As a teen, what did you want to do as a career when you graduated? Did you get into that occupation?

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

For me, I wanted to be a lawyer, but I ended up in IT. So no, I didn't get into that occupation I wanted as a teen.

[northerngal]

I studied fine arts. I wanted to give dancing a shot. I ended up having an injury and it set me back quite a bit... so one day I thought what the hell and applied to become a Flight Attendant. Still love it. Fate?

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Hey, if it works, it works. Not, sure I could do it though. All those needy passengers treating you poorly. Sorry to hear about the injury though 😞

[northerngal]

Most passengers are fine. Its a small minority who are idiots. The worst are usually up in Business Class. Flying for some is a scary stressful experience so its normal some people may lash out. But hell passengers are nothing compared to the behavior of some of the Pilots! ha ha ha... joking. Maybe.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Yeah, I'm not a good flyer myself. I get really nervous on take off and landing. I had a peach of an attendant who sat next to me and talked me through it one time. Was always grateful for that.

[northerngal]

Thats what we do.

[Kelly6]

@Ez-Bri-Z_v2

i wanted to be a lawyer but ended up being a sex worker.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Hey, I'm all for body positivity, but why the switch, if you don't mind me asking? Just how circumstances played out?

[Kelly6]

@Ez-Bri-Z_v2
Covid-19 and financial issue was big factor

[Kelly6]

@Ez-Bri-Z_v2
After that I liked the job and enjoy it more then office jobs, so kept it

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Fair enough, thank you for the follow-up!

[4ngelic]

13-15 something in the military, war or vice type reporter, flight attendant, actress

16-17 flight attendant, actress, fbi, police officer, journalist

and nope because i haven't started working yet

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Hopefully, you can find something in one of those careers!

[VV3ZZY123]

I wanted to be a 3d artist. I studied and graduated and worked in that industry for over 10 years. Now I hate it. It's so Boring! The Film & Animation industry is oversaturated and there's no job security. I dont play videogames as much. It's a waste of life. It eats up all your time. there's more to life than staying inside all day playing videogames.

[Fireguy17]

truck driver, which I did for a while, and eventually I settled into being a firefighter.
So, I still get to drive trucks, look cool in my foster grants, save lives and help damsels in distress.
I still am waiting to rescue a bus load of cheerleaders from going over a cliff, but there is always tomorrow.

[jennifer_bloom]

I wanted to be an archeologist or marine biologist. It was a poorly thought out plan cause I did not consider poverty line living conditions at archeological excavation sites or motion sickness on moving ships.

[mandyfire98]

I am doing exactly what I've wanted since I was a little girl.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

That's awesome! Good job and being able to follow through with your dreams

[mandyfire98]

I'm definitely lucky for sure

[juliaanita]

I;ve wanted to be a nurse since i was a little girl. And here I am!! :)

[XHopelessRomanticX]

I wanted to be a missionary or natural disaster relief aid worker. A more accurate answer would be I wanted to be paid to do volunteer work. Now I work as a police dispatcher. I still get to help people!

[msc545]

I wanted to be a doctor and I now seem to be one.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Nice! It's cool that you were able to follow through with your dreams

[sawno]

IT sysadmin on a pretty varied position, exactly where I ended up.

[AviatorTom]

I wanted to be an engineer from the age of seven. I got my degree in engineering, and a long career as an engineer.

[Tstrbrainer]

Scientist, but it turned out that I lack the brains

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Aww, I'm sorry! What did you end up doing, if you don't mind me asking?

[Tstrbrainer]

Clerical work 😅

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Nice! Hopefully, you like what you do.

[Tstrbrainer]

Well, it's not bad. It's easy and peaceful.

[bowenw]

Firefighter. Didn’t get the job because 20/20 uncorrected vision was required.

[Redstang88]

Really didn’t know what I wanted to do then, had a few completely different directions I was thinking about. Didn’t end up following any of them

[Nikki1989]

I am a classically trained pianist, so my dream was to be a professional musician, but it never worked out that way.

[zagor]

I had no clue when I got out of HS. I changed majors 3 or 4 times in college, wound up in math and eventually became a software engineer, after a couple career missteps.

[Babygirl_S]

I wanted to be an astronaut but I wasn't good at maths and physics. I am glad because I'm scared of space now.

[jamesgoldman]

At what point

In my early teens I cut my teeth selling chocolate bars and energy drinks in school because scrap had dried up but by the later end I was dealing in Pandora charm as well as scrap silver and gold

[Pterodon]

The aviation industry and yes I became an aircraft mechanic

[dolemite58]

I always wanted to be a judge for twerking contests, sadly It never panned out im just a farmer now 😅

[DrPepper12]

Lawyer but ended up a teacher THANK GOD

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Lots of lawyers here who didn't make it lol

Sounds like you made the right choice for yourself though!

[DrPepper12]

ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY. My lawyer friends are disillusioned with the law.

[Jennz6]

I wanted to be a Missionary

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Did you end up doing that?

[Jennz6]

@Ez-Bri-Z_v2 I’m a sex worker, things didn’t work out for me

[KostasKouvalis]

The irony of that. You couldn't have found two more polar opposites

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Sorry to hear things didn't work out for you, but I hope you are at least happy in what you do.

[DryGermanGuy]

You are on a mission, all right! 😬

[Jennz6]

@DryGermanGuy yes, I am on a mission

[jahaims]

A pharmacist.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Did you end up being one?

[jahaims]

Nah, I got into a car accident in my 2nd year of college and had to drop out to work multiple jobs. Basically, the person who caused the accident new the local cop. The cop took his friends word over everything that happened. It financially ruined me at the time. I worked a bunch of manual labor jobs until I got into sales and then retired a couple of years ago.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Omg I'm sorry to hear that. If you are retired and in a better place now, you could always go back if it's something you still really wanna do. Even if you don't need the money.

[jahaims]

It wasn't a passion. I chose that just for the money and ease of the job. I am financially well off, so I don't have to work again.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Nice! So, in a way, it ended up working out, but still, what that cop did was pretty lame.

[NathanDavis]

bridges...

[eagle1951]

Policeman

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Is that what you became?