Career

[Hera]

What do you really want to do in your future ? I'd like to become a computer programmer because I like programming languages very much. How about you? And what is your motivation ?

[KamiKiller5000]

I want to be an attourney and lock up heinous criminals...


either that or drive an Ice cream truck

[Mikeyprime]

What do you really want to do in your future ? I'd like to become a computer programmer because I like programming languages very much. How about you? And what is your motivation ?
Unfortuntely, most of my "future" is going on now and I ended up doing something I do not want to do. If I want to change I'd have to go back to school and get my MBA. Since I loathe school now, not likely. But at the end of the day, the dream of becoming a Pro surfer still itches at me; too bad I just dont have those skills.

[Will]

I want to be a tiger. RAWR!

[T.Lee]

ive chosen the path of a ninja assassin. im motivated by greed and underlying feud with the samurai family who outcasted my father and caused us to lead a shadowy life of stealth and death, in which my father taught me all the suiper secret ninja skills.

[kendogrl7]

I still dunno what i want to be, it hard to say. god just to think in 2 years i will get my life started. I want to go to college maybe rugers, what i realy want is to become a filmaker or a movie director, but i still dunno.

[Paikea]

What do you really want to do in your future ? I'd like to become a computer programmer because I like programming languages very much. How about you? And what is your motivation ?Take it from a 43 yr old who started in FORTRAN-77 (paper tapes, even): take the cabinetmaking class instead. Technology pays well but can be very unsatisfying. By the time you hit the market, the jobs will be mostly offshore in India and China.

[Washington]

I want to be retired when I grow up

[Mikeyprime]

Take it from a 43 yr old who started in FORTRAN-77 (paper tapes, even): take the cabinetmaking class instead. Technology pays well but can be very unsatisfying. By the time you hit the market, the jobs will be mostly offshore in India and China.
My father used to tell me the same thing when i would help him insert punch cards and watch these monster printers print on greenbar paper....ah, memories.

So i took finance and hate it just as much as he hates IT.

[nodachi]

If you can accept being poor and the government blaming us for not solving the world's problems with today's youth, but you can find enjoyment from working and helping kids, why not be a teacher?

Highly rewarding if you can you filter out all the crap that can be thrown your way. And if you budget right, get your summers off, although just having summers off isn't a good reason to be a teacher or you'll be miserable.

(I know this doesn't necessarily apply to other countries, just the US perspective.)

[Lloromannic]

Today was university day in my school. It has left me feeling a tad depressed as I confirmed that I really don't want to do anything. Most of the jobs I want do not, shall we say, make loads of money. Volunteer work does not pay very well and I'd starve with it. It's awful because everyone is counting on me getting a highly paid office job or something like that. My dream is to marry a rich person (hopefully blind so looks are not relevant) and spend my day working for Amnesty International and others. Or (perhaps more unlikely) become a Kendo teacher in Japan. The joy of doing kendo daily will probably offset the financial tightness.

[taganahan]

i want to be a civil engineer in the future, whether in the near or far future. i've been thinking about being a drafter too. 2nd highest mark in drafting-architecture. woohoo!

~taganahan

[Niels]

combine graphic design and art and somehow scam people into giving me money for it.

--niels

[kanyil]

I want to be an attourney and lock up heinous criminals...


either that or drive an Ice cream truck
then you probably want to be a district attorney/crown prosecutor/procurator instead. The title varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but the pay would most likely be pretty underwhelming.

[Stephen]

Unfortuntely, most of my "future" is going on now and I ended up doing something I do not want to do. If I want to change I'd have to go back to school and get my MBA. Since I loathe school now, not likely. But at the end of the day, the dream of becoming a Pro surfer still itches at me; too bad I just dont have those skills.
Just my two cents. but if you dislike what your doing, school could suck but still be a means to a better end - I went through the same thing and as much as I dreaded the thought of school again, after my first year back its not as bad as i thought:) ..much to my family, friends and workmates horror, I gave up a secure and financialy rewarding career in business managment as I figured no matter how much money I earned, if I wasnt happy doing it then its not worth it! - will it pay off?..who knows..but at least I'll be able to say i tried my best:)

[gdane1989]

I want to get extremely rich (Not going to tell you how, MOOCHERS!) and buy every martial arts dojo in the world, then employ a vast army! Join or die! will be the slogan! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaHAhA! "Excellent."

