# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/41 "2016-08-21T13:38:35Z")
Starting in fourth grade I decided I wanted to be a clinical psychologist. I read my Aunt’s college psych textbook when I was a kid to try to figure out how to cure my uncle’s schizophrenia. The book was complete BS but the nuances of that were lost on me at that age. I became a macro social worker instead, but I’m a staunch mental health advocate, and I married a clinical psychologist, so it’s evident the passion is still there. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/42 "2016-08-22T00:08:52Z")
The first thing I can remember wanting to be was 2nd baseman for the Cleveland Indians. I wanted to leaf the league in stolen bases and triples. This wold have been when I was 5-7. By 8 or 9 I realized I was never going to be that person. Around then I decided I wanted to be a teacher. I came pretty close as I didn’t know about college and professors at that point. ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/43 "2016-08-22T01:29:26Z")
Sports Anchorman from being a football fan. Now my dream job is something that is “ongoing”😃 Been laid too many too know how important a stable job is in today’s economy ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/44 "2016-08-22T01:33:51Z")
I think you mean “laid off”… or did you mean you got effed at work? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/45 "2016-08-22T01:41:58Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I think you mean “laid off”… or did you mean you got effed at work? > > 🙂 Yes that was a typo lol ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/46 "2016-08-22T01:43:19Z")
I like my interpretation better!! ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_John\_Cobham\_Salad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Jan\_John\_Cobham\_Salad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jan_John_Cobham_Salad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/47 "2016-08-22T08:41:50Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > 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. That makes 2 bridge operators. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/48 "2016-08-22T11:28:20Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Insanely wealthy philanthropist. I nailed the first part. First of the two, or first of the three? 🙂 For me, astronaut. ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/49 "2016-08-22T12:23:56Z")
Garbage man! (Actually I wanted to learn more about how the trucks picked up garbage and compressed it - the mechanical mechanisms involved. So misdirected interest in engineering / how things work.) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/50 "2016-08-22T14:41:12Z")
Dolphin Trainer at Seaworld. Always loved animals and dolphins especially. Now that I go to Seaworld regularly, I can understand why I wanted to do that and there’s a small part of me that still wishes I could do it… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/51 "2016-08-22T15:21:34Z")
I was going to be a part-time cheerleader and part-time magician. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/52 "2016-08-22T16:30:27Z")
Veterinarian, and I got it. Of course, now as an adult, I do have other dream jobs, like translation. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/53 "2016-08-23T16:21:21Z")
I remember being fascinated with the FBI as far back as second grade. In high school I wanted to be a cop/highway patrolman. I ended up splitting the difference and became a marine police officer (you know - riding around in a boat) and then a detective for the county prosecutor’s office. I have to admit, it was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/54 "2016-08-23T17:02:34Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Ace Frehley. No doubt, _“Rock Star”_ was the dream. Still is considering that a lot of them keep going into their seventies; I’d still have a good 15 year run if I started now! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/55 "2016-08-23T19:07:13Z")
From about age 6, a schoolteacher (because I really liked writing with chalk on a blackboard) From about age 10, a history professor. Done and dusted. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/56 "2016-08-23T19:28:17Z")
Boss ---
**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 23, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/57 "2016-08-23T20:08:58Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > No doubt, _“Rock Star”_ was the dream. Still is considering that a lot of them keep going into their seventies; I’d still have a good 15 year run if I started now! I hear ya. My band’s EP should be out by the holidays. And I’m only fourteen years younger than Ace. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/58 "2016-08-23T20:29:34Z")
When I was a kid, the picks were either to be a TV repairman or the oddly specific lawnmower mechanic. Now, I’m a mainframe security analyst. Occasionally, things get so nutty and over the top stressful that my adult dream job of working in the paint department at Home Depot gets more and more appealing. ---
**Author:** ![TheStake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@TheStake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheStake)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/59 "2016-08-23T20:35:25Z")
When I was a kid I wanted to be a train robber, but alas being born in 1992, the market was used up. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/60 "2016-08-23T21:20:50Z")
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