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Canada7170 Posts
What is your dream job? Regardless how improbable, what do you want to do for the majority of your life?
I want to be a musician. I'm probablynot going to get a stable job with that, so I settled with becoming a Mechanical Engineer. Well I intend to, at least. But I don't feel right about my choice, and I kind of still want to do music.
What do you guys want to do for a job? Will you follow your dreams, or embrace reality and do what's equitable and stable?
Poll: Will your job follow your dreams or be a "realistic" choice?
(Vote): I'm gonna follow my dreams.
(Vote): I'm gonna do what's realistic and put food on my plate.
(Vote): A little bit of both.
(Vote): I'm living off my inheritance.
I've had a mixed reaction to this question by many adults (middle-aged). Those that are successful tell me to do what I enjoy doing, as they themselves aren't too pleased day-to-day. Those that took a risk caution against it, since they are job hunting or in school again.
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I'll be content with almost anything.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
I've wanted to be a pilot since i was 5 years old. On my way to "living the dream"...its also a realistic choice for putting food on my plate
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Progamer + Businessman = unrealistic meets realistic. T_T
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Sydney2287 Posts
I've always wanted to be a game designer. However since doing a course in design, specifically involving computers, I've come to appreciate design in general and would be happy enough doing it. I still have the goal of being a game designer, I've just had my horizons broadened to the point where I'm willing to 'settle for less' so to speak.
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Heh, I'm still trying to figure this out. My dream job would be to be a cartoonist, but that's a really bad way to make money. My "realistic" but good job would be to go to grad school, get a phD, and then get some sort of engineering job.
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On April 13 2007 07:51 Kennigit wrote:
I've wanted to be a pilot since i was 5 years old. On my way to "living the dream"...its also a realistic choice for putting food on my plate
I too wanted to become a pilot ever since I was a small child. I turn 18 this year, and in October I'll be leaving for South Carolina to start my ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) course.
I'm all set, and just can't wait!
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im working to stop working someday 
and have enough investments to generate money ^^
btw i want to become a pianist too. so im kinda work and practice piano a lot more when i finish university in about 2-3 years
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thedeadhaji
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My realistic job will be aligned with my "dream" job
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taking over parents business, so im on my way .
the only other two would to be a surgeon (but 8 12 god knows how many years of school is too much for me) or an indy car driver =D
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i'm realistic in what I can do. engineering puts food on the table
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but isnt "dream job" already "unrealistic"?
then the two questions should be seperate.
a) what would your dream job be? movie star, rock star, model, designer etc etc
b) what job are you aiming for in the future? architect, economics etc etc
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My goal is to be a doctor. Not because my parents are pushing me to be one so they can live off me, but because I care a lot of others. I would probably be one of the first doctors going into hard-hit places such as Sri Lanka or Sudan.
But if this was fantasy,  Jedi Knight
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On April 13 2007 08:22 pyrogenetix wrote:
but isnt "dream job" already "unrealistic"?
absolutely not. some people never aspire for that is really out of reach. u dont have to be making millions for it to be a dream job.
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I miss the "I don't have dreams" option, which I would give, were it available.
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Russian Federation4447 Posts
Can't I have the option:
"Already has the dream job"
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Sydney2287 Posts
On April 13 2007 08:34 Tien wrote:
Can't I have the option:
"Already has the dream job"
Elaborate~
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Professor/Dean of Medicine or similar at a large university.
Rigth now I love learning about medicine, I don't intend to stop when I'm finished. The question is just how many degrees I can pile up on the first one(s) and thus how much research I can get done. Which would decide which university I could end up in.
I'd be happy teaching prospective young dentist or premed students all day with a bit of research on the side but I'd prefer to get an MD or perhaps a masters in biotech as well because other stuff in the body is intresting as well.
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United States7488 Posts
My "dream job" is to be a house dad and have the wife be the one to go out and work and bring home the money and everything while I tend to the house and kids. Not very realistic I don't think, but that'd be life (and not just to be lazy, I would take pride in being a house dad and do my "job" well).
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On April 13 2007 09:13 semioldguy wrote:
My "dream job" is to be a house dad and have the wife be the one to go out and work and bring home the money and everything while I tend to the house and kids. Not very realistic I don't think, but that'd be life (and not just to be lazy, I would take pride in being a house dad and do my "job" well).
i want exactly that too.not because im lazy. i have a lot of potential, but to me it seems more fulfilling being the best husband and father in the world.