[Matlock]

I want to get extremely rich (Not going to tell you how, MOOCHERS!) and buy every martial arts dojo in the world, then employ a vast army! Join or die! will be the slogan! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaHAhA! "Excellent."So, are you trying to say that you want to work for Microsoft??? Why not just say so :wink:

[xorandor]

What do you really want to do in your future ? I'd like to become a computer programmer because I like programming languages very much. How about you? And what is your motivation ?

Well, i'm a software engineer now, and sometimes I do wonder why I chose this route.. I love computers and programming, but sometimes I wonder whether I did the right thing choosing to do it for a living, instead of just putting it aside as a hobby. The money isn't that great (especially when compared to the hours that you can work, especially since there's no extra $$$ for overtime), and around 80% of the developers in my company now are from either India or mainland China. Its the sign of things to come. I don't really feel secure in my job, because I have this nagging feeling that no matter how good I am at what I do, they (the Management Types) can do the "Mongolian horde" thing, and just hire loads of cheap foreign programmers. Or maybe just outsource it.

I still enjoy my job, but this constant feeling of job insecurity and the general feeling of not being appreciated just sucks.

I say, if you really want to know how its like doing software development for a living instead of a hobby (or as a school subject), try getting some kinda internship, or work on a LONG TERM project (at LEAST a year). Then decide whether you want to get into this line.

Another thing about having your hobby as your job is, YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU DO (alot of the time anyway). If the task given to you at work is just plain boring as heck, you still have to do it. That also might mean (like in my case), that I stopped all the hobby-programming that I used to do, because i'm already so burnt out doing the day-programming at work on stupid modules, that by the time I come back from work, the last thing I want is to look at code.

[Matlock]

Well, i'm a software engineer now, and sometimes I do wonder why I chose this route.. I love computers and programming, but sometimes I wonder whether I did the right thing choosing to do it for a living, instead of just putting it aside as a hobby.If you had the chance to choose another career what would it be? Something related to programming? Something completely different? To be honest, I am not familiar with computer work at all, but what other options are open to you in the way of careers? What would make you happy?

Cheers

[senki-kendo-jos]

hmmm... perhaps use my immense language skills to take over the world, mwahahaha!

nah, i'll probably end up having kids... and bringing them up to be mad, sword obsessed kenshi!!!

[Martin (Wakey)]

... and bringing them up to be mad, sword obsessed kenshi!!!
.....who don't attend when they say they will? BWAHAHAHA

[Hai_hai]

Well, i'm a software engineer now, and sometimes I do wonder why I chose this route.. I love computers and programming, but sometimes I wonder whether I did the right thing choosing to do it for a living, instead of just putting it aside as a hobby. The money isn't that great (especially when compared to the hours that you can work, especially since there's no extra $$$ for overtime), and around 80% of the developers in my company now are from either India or mainland China. Its the sign of things to come. I don't really feel secure in my job, because I have this nagging feeling that no matter how good I am at what I do, they (the Management Types) can do the "Mongolian horde" thing, and just hire loads of cheap foreign programmers. Or maybe just outsource it.

I still enjoy my job, but this constant feeling of job insecurity and the general feeling of not being appreciated just sucks.

I say, if you really want to know how its like doing software development for a living instead of a hobby (or as a school subject), try getting some kinda internship, or work on a LONG TERM project (at LEAST a year). Then decide whether you want to get into this line.

Another thing about having your hobby as your job is, YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU DO (alot of the time anyway). If the task given to you at work is just plain boring as heck, you still have to do it. That also might mean (like in my case), that I stopped all the hobby-programming that I used to do, because i'm already so burnt out doing the day-programming at work on stupid modules, that by the time I come back from work, the last thing I want is to look at code.

Another jaded programmer.

[drizzt]

I want to do something that if my father were still here today he would be proud to see me doing..........


That just brought up a strange memory .....were i actualy learned what kendo was couple of months before he died we watched on if the james bond films that had a guy in bogu in it.....he explained to me what it was and what kendo was(he lived i japan for several years as part of the us armed forces there in the fifties).....that makes me very sad and happy all at the same time.....going back to breakfast now before i suceed in loosing the happy part of it

[flynn]

Your aim should be to get paided to do something you love, but finding that seem to be harder and harder. Many of the computer industrys really suck, take for example the computer games industry, only a few people really get to work for good developers now, mostly every one has to put up with really really long hours, bad pay, and pretty much zero creative control.

I wanted to be a computer animator but the longer I study the subject at university and find out more about the industry, the less I want to go into it. I suppose my aim now has to be to setup something of my own.

[Anjin-san]

Finish my degree (Computer Science MSci), get a job with a big investment bank like GS or Deutche (not in tech, I mean as an entry level analyst) and work in Mergers and Acquisitions (better learn to spell that first). Or something that pays big cash and has me travelling a lot.

