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#1 Ohasumi

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 02:48 AM

A thread about everyone's occupations! Or future occupations and aspirations if you aren't employed yet. Nothing serious, just a thread to get to know what jobs and future jobs the fandom is doing or aiming for. I think it's somewhat interesting to see how either different or similar we all are in terms of what we want to be when we grow up. And to see where everyone's journeys are at the moment. Looking forward to see those replies!

 

There are two things that are an absolute must to be mentioned (if you haven't already):

Your childhood dream and your current job or career you're currently pursuing

Otherwise, you can contribute to the discussion!

Charts:

I mentioned before that I wanted to somehow gather all these responses and attempt to make a graphical representation of it. So here it is! So far, I had a limited sample of about 30 people who have responded, all of which I used for the chart --- up until (AZN)animeguy. Spoiler tags above the charts contain information on how I subdivided everyone. It isn't perfect, but it was the best I could do.

 

First of, the Childhood dream chart. Lots of Arts & Music people, and a fair number of STEM people. I actually was expecting there to be more for education but I guess not. The ones who mentioned being in the army or a police officer were also pleasant surprise. 

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Secondly, a chart of everyone's current situation! There's slightly more STEM people now compared to the previous chart. A new section, business, also opened up. Interesting how, when we're little, we don't really think about opening up our own business. Slight 1-person boost for education as well.

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As for me...
When I was young, I wanted to be an Astronaut since I loved space so much. But then later on, I started liking computers. So currently I'm 21, and am studying at a University to become a Software Engineer. I still love space and astrophysics though, so I want to somehow be involved with aerospace software. One of my professors is doing research about galaxies using computer simulators so I'm hoping I can get into that.

Also, women are kind of sparse in this area. At one point I was the only female in a class of 20. So for the undecided women, definitely give Computer Science a try. It's sooo fun and flexible. Technically you can be involved in every single industry that uses software. So far I've been involved in games, graphics, animation, and app development.
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How about you guys?



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Posted 02 November 2015 - 03:11 AM

That's interesting! ^ For as long as I can think of, I wanted to be a vet. I'm sure at age 4/5 I already said it.

 

Now I'll become one in 2017, just have to keep studying~ I love dogs. I also want to become an echographist in the future after I become a vet. (ultrasonography, but I couldn't find the right term for the job regarding vet, not human medics).


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Posted 02 November 2015 - 04:59 AM

Astronaut? Same here!

It's just that I suck at physics...

 

When I was young I wanted to be a singer. Now?

...I...It's best I don't even try...

 

Currently studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering but unsure of what specialisation to take,

though I did join because some of the skills to become an Astrophysicist can be found here.

 

I'm also very interested in coding and would like to be a freelance web/software developer.


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Posted 02 November 2015 - 03:31 PM

I wanted to be a US Army Special Forces Green Beret!  While in college I joined ROTC and got a chance to compare the entrance requirements to my performance and realized I had little chance of getting through the training program.  I did go into the Army and got to do cool stuff like became a paratrooper, shoot all sorts of weapons and help defend the Republic of Korea.

 

At some point I realized 99% of what I did in the Army was boring and downright stupid.  So I got out and went to law school.  I've been practicing law for about 15 years now.  It's often kind of silly but pays better!


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#5 minaeshi

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 08:31 PM

I'm sure we have a similar thread lmao, but w/e ^^; 

I wanted to be an idol... not gonna happen lol but I still wish for that to be true. 

I also wanted to own my own entertainment company so I could be like Soo Man and Tsunku lol 

I wanted to be a figure skater and dancer, but they're just hobbies now lmao. 

 

I'm currently studying to do Creative Direction in Fashion, but my part time job (since I'm a college student) is at a pet store ^^;


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#6 Ribon

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Posted 03 November 2015 - 06:06 AM

Elementary school to middle school: I wanted to be a comedy actress, or a model.

Middle school to high school: I wanted to be an idol, or an English-teacher in Japan.