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Russian Federation4447 Posts
On April 13 2007 09:00 Bockit wrote:Show nested quote +On April 13 2007 08:34 Tien wrote:
Can't I have the option:
"Already has the dream job" Elaborate~
Self employed entrepreneur in real estate.
Basically, I buy houses way below market value and sell them at market value. How I do this is complicated.
It's fun because I am in the process of building my business step by step and having a great time doing it. I work my own hours and have no boss. Within a few years I will have a business system that buys and sells homes without me being personally involved.
Plus, each transaction brings home quite a pretty penny.
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Both !
(obviously i'll follow my dreams if possible..)
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I want to be a music producer and produce the biggest hip hop artists, and also try to make something together with a friend of mine, who's a decent rapper and he's pretty good at writing lyrics aswell. I think it's a realistic goal because I know I'm talented enough, only question is if I'm ready to put in the effort that's needed.
I've had alot of dreams of what I'm going to be when I get older, and this is my latest. But this is the only time I've felt that I could really do this.
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Dream job is cartoonist. I'm old enough to have already settled on a realistic job, and it's no fun at all. I never really figured that whoring out my labor to make complete strangers rich would be so horrible. But in those moments when I have the opportunity and inclination to consider it, it feels rotten. It sucks that someone I don't know, and who undoubtedly lives much more comfortably than I do, gets to syphon away the fruits of my endeavors, and the only legal thing I can do about it is beg for a larger percentage of what my labor is worth (ask for a raise). But that's US capitalism for ya. Wage slavery, CEOs that write their own paycheck and stock spectulators who're gamblers at heart; meanwhile the wage slaves feed and fuel the whole system, doubling as underpaid, interchangable labor and the consumer market. The whole thing's pretty depressing.
I wanted to be a cartoonist because I wanted to make a living communicating exactly what I wanted to communicate in a way that people enjoyed enough to pay to see. Film and music you have to give other people creative input. Painting, sculpture and the other 1-man visual artforms are even more difficult to make a living with than cartooning, and by the nature of their mediums, any message you tell is going to be vague. Writing is pretty precise, but I'm not confident that I write well enough to tell a story that way, and self-publishing a novel seems to be a huge pipe-dream (writing novels, like working in the film or music industries, is being a creative wage slave).
At this point I'd consider it a "dreamjob" to be doing any manner of self-employed work. Earning exactly the amount of money that my labor is worth seems like a fantasy worth exploring, even if I don't communicate anything worthwhile whatsoever. Still, in the back of my brain I think about cartooning-- making comics and communicating to a sheet of paper words and images that an audience will eventually read.
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Professional track & field athlete. I'm training hard for a year to see if I can achieve the times I need to pursue it further. If I don't make it, I want to be a criminal defense lawyer. If my professional running career doesn't earn enough money to last my lifetime, I'd be happy going to law school in my 30's and becoming a lawyer then.
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Dream probably to be part of the Special Boat Service (SBS) - trained hard to join Royal Marines but forced to pull out with a back injury. Pay sucks anyway but it is obviously not a job you join for the money.
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if you guys get a job to just put food on plate, don't get kids either...they cost like tons of money...all that money could mean a lot of video games guys...
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majoring in oboe performance and business at the university of texas next year.
whatever happens happens, i'll probably have my mind made up by grad school.
my dream is to play oboe and english horn professionally for a big symphony orchestra, but the path there is long and very financially unstable =P
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
Actuary!
That's what I'm aiming for. I'm well on my way, too. I got accepted for Math and Business double degree at University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. It pays well and it involves subjects I am good at and enjoy.
Any actuaries here?
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my dream job involves me doing absolutely nothing and getting paid for it
besides being an all-pro wide receiver =(
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On April 13 2007 13:36 infinity21 wrote:Actuary!That's what I'm aiming for. I'm well on my way, too. I got accepted for Math and Business double degree at University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. It pays well and it involves subjects I am good at and enjoy. Any actuaries here?
hi. i just started the major this year.
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racketeering would do it for me.
i want to be a boss ='[
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i want to become a pro-gamer but i know that's impossible 
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i want to do improv/stand up even if it means living in a cardboard box behind pizza hut for the rest of my life.
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A dream job is a job where you are both excited about going to job, and it pays good.
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On April 13 2007 13:44 YoUr_KiLLeR wrote:Show nested quote +On April 13 2007 13:36 infinity21 wrote:Actuary!That's what I'm aiming for. I'm well on my way, too. I got accepted for Math and Business double degree at University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. It pays well and it involves subjects I am good at and enjoy. Any actuaries here? hi. i just started the major this year.
