# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/61 "2016-08-23T21:22:18Z")
Astronaut. Librarian. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/62 "2016-08-25T07:49:27Z")
- Railroad engineer (“engine driver” in British English) - Cartoonist - After about the age of 16: supermodel massage therapist ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/63 "2016-08-25T23:20:17Z")
Archaeologist. History always interested me, and when I was about ten I read books like [“Gods, Graves and Scholars”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods,_Graves_and_Scholars) and [“Und die Bibel hat doch recht”](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Und_die_Bibel_hat_doch_recht) which instantly piqued my interest in archaeology. It went hand in hand with Disney adventure stories and other cultural examples like the Indiana Jones movies, and of course I had a very romantic conception of the profession and didn’t know about the hard, tedious and often frustrating work of an archaeologist. But that interest never vanished, and though I took a different path, I still think that I’ve got some qualities needed for a modern archaeologist. But it’ll never turn out, sigh. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/64 "2016-08-26T02:20:13Z")
An independently wealthy superhero or a terrorist. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/65 "2016-08-28T04:52:18Z")
Biologist was my dream occupation from the time I was in elementary school. I ended up working as a field botanist, and transitioned to research and teaching. Apparently I lack the imagination to cast my mental net very far. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/66 "2016-08-28T06:28:58Z")
I wanted to be a nurse, like my favorite aunt. I also wanted to work at Pizza Hut (mind you, I was 4) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/67 "2016-08-28T09:46:39Z")
Fighter pilot. But then my eyesight went South, and I became an Engineer. Then I joined the Bomb Squad. Then I retired from that, and now work on nukes. Tripler . . . and I lived happily ever after. The end. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/68 "2016-08-28T14:56:53Z")
As a kid I wanted to be a Paleontologist. I really really loved Dinosaurs. I even chose the Universities I applied to based on ones that offered it as a Major (not many do) but ended up not Majoring in it. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/69 "2016-08-28T23:18:42Z")
My first job that I remember observing IRL was at the grocery store. I wanted to be the guy that Bagged the groceries and brought them out to the car. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/70 "2016-08-29T20:52:35Z")
When I was a child my dream job was to be a TV star. Specifically, a child TV star. Sadly I will never achieve that dream, being 53 years old now. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/71 "2016-09-04T22:51:35Z")
In 2nd grade it was Batman. I mean, he didn’t have powers, just a cave, a costume, and the coolest car until KITT came along, so it’s not that crazy (in a 2nd grader’s mind). The art teacher was not amused when I painted Batman when were were suppose to paint what we wanted to be when we grow up, however. That guy was an asshole, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/72 "2016-09-05T05:22:56Z")
I am glad other people remember these things ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/73 "2016-09-05T05:33:50Z")
Too late to edit, i was on Tapatalk. \i am glad others remember these things, I used that exact topic as a writing prompt with my group, About half of the people age 35-70 said they didn’t remember or didn’t really “grasp” the question. My answer was I wanted to be an astronomer and novelist. Considering my head is still lost in the clouds and my posts still fall into the TL:DR range, I guess I haven’t changed that much. I am a nurse, which I didn’t want to be until I was about 24. I went back to school at 26 to do just that. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292/74 "2016-09-05T13:45:54Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > When I was a child my dream job was to be a TV star. Specifically, a child TV star. Sadly I will never achieve that dream, being 53 years old now. My grandma was convinced I could be a TV star, but I told her no way was I spending the rest of my life inside a little box like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-dream-job/763292.md?page=3)