 

 

I don't have a job right now, and I'm indecisive about what I want to do. :unsure:

I'm in college for something I have very little interest in.


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Posted 04 November 2015 - 06:52 PM

Dream job: professional ballerina

 

But it couldn't happen for reasons, so from then on it was:

 

12-14 y-o: ballet teacher

15 y-o: costumer (for a ballet company if possible) (<-- I started studying for this but stopped halfway, I wasn't cut for it. Wished I could have succeeded, though)

16-17 y-o: flight attendant

18-22 y-o: lost, no idea about what to do anymore.

 

So that's were I am now. I started working in a chocolate shop and I love it !! It makes me think I could like to work in a Tea Room (I'm a huuuge tea lover), but there are not much of those, here in France. Luckily I am studying English and Japanese at college, so maybe I could work in a tea room in a foreign country some day.


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Posted 04 November 2015 - 07:25 PM

^Why settle for working in a tea shop that already exists? Start up your own tea shop! ^^ 


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#9 chocolatmenthe

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Posted 04 November 2015 - 07:48 PM

^ Would like to, but I definitly need experience working in an already existing one before, or it will end up being a disaster.


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Posted 05 November 2015 - 03:24 AM

I've always wanted to fly stuff (hence the avatar). By the time college rolled around, I was more or less gunning for something aviation related, particularly military. Eventually was found to be  medically unfit to complete entry into ROTC but still had the grades and health to finish a BS in aerospace engineering. Fast forward a couple of years, and I've had a fairly wide variety of job experience in the business of putting and keeping planes in skies. Not a bad life so far, though it often keeps me working late nights solving some fairly interesting problems. Glad to see another rocket scientist, albeit in the making, around here.


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Posted 05 November 2015 - 09:05 PM

My dream career is to be able to do acting full time and be well off with it but I won't be able to do acting as a job unless I had another job to go hand in hand with it :( I am looking to hopefully get an agent to do singing gigs next year. I'd also like to do editing or publishing for a magazine or a newspaper, I did very well in Media Studies. Currently, I am working as a sales assistant at a charity shop, but I am really not getting along with my manager, we don't see eye to eye on a lot of things even though I do my job very well. I'm going to ask if I can transfer to another shop.


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Posted 06 November 2015 - 08:57 AM

At first, I wanted to be an actress. Then just claimed painter later on. Honestly though, I don't think I've seriously considered anything I want since I was a kid.

Now I'm working as an ordinary office girl with tons of paperworks at hand and damnable researches which I truly hate doing. I don't know how I landed myself on the job.

 

But I'm sure now that it is NGO career I want to push through. and maybe, my own business if I earn enough money. BE THE BOSS RIGHT? XD


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#13 Tony Oguri

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Posted 07 November 2015 - 01:30 AM

Ever since the University days, I always wanted to be a Lotto Winner. $4 dollars every week was spent on Lottery tickets. Finally I won. $47 for
getting 4/6 correct in the California Lottery. I bought my girlfriend, Naoko, a new sweater and some cute panties. We had a great time.

But, eventually the Lottery winnings were spent. A new strategy was figured out. Become the boyfriend and eventual husband of a girl from a wealthy
family.

And that is where I am today. But I still do have a pretty good job and responsibilities, it's just that the threat of getting laid off is no big
concern.

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Posted 07 November 2015 - 02:22 AM

^ This is best of the best


#15 Ohasumi

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Posted 07 November 2015 - 07:59 AM

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^ lol You sir, win the day.

But wow, it's great seeing how everyone's faring. A couple of undecided ones around as well but that's okay! You'll figure it out eventually when the need for it comes. There's always such a thing as learning to love what you're doing. :)

Shoutout to the engineering people! I mean I would geek out about Astrophysics and Technology if I could, but let's not go there on this thread. I am assuming you're both guys by your usernames. Would like to make a graph of these occupations if we have enough replies on this thread.