Make my millions investing, retire at 35, travel the world, give lots to charity, and get into international millionaire playboy adventures.

And the best part is, you all think I'm kidding :)

[LNGUYEN]

i want to be a civil engineer in the future, whether in the near or far future. i've been thinking about being a drafter too. 2nd highest mark in drafting-architecture. woohoo!

~taganahan

Excellent idea, the World is better with more engineer than the rest. Yea hah! we have the most noble proffession on the planet.

[Stimpson J. Cat]

Another jaded programmer.
Aren't all of us who have been at it more than a couple years? I can't count the number of people I work with (including myself) who used to mess with computers as a hobby and now the most technical thing they ever do on a computer outside of work is web surf. When I got into it (> 10 years ago) it was a pretty good job, now with the hours, the bulls**t, the job insecurity, the benefit and pay cuts, and the "burn 'em out and throw 'em away" approach to employee relations most companies employ these days, all compounded by the fact that the job market's tight, so management knows they can pretty much put the screws to you as much as they want because it's hard to get a different job, it's not a very attrative option. When my son said something a couple weeks ago about working for the same company I do, I encouraged him to think about doing something different. A friend of mine said the other day "This is the last f***ing computer job I'll ever have. If they lay me off I'm going to do something different, probably for less money, but it'll be worth it"

[Twobitmage]

A psychologist

I'm not sure what i'd specialize in but i'd definetely want to learn about that kind of stuff

[D'Artagnan]

I am a photographer, and it is the BEST job in the world.

People actually pay me to swan about taking pictures!

it's great!

[senki-kendo-jos]

.....who don't attend when they say they will? BWAHAHAHA
heyyyyy!!

had slight emergency (involving a copy of Handel's Messiah and an irate conductor who looks very scary with his baton... i'm sure he sharpens that bugger!) but WILL be there on fri!

besides... if i raised an army of kendoka children they'd kick your arse!!:devious:

[xorandor]

If you had the chance to choose another career what would it be? Something related to programming? Something completely different? To be honest, I am not familiar with computer work at all, but what other options are open to you in the way of careers? What would make you happy?

Hehe, this is like 8 years ago when I made The Big Decision. I had the choice between either chasing (my near life long dream) of working in the computer industry, or going after my new found love for biology, and do something related to biology (medicine, research, whatever). Or I can go chasing clouds, and go after my other Big Dream of being a pilot for the Air Force (but my quickly deteriorating eyesight put a quick stop to that chase...).

Anyhoo, back to the query. With hindsight, what would I have chosen? It depends on which situation i'm aiming for. :) If I aim for just happiness in general, i'll go for photography, and just be Yet-Another-Poor-Starving-But-Happy photographer.

If I wish to aim for the All-Set-Until-Retirement route, I would have stuck my head in the books, aim to be a government sponsored scholar, and be literally set for life, with a career path fully charted by the .gov.

But of course, we can't go back and change things, we just have to cope with what we have chosen. I guess i'm not all that dissapointed with my choice in this industry, its just that now is perhaps just yet another bad moment for this particular industry i've chosen. But the scary thing is, there are MANY signs that this is not going to end, and is just going to get worse.

So who knows? Perhaps once I get enough money out of the computer industry (or if I start to get stressed enough, whichever comes first), maybe i'll go into photography full-time. :) Or kendo full-time. Hahahahahhaahaha.

[Hisham]

Unfortuntely, most of my "future" is going on now and I ended up doing something I do not want to do. If I want to change I'd have to go back to school and get my MBA. Since I loathe school now, not likely. But at the end of the day, the dream of becoming a Pro surfer still itches at me; too bad I just dont have those skills.

If getting an MBA is the way to what you have a passion for then go back to school man, i understand the loathing part but if you can afford it you owe it to yourself to make a come back :) , stop procrastinating dude, an MBA lasts like what,2 years if i'm not mistaken,help yourself with that kendo spirit and go on the offensive.
Best of luck
I'm in the process of restarting my life, went through many disapointments but i'm motivated to live my dream whatever it takes, if i don't get to my goal ,i'd say that just the journey to it had its own rewards(i again point to Myamoto sensei's story, i like to think that eventhough he died without getting his hachidan,he knew that he succeeded in personifying one of the most important sides of budo which is perseverance).It's all about making the best out of any situation,know your options exploit them the best you can to do what you like.


