jihad shit
>too comfortable for the luxuries of western society
now I just fantasize about pulling off a school shooting (but it stays in my head)
>currently working as a dog nanny making $10.50 an hour
>Age 7
"Ninja"
>Age 17
"Molecular Biologist"
>Age 27
"Dead"
>>598036723
You do understand how to read dates on phones, right?
>>598036723
photo ruined by implants
>>598042828
8 years and you're still getting paid minimum? i got bumped up to 10 an hour washing dishes at 20 years old 2 years into my food service stint. at 21 i was making 15 an hour when i decided to join the front of the house bussing tables, the tips were incredible, but i love food and prefer being in the back because i cant stand jobs where i cant listen to my ipod, so now im back down to 11 an hour, with the opportunity to move up to line cook from prep cook and go to 12 an hour, and then chef one day if i work the line long enough
>>598025168
currently in dental school shits rough brah
>>598038472
s/he's a superhero, m8.
>>598025168
>Veterinarian
>Factory slave
Inb4 little Chinese babies with pacifiers making socks
>>598043822
it's okay anon everyone goes through that columbine phase but it goes away...durka durka allah aukbar
>>598043831
i like where this is going
>>598037879
You are one interesting person, anon. You're going to end up being some legend among commercial pilots. Badass trans pilot prostitute.
>>598025168
Wanted to be
>oil rig worker
Ended up being
>working in a smeltery
the heat sucks and you get dirty as fuck
>tfw no offshore bonus
>>598027151
zbitchboy? whose this whats the story?
cant reverse search on iphone
Wanted (in order, growing up):
>Actor
>Anthropologist
>Marine biologist
>Astronomer
>Mycologist
>Doctor
Became:
>Investment banker
I sold out /b/.. I sold out hard
Wanted to be:
>Freestyle Moto X rider
>Heart surgeon
>Theoretical physicist
Ended up being:
>Pizza boy and certified welder in training
Wanted to be:
>Carpenter
>Fireman
>soldier
I am a roofer/carpenter. Pay is double minimum wage which isn't great and chicks don't like guys like me as much as I thought they would.
>>598043743
Haha awesome. This is stoner
>>598043563
wanted
>big time film director
ended
>shitty film director
keeplyingtomyselfmanfeelsgood.jpg
>>598043743
Anon is going to find you and talk to you in person about this, and it will be awkward. If you're in cop mode, clock his ass.
personal loved fighting and atheletic
>Life long journey to found a gym in my hometown
>forge people like steel, become sensi
>Watch as "I reap what I sew"