Awesome :D
How is it?
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Korea (South)17174 Posts
i put food on my plate by crushing other ppls dreams
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Basically I want to learn how to program but be a Historian and travel the world. That's it.
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Calgary25980 Posts
http://www.blizzard.com/jobopp/designer-game-balance.shtml
Had a good run at it, twice :D
They never gave me feedback on why I didn't get it despite me asking several times. I suspect I gave the wrong impression by sending low salary expectations and didn't have enough new ideas, I mostly talked about changing the current ones.
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College Math Professor : ]
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I'm going to be a wandering hobo with my fiance for a lot of my life, after getting a college degree in primary education. We're going to be pretty poor, but we're also going to be out in the world, seeing all those places that people sit at home looking at pictures of, daydreaming about how nice it'd be to have done.
Also, we aren't going to have kids (she hates kids) so we aren't going to have that responsibility/money drain. It's just going to be a long adventure for us, ending with settling down in some random place we decide seems perfect.
That's my dream job. Professional hobo.
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On April 13 2007 15:01 Chill wrote:http://www.blizzard.com/jobopp/designer-game-balance.shtmlHad a good run at it, twice :D They never gave me feedback on why I didn't get it despite me asking several times. I suspect I gave the wrong impression by sending low salary expectations and didn't have enough new ideas, I mostly talked about changing the current ones.
which were?
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Calgary25980 Posts
Hmm off the top of my head, more types of splash (especially friendly splash), spells/abilities to change unit damage type / armor class, making air combat more dynamic (possibly adding mid flyers and high flyers which would do % damage to each other), making terrain more variable (instead of cover and high ground, add bonus for partial cover and heght differences), altering the scout, ghost, dt, valkerye.
There's really too much to list it all, it's like a 20 page document.
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Dream job: designer of very different projects:
- build one computer game
- write one book
- design one large building
- make one piece of furniture
- make one painting
Impossible, of course, but some of them i could do in my spare time. However, i don't think i'll be satisfied with the quality of what i made so i'll never release/show it.
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On April 13 2007 15:13 Day[9] wrote:
College Math Professor : ]
PLEASE give lectures that are at least somewhat comprehensible to the lay man's mind TT_TT
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crazy. im going to become an industrial engineer. (i head off to a&m in the fall) and i want to be a musician :'(. i am realistic but i think id much rather be a musician...
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dream job - poker
realistic job - teacher -.-
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FuDDx
United States5008 Posts
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My dream job is to be an accomplished film director. Unrealistic. Very improbable. Very difficult. But I don't give a fuck. I'm going for it. Do whatever it takes.
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id like to have whatever job indiana jones has
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I once had goals of being a neurosurgeon or something to do with the medical field, but most of goals and dreams came into perspective after working 2 summers in a train wheel factory. I'm currently enrolled in college with only a year left majoring in computer science and now my dream job consists of:
-Something that I enjoy and don't mind doing for the rest of my life
-Something that can pay the bills and allow for a few extra activities occassionaly
-Most important I want a day shit 5 day a week job so that I can spend the most amount of time w/ my wife and kids when they come along. I saw too many grown men being depressed because they were always at the factory and never got to see their family to want anything to do with that life style.
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i'd rather not work at all if thats possible...
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Sydney2287 Posts
On April 13 2007 10:14 Tien wrote:Show nested quote +On April 13 2007 09:00 Bockit wrote:On April 13 2007 08:34 Tien wrote:
Can't I have the option:
"Already has the dream job" Elaborate~ Self employed entrepreneur in real estate. Basically, I buy houses way below market value and sell them at market value. How I do this is complicated. It's fun because I am in the process of building my business step by step and having a great time doing it. I work my own hours and have no boss. Within a few years I will have a business system that buys and sells homes without me being personally involved. Plus, each transaction brings home quite a pretty penny.
Ahh, that's right, I remember reading about that in a diff thread. Good luck with getting that automated as you describe, cos if you do, you're set.
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Croatia9505 Posts
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rofl he eats the hand of a black guy.
My dream job?
To be Jesus, without the whole crucification thing, helping the people wander from evil to good.
