# When you were a kid , what was your dream job? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292 "2016-08-19T14:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hbk4894](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/1 "2016-08-19T14:21:00Z")
I had about 4 A wrestler A shopkeeper A footballer A it guy ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/2 "2016-08-19T14:22:39Z")
A pilot. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/3 "2016-08-19T14:30:06Z")
When I was 8-13? Truck driver. After that? Fighter pilot. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/4 "2016-08-19T14:33:03Z")
College professor since I was in 2nd grade. Really. Somehow the idea just enamored me and stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/5 "2016-08-19T14:40:10Z")
I dreamed I was a Viking. 🙂 My dream job changed all the time. I wanted to be: a truck driver railroad engineer Disc jockey lawyer fireman fighter pilot I ended up being an engineer. Just not THAT kind. The other kind. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/6 "2016-08-19T14:44:57Z")
At various points during childhood, I wanted to be an astronaut, a paleontologist, a comic book artist / writer, or an academic professor of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/7 "2016-08-19T15:00:32Z")
Explorer/adventurer ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/8 "2016-08-19T15:07:37Z")
Born in 1964 Astronaut Army man Electrical engineer Finally settled on Computer Scientist. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/9 "2016-08-19T15:20:31Z")
I wanted to be the guy who sat in the drawbridge tower all day and waited for boats to come by. It still sounds pretty nice. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/10 "2016-08-19T15:26:10Z")
A veterinarian, and a rescuer who went around saving people in danger, like a superhero but with normal clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/11 "2016-08-19T15:31:38Z")
Ace Frehley. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/12 "2016-08-19T15:31:53Z")
Until the age of about 5-6, a rabbi. Then, after learning what an architect was, that’s all I wanted to be. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/13 "2016-08-19T15:38:49Z")
Playing 1st base for the LA Dodgers. I’m still waiting for them to call me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/14 "2016-08-19T15:49:53Z")
Dream job from age 7 through today = Musical theater star. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/15 "2016-08-19T16:13:08Z")
Until I was about 8, I thought the greatest job in the world would be to operate one of those enormous constructions cranes that towered high over the city. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/16 "2016-08-19T16:30:43Z")
Baseball player Cowboy Fireman Spaceman (not astronaut so much, but the sci-fi kind) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/17 "2016-08-19T16:33:55Z")
Fighter pilot, airline pilot. Still want to be an airline pilot. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/18 "2016-08-19T17:37:03Z")
Me? It was a space man My son? Tells me ‘ice cream truck guy’ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/19 "2016-08-19T17:45:17Z")
My parents tell me that, when I was 3 or 4, I told them that I wanted to be a used-car salesman. When I got to be a couple of years older, I wanted to be a TV weatherman. Or a puppeteer. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/20 "2016-08-19T19:12:56Z")
Insanely wealthy philanthropist. I nailed the first part. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292.md?page=2)