Just my two cents. but if you dislike what your doing, school could suck but still be a means to a better end - I went through the same thing and as much as I dreaded the thought of school again, after my first year back its not as bad as i thought ..much to my family, friends and workmates horror, I gave up a secure and financialy rewarding career in business managment as I figured no matter how much money I earned, if I wasnt happy doing it then its not worth it! - will it pay off?..who knows..but at least I'll be able to say i tried my best

I'm one of those that believe that when you do something you love ,you'll definitely excel at it whatever the odds are.It takes courage to do what you did,More power to you . :)

[KOMA]

At the age of five I alway wanted to be a Firefighter\cowboy\Astronaut. I still hope to be one. :)

[Infinity]

I'd like to be a non-starving artist.

[Hisham]

I'd like to be a non-starving artist.
That could be a long shot :D just kidding.

[Commander]

Well...

I started off as a Sales assistant at a store near by (to get me through college)

Then i worked for a while as a passenger agent at Glasgow airport

Then i was a Collections clerk for a law firm.

But i really want to be a pilot, i have done a few flying lessons, and i will be starting again this spring.

[crabbi]

Well...

I started off as a Sales assistant at a store near by (to get me through college)

Then i worked for a while as a passenger agent at Glasgow airport

Then i was a Collections clerk for a law firm.

But I really want to be a pilot, i have done a few flying lessons, and i will be starting again this spring.My Dad died when I was 14. I started off making Ice Cream for a living (what a good Italian boy!!!)... then had a few restaurants, a bakery and an Ice Cream Factory.... Boy was I miserable....!!!

Then I took up Martial Arts (Shorinji Kempo was my first love) and decided that I wanted to go to Japan...

Retrained in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (25 years ago...)... never got to Japan (but had a Japanese girlfriend...). Met my wife, who is from Brazil...

Went to Brazil... we decided to marry and I retrained in Systems Analysis and COBOL Programming... got a job as a Systems Analyst in an Insurance Company...

From there... two kids... Business Analysis; Business Process Re-Engineering; Organisational Change Management; eBusiness Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Business Intelligence; Customer Relationship Management; Innovation... blah... blah... blahhh....

Best Company I nearly worked for was Enron... great people, interesting proposition... riddled with corruption...

So here I am today... 47 years old, wife, 2 kids and a dog... nice house... reasonable salary... nice car etc... but frankly, I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up...!

I am about to relocate to Southern New Jersey... so, yet another change... I guess that has been the only constant in my life...

I had toyed with retraining again in Hypnotherapy / NLP...

I think that I would have really liked to be a Stage Magician, a Comedian, an Actor... or a Bernese Mountain Dog (the closest creature to an angel to walk God's Earth!!!)...

What will be on my tombstone? Well. certainly not: 'I wish I'd spent more time in the office'...! ... Maybe... 'Has the change stopped yet?'

deep neh?

crabbi

[EzzzE]

hey not your usual post style but thats no put off :)

career um hmm lets see

i've finished my abitur so i'm free to study, after i've done my social service, another 6 moth to go....


i rella don't know

from teaching english something over it system technician to the dreams.... that don't make any money. only probelm is what am i supposed to study? i just can't find anything that fits.... and the one university that offered it-management... was private, 60000€ fee.....err nope not today not tomorrow. so i'm still stuck. maybe in the end i'm gonna visit japan find a girlfrind mary and end up living in australia teaching german... :P who knows life isn't a straight line....

*back to searching study subjects*

[Hai_hai]

... I can't count the number of people I work with (including myself) who used to mess with computers as a hobby and now the most technical thing they ever do on a computer outside of work is web surf...
Or during work.

[Vortex]

Current : Aviation Ground Handling

Future : Scuba Instructor and Commercial diver

[SPECTRENumber1]

I still dunno what i want to be, it hard to say. god just to think in 2 years i will get my life started. I want to go to college maybe rugers, what i realy want is to become a filmaker or a movie director, but i still dunno.
Thats what I want to be. A filmmaker.

[nicuma]

i still dont know wat i want to do.... im doing psychology now but i hope to be in the intelligence community....too much espionage films n books...damn...hahahahahaha

[JSchmidt]

I'm not complaining:D I wanted to do VFX on Star Wars as a teenager, but instead ended up going one better with LOTR. Would like to direct some day, but that will have to wait a few years.
Alternativly, I've been toying with the plan, should I get fed up with the whole thing, I would become a bush-pilot in either Canada,Aus or Africa. (Got my license a few years back, although it has now lapsed)

Jakob

[DanDan]

i want to be a doctor and teach kumdo/kendo at the same time. fun fun