Also would like to rape savior on a daily basis on TV. An entire show devoted to me, where I would fight off pro-gamers 1v2 and even 1v3. It would be like king of the hill. YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY SHOULD HAVE something like that for the next super-fight. :O
Current:
Being a borderline schizo at a shitty high school but will eventually go to a shitty obscure community college. People find me funny in all the wrong ways, they think I should be a comedian, it makes want to cut myself and die. ;( (They would laugh at that too.)
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Canada7170 Posts
On April 13 2007 15:13 Day[9] wrote:
College Math Professor : ]
As long as your lectures don't sound gay like the Bisu Savior commentary, I'll come
Great answers, guys. I'm still deciding what I want to do. It looks like I'll be an engineer or actuary for a little while, then head back for my music major.
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Canada7170 Posts
On April 13 2007 16:52 Monoxide wrote:
i'd rather not work at all if thats possible...
That's the "inheritance" option.
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To be honest I never thought about something such as a dream job. A job has a very practical meaning to it and somehow can't be associated to a dream for me. Whatever my dream is, it has nothing to do with a job. I did sometimes think of a job I would like to do. Since I'm so amazing I'm going to wait until I am 28 before I decide what I am going to do for real. Until then I just travel and get drunk.
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On April 13 2007 17:58 {ToT}Strafe wrote:
To be honest I never thought about something such as a dream job. A job has a very practical meaning to it and somehow can't be associated to a dream for me. Whatever my dream is, it has nothing to do with a job. I did sometimes think of a job I would like to do. Since I'm so amazing I'm going to wait until I am 28 before I decide what I am going to do for real. Until then I just travel and get drunk.
lucky rich fuck. I envy u.
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On April 13 2007 17:35 QuietIdiot wrote:
rofl he eats the hand of a black guy.
My dream job?
To be Jesus, without the whole crucification thing, helping the people wander from evil to good.
Also would like to rape savior on a daily basis on TV. An entire show devoted to me, where I would fight off pro-gamers 1v2 and even 1v3. It would be like king of the hill. YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY SHOULD HAVE something like that for the next super-fight. :O
Current:
Being a borderline schizo at a shitty high school but will eventually go to a shitty obscure community college. People find me funny in all the wrong ways, they think I should be a comedian, it makes want to cut myself and die. ;( (They would laugh at that too.)
Sorry but jesus isn't allowed to be emo.
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u gotta skate8152 Posts
Graphics/web designer.
But sometimes I do wish to be a progamer ;-)
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On April 13 2007 18:11 FearlessFlyingFrog wrote:Show nested quote +On April 13 2007 17:35 QuietIdiot wrote:
rofl he eats the hand of a black guy.
My dream job?
To be Jesus, without the whole crucification thing, helping the people wander from evil to good.
Also would like to rape savior on a daily basis on TV. An entire show devoted to me, where I would fight off pro-gamers 1v2 and even 1v3. It would be like king of the hill. YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY SHOULD HAVE something like that for the next super-fight. :O
Current:
Being a borderline schizo at a shitty high school but will eventually go to a shitty obscure community college. People find me funny in all the wrong ways, they think I should be a comedian, it makes want to cut myself and die. ;( (They would laugh at that too.) Sorry but jesus isn't allowed to be emo.
lies. He had long hair, got himself to bleed to death, and exaggerated everything he did.
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On April 13 2007 18:11 QuietIdiot wrote:Show nested quote +On April 13 2007 17:58 {ToT}Strafe wrote:
To be honest I never thought about something such as a dream job. A job has a very practical meaning to it and somehow can't be associated to a dream for me. Whatever my dream is, it has nothing to do with a job. I did sometimes think of a job I would like to do. Since I'm so amazing I'm going to wait until I am 28 before I decide what I am going to do for real. Until then I just travel and get drunk. lucky rich fuck. I envy u.
what does it have to do with lucky rich or fuck? I know you envy me and you should, but for different reasons though.
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Cayman Islands24199 Posts
no job at all, a hobby or a passion something like that
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You don't have to work, be forced to spend 4 years of your life like your family pressures to do. You have the privilege and convenience to go about life without running into situations I've seen people go through. What I meant by lucky rich fuck, is that I used fuck as a noun, and your a combination of lucky and rich -_-. So yeah, just a misunderstanding.
Bah I'm on a defensive streak lately with everyone quoting my damn posts.
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u gotta skate8152 Posts
On April 13 2007 18:41 QuietIdiot wrote:
You don't have to work, be forced to spend 4 years of your life like your family pressures to do. You have the privilege and convenience to go about life without running into situations I've seen people go through. What I meant by lucky rich fuck, is that I used fuck as a noun, and your a combination of lucky and rich -_-. So yeah, just a misunderstanding.
