Twenty-six, and working with animals, possibly as a vet. Unfortunately, it's too late for that, so I'll go with acting. Ages ago, it was animation, but I think I've spent enough time in front of a computer that I don't want my ideal job to involve being stuck in front of a computer (hey, you still have to get that hand-drawn animation put together somehow!).
I am 23 and I would love to be a chocolatier but for now I will settle with being a medical administrator which is what I am going to school for.
Honestly I don't think there is a dream profession. In our natural state, we aren't meant to have "professions," but as a modern american, I guess something more fulfilling than the goal of simply collecting money.
i'm 19 and i would love to become a Photographer or a Music Producer, something that plays truly to who i am
Young enough to still be capable of dreaming, but old enough to realize my dreams may mean nothing. I'd like to be a poet. I'd like to just write. I'd like to be a paramedic. I'd really just like to be useful in some way. TDS
I'm 18, and hopefully one day (sooner rather than later) I won't have to call myself an aspiring writer and simply can call myself a writing. My ideal job? Obviously making a living off of writing, yet I really would love to simply get my stories out there. I was to affect someone, to change their lives, to be a positive force for good. I'm also attending film school right now and am planning to get a BFA in Film Production with a focus on story development. Of course I've got loads of things I'd love to do. Write, make some movies, write some screenplays, become a historian (I absolutely love history of all kinds, especially Texas history - I'd love to become an expert in that) and even dabble in city politics. My dreams are so important to me and I honestly feel quite good about all of them - the future is bright, no matter what can pull me down.
I'm 30 and my dream jobs are: 1. Successful author. I live and breathe writing and couldn't possibly imagine ever quitting so I might as well get paid for it. 2. Dictator. Naturally I'm the only person in existence who would be able to create a utopia and a utopia I would create. 3. Translator. I know it's a lonely job, but while I do well in teams, I prefer working by myself. I just love languages, and although I can't yet support myself with translating, I do the odd gig here and there. My dream translation job would be translating non-fiction for a bigger translation company. Presently I'm in the middle of the application process of one of Finland's biggest subtitling companies, and while the pay isn't as good as with some of their competitors, it would be a fortune to me at this point, and would provide me with an excellent addition for my CV so after a few years I could move on to a better-paying company. I write my own songs and play them with my band, but I wouldn't want to be a professional musician. Well, not unless a) we became hugely successful very quickly and b) my wife was in the band by that time. I have 24 years of experience in music, have played quite a few paid gigs in both, classical and rock circles, and I know for a fact that music is a shit business. And being a low to mid-level success is just not the lifestyle I want. We're very co-dependent (by choice) with the missus, and hence I know I wouldn't handle life on the road well (except perhaps if she came along on tours to be my personal groupie). But playing about a gig a month here and there combined with the freedom to play exactly the kind of music I want to play is just perfect as long as my main source of income is something else.
This is a wonderful testimonial. Couldn't put it any better. The first sentence is like I said it myself.
I'm 26 years old and I'd love for my dream to come true to be a successful author. To be as successful as JK Rowling would be amazing, entertaining many people as possible, but we will see lol
I'm twenty and I'd like very much to be a psychiatrist, or a professor of theology. I want my career to give me cause to study greatly, all the time, about the things that fascinate me most.
I'm 17 and I'd love to write for a living, even though I realize how unlikely that is. I'd like to travel and maybe teach English, or stay in the states and become a community college professor or something. I wouldn't mind doing that.
I'm twenty five and presently pursuing my dream jobs. I'm an artist and I have a small jewelry business.
Wow - this is the first time I've loked at this thread, I'm amazed at how young most people are - even the mods, super mods, staff, admins all seem about 9 - 12 max! so mature, so old almost. Shit when I was a teen, ah you know the score, the last thing on mind was running a forum for oldies like me and I'm only 42! The longer I hang around this site, read about editors, self pubbing the more I want to set up a small team to take on new/young authors, mentor them, publish them and give them back the power. Publishing - just another racket - Who's with me?
I'm always amazed at the youth here, as well. I've got one year on you, erebh. I have no idea what my ideal job at this point would be. Northern - I'm with you. I'd love to be a successful writer from home -- the biggest thing I've realized is I HATE commuting. I've had so many 2 hour commutes, it's fried my brain. I'm so done. Right now I'm at home, and would live to figure out a way to make some money here. I've got a 3 year old and an 8 year old, and the U.S. has ridiculously horrible childcare options -- they cost a fortune and aren't open late enough if you have a long commute. T: I love your posts. You and K are adorable.
I'm 51, and I, too, am astounded at how many youngsters (defined by me as people under 30 - if I'm old enough to be your dad, you're a youngster!) we have around here. I know of only three forum regulars who are older than me: mammamaia, Cogito, and EdfromNY. All of whom, by the way, have wise things to say about writing.
I have a theory that's because the younger generations were practically raised on the internet. I didn't start really using the internet regularly until my mid teens. Now it's a regular occurrence to see younger and younger people using the net constantly. Personally I like having writers on here who are older and more experienced at the craft. It helps to learn from the experience of others. I'm at an age where I'm realizing people older really do know what they're talking about.
I am twenty-eight years young. And this might come as a surprise: I want to be a writer. Shocking, I know. If not a writer, than I would want a job that pays me to eat bacon and travel the world attending all the classical music performances I can handle. From a solo pianist, up to full blown symphonies--I love it all. I currently can't get enough Brahms in my daily life:
More than the ideal job I have been wondering what combination of skills, field and life-style I need to be happy...certainly writing and analysis is one of them, which, without knowing it at the time, is what led me to social sciences (my current job)... Working from home is certainly very important mostly to save commuting-time (I do enjoy company and sharing an office too, so there is a balance to strike there...) Making a contribution is also important, but I believe that you need to serve yourself to truly serve the others... so one needs to investigate deeply into what really makes you infinitely curious, what is it that you cannot stop thinking about... In my case this is the connection between the mind and the body (which is nowhere close to the fields in which I have degrees and work in). I know that in 10 years time my job will be in that field, but right now it isn't (I am happy with what I do, nonetheless). I know an idea will come but I can't chase it, for the time being I just have to honour my curiosity.... Last but not least, I have been changing country a few times and I have loved it, but every time I move my heart cracks at all the friends and places I leave behind, a job with some stability would help! Finally, I am 32 and have two daughters...so my job needs to allow me to raise them and enjoy them! I am asking for a lot of things, I know!
I'm 32 and work as an Electrical Engineer for a company that contracts electronics to NASA and the DoD. I design the brains for a bunch of satellites that NASA and the Gov launch. I have my name on a few satellites in orbit...it's basically my dream job...well, I mean...writing would be my dream job. Being a successful, hell, even published author has always been a dream of mine. But if I had to support my writing until I get published doing something for a career, what I do is something I've dreamed about since I was a child.