We also have aspiring business people! I always thought business could be a bit tricky since your success is largely based on both your market and management. For the chocolatementhe, I think the tea room is an amazing idea. I also love tea but frown at how sparse traditional tea rooms are in my area. I can find maybe 1, but they're expensive. :(

Also hola to the entertainment people! Succeeding in acting definitely seems like a lot of double working. Does Youtube help at all? I know that one guy on the Maze Runner started out acting on youtube shorts. But in that industry, I believe it's largely dependent on your connections.

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Posted 07 November 2015 - 08:33 AM

Ohasumi, are you on LinkedIn ?

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Posted 08 November 2015 - 01:13 AM

I've always wanted to be a voice actor. However, I've never been one to take risks. When I've read that the studios in our country usually only take people from actor schools I've given up - and most studios are on the other side of the country. Well, I was also a very lazy teenager and not really passionate about anything. Maybe I would give it another try, but I'm just too busy at the moment.

 

Right now I'm mostly a full-time student with little projects to earn money. I'm studying history and for now there are 3 things I want to do:

  • Reconstructing school programmes. I think they've been running for 20 or 30 years now, and most end with the late 1980ies, they simply need to be updated.
  • Making history easier and more accessable for people. If people are interested in something they often lose interest when someone simply throws a 1000-page book at them and say "this will help you!" lol. I like the new trend of interactive museums etc.
  • Working on exhibitions. I'm currently working on one for a chocolate museum, that's a jackpot job of course lol.

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Posted 08 November 2015 - 07:44 AM

well i'm still a Teen but i had a lot of childhood dreams when i was little being a princess was dream but never happenedXD i love wrestling and its been my dream job to become a wwe diva i train with my cousin she is currently wrestling in japan but she's not  mega famous and she helps me train every summer and rest of the year i train at a gym but i also 

 

have to  take huge risks to and my other dream job is to become a singer and actress.Singer and wrestler have always been my lifelong dream i started singing when i was 9 and i been in 10 musicals so far but i'm really focused on wrestling and singing because its my ultimate dream and as of now i'm a babysitter.


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Posted 08 November 2015 - 08:58 AM

Shoutout to the engineering people! I mean I would geek out about Astrophysics and Technology if I could, but let's not go there on this thread. I am assuming you're both guys by your usernames. Would like to make a graph of these occupations if we have enough replies on this thread.

I guess I should chime in here too haha.  When I was young I thought I wanted to be a research scientist, probably in genetics or something similar (maybe thanks to Jurassic Park lol).  So I did a degree in microbiology/molecular biology, but it turned out I didn't really enjoy it all that much at the end.  Afterward, like you, I thought there was a lot of potential in software engineering, so I took a 2 year technical diploma in programming and computer systems.  Unfortunately, the job market in my part of the world has been pretty tough for entry-level developers, and I've been stuck in relative underemployment for a few years doing odd jobs in a biology lab.  I'm currently thinking I might want to try to specialize a bit further to get more of an edge, perhaps in data science or analytics.  Who knows, maybe I'll end up pursuing the life sciences after all but from a computational point of view.

 

I also agree with you about women being pretty sparse in the computing classes.  I think there were around 3 in my graduating class; there were maybe around 10 in the original intake but only about half the original students stuck around for the whole program  :unsure:



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Posted 09 November 2015 - 03:55 PM

As a child I wanted to be a Fighter Pilot for the Air Force....but then my dream was "shot down" because (at the time) females were not chosen to be fighter pilots and my vision is far from perfect (I've been wearing glasses since the 3rd grade).

 

Actress and dancer came into view; but since I sing at church and do some of the productions, I'm good with it.

 

Right now, I'm a high school Health and PE teacher and I LOOOOOOVE my job!!! 

 

But, my DREAM job would be a character on a Disney Animated Movie!! Like, if I could have played Tiana from The Princess and the Frog, I would have been on cloud 9!! 


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