Bah I'm on a defensive streak lately with everyone quoting my damn posts.
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my dream job would be to be a voice actor
for anything
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invent something that will change the world
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i make video games.
i play RTS games all day, and at the end of the day i tell people what i think and how to improve the game i play.
i love my job; at this point in my life, i could not ask for anything better.
i guess my long term goal would be to be a lead designer for RTS games.
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Canada7170 Posts
On April 13 2007 19:06 travis wrote:
my dream job would be to be a voice actor
for anything
Oh, frick. That would be AWESOME.
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On April 13 2007 18:41 QuietIdiot wrote:
You don't have to work, be forced to spend 4 years of your life like your family pressures to do. You have the privilege and convenience to go about life without running into situations I've seen people go through. What I meant by lucky rich fuck, is that I used fuck as a noun, and your a combination of lucky and rich -_-. So yeah, just a misunderstanding.
Bah I'm on a defensive streak lately with everyone quoting my damn posts.
The reason I don't have to work is because I already earned so much in the past 2.5 years I can sit it out till i hit 25-26. I expect to make a bit more so money isn't the first thing I have to worry about. I don't see what earning money has to do with luck. At least not the luck in the manner you use it. My family pressures a lot to study and work, but you know what? Grow some balls and say fuck that. Maybe I'm lucky that I have brains and balls though. If you meant that I'm sorry. And I'm also sorry you don't have those;(!
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Korea (South)11580 Posts
I wanna be a pilot. If I can fly for a living, doesn't matter how my living conditions are, i will be the happiest man alive. I love to fly.
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PGA tour golfer able to compete in all 4 majors year round.
Mechanical Engineering is what im getting my degree in, but im actually getting serious about golf this summer to see how good I can really be, maybe if I can walk on at MSU to play golf there and improve ill give the mini tour/q school a shot if it seems realistic
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1. A MMA fighter would be fun, but I don't want to shorten my life span.
2. An md, surgeon or something with medical prestige, but I don't think I want to go to so much schooling.
3. Being a race car driver is something I'd definitely wouldn't mind doing for a living. Perhaps in drifting or in autocross!
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Russian Federation4447 Posts
On April 13 2007 19:15 Mora wrote:
i make video games.
i play RTS games all day, and at the end of the day i tell people what i think and how to improve the game i play.
i love my job; at this point in my life, i could not ask for anything better.
i guess my long term goal would be to be a lead designer for RTS games.
No more construction?
I guess that was years ago, I never caught up towards what you kept doing.
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unrealistic: pornstar - banging hotties
realistic: HR (Comp/Benefits Manager) - Hiring hotties
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My dream job would be a psychological profiler working in the behavioral science uni inside FBI, sounds familiar? yeah Fox Mulder but hey dont laugh at me.
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On April 13 2007 20:35 [GiTM]-Holiday wrote:
unrealistic: pornstar - banging hotties
realistic: HR (Comp/Benefits Manager) - Hiring hotties
lol if you can grow some balls like strafe did i am sure your dream will come true
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I dream of one day being in a high level position at a place like W+K. Either that or teaching high school English.
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im literally living off my inheritance. my parents gave me 3 restaurants. Which the managers do all the work. CPA paying all my bills and taxes. i just party everyday and getting fatter by the minute. =/
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On April 14 2007 00:53 intelinside wrote:
im literally living off my inheritance. my parents gave me 3 restaurants. Which the managers do all the work. CPA paying all my bills and taxes. i just party everyday and getting fatter by the minute. =/
You are my fucking hero. If you die can i have your restaurants? i need to put on a few pounds
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On April 13 2007 08:04 wXs.Havok wrote:im working to stop working someday and have enough investments to generate money ^^ btw i want to become a pianist too. so im kinda work and practice piano a lot more when i finish university in about 2-3 years
Reading from top to bottom I see you have the most benificial mantality in terms of secures you future goals. I would like to point out a slight inaccuracy though. To build up investments in order to generate money souns like to things to me.
#1. You are looking for investments to generate passive income so you can do music without having to work.
#2. You may think that money (invested) will begin to generate money passively.
Most people believe it takes money to make moeny and they are incorrect. I am not sure if you think this way as well. Please clearify to me via PM if you like. I am sincerely interested in you mantality on this subject as I will be with others here once I read past your post and find others who think like you.
Great work you are well on your way!
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