What did you want to grow up to be as a child?

[otakon17]

A character designer/artist for Square. Sadly, my artistic skills have atrophied to nothing now so that's out the window.

 

[Ddgafd]

I wanted to be an astronaut and a chef as a child. Astronaut's were cool and I liked cooking. Right now I want to be either a chemist, a computer programmer or a game designer.

...I still want to go to space...

 

[King Toasty]

Paleontologist. My teachers were surprised I could spell that.

 

[TFielding]

Well I wanted to be an Aeronautical Engineer. High aspirations there. Now I want to be a Naval Officer. I'm currently in Junior year of High School.

 

[Hectix777]

A Cruise Ship Captain
A cruise ship chef
A Naval Captain on board an aircraft carrier(probably could have been and probably still could be)
A chef
An actor
A doctor
But now I'm focused on being the world's greatest Game Developer

 

[Anthony Abney]

Game Designer, or really anything that involved making games. Currently in college studying Computer Science with a focus on Interactive Multimedia and have found out that I REALLY like programming, so that's a good sign.

 

[The Mighty Thesaurus]

I wanted to be an astrophysicist until I was seduced by the theatre world when I was 16

 

[Kizi]

I wanted to be a comedian and a classical guitar player.

 

[PleasantAsAHeadcrab]

I wanted to be a dolphin trainer, when I was a wee little lass. Then I wanted to be an astronaut. Then a singer. Then a Marine Biologist. Then a Paleontologist. And strangely, now I'm getting all ready to study Criminal Profiling.

 

[Kapri]

Surprisingly a palaeontologist. Or a Power Ranger!

 

[JackandTom]

I loved James Bond growing up (and still do) and really wanted to be a secret agent, then I realised that it nothing like the movies. My chlidhood died that day....

 

[The Eyeball Moose]

I wanted to be an author/illustrator, but at the moment I have my sights set on publishing my cartoons in some sort of medium, such as comic books or a television series.

 

[No_Remainders]

I wanted to be a fire truck...

Not a fire-fighter.

A fire truck.

Then I wanted to be a musician, and I still do.

 

[martin's a madman]

I wanted to be a scientist. Realistic dream, but my parents forced me into law.

Your parents are bastards!

Science needs scientists.

My parents never forced or even suggested anything beyond the 'hey, you're smart, you might be good at that' so I feel bad for you.


Um... I think I wanted to be... I can't remember.

Now I'm studying physics.

 

[AdamRBi]

Geologist, I was fascinated with types of rocks, volcanoes, and the history of the earth. That was, until, I realized creating my own worlds was much, much cooler.

 

[Alar]

Super hero. Magical powers. Adventurer in a fantastical universe.

I still have a tiny smidgen of hope that such a thing will happen, but my the realist in me accepts my fate to be a normal person and live a normal life.

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

I never REALLY wanted to be anything (and still don't), because every time i tried to decide I had this horrible feeling clawing at the back of my brain the there was something i didn't understand about it that either made it impossible or horrible.

Right now I've decided that I wan't to learn something very useful, that a very small amount of people now how to do that isn't entirely bland and do that for a living. I have yet to figure out what that will be.

 

[AngelSephy]

I wanted to be a Storm Chaser. Even now, if I had the opportunity to become a Meteorologist, and chase after tornadoes and other dangerous storms... I'd do it in a heartbeat! I love that kind of weather, and to be able to maybe help discover a way to potentially predict a severe storm with certain accuracy would be... amazing!

 

[Mechsoap]

I wanted to be a brain surgeon, but that did not turn out to be my dream job after a year.

 

[Nooh]

I was asked this question once in kindergarten. I said that I wanted to become a burglar, the teachers were horrified. I never had any intentions to steal anything, I just liked the challenge of breaking out of places.

Needless to say, that desire vanished a long, long time ago.