Simple enough. We all know that one ideal job that we would just love to have. For me, I would love to be lead designer of videogames. Though, I think that might be a lot of people's here (Games in general. Not necessarily design). This hasn't really changed since the N64 days, back when I decided this was what I wanted to do. At the tender age of nine no less. So yeah, if you find this thread interesting, have at it. :biggrin:

I'd love to be a male prosttute/stripper.

Sumo wrestler. There's something I find very enchanting about the idea of being paid to push people down.

Being a ceo of a big business would be cool.

I wanna be paid to live in a bubble. And by bubble I mean a really nice apartment but unable to leave for the sake of SCIENCE! Of course I'd get Internet, vidya games, my own personal robot chef...

porm star.



I couldn't resist, Suffca :blush:

Honestly, I don't really have an ideal job yet. I'm only young though, so that's fine. I'm leaning towards billionaire in early retirement.

For a good while I wanted to be a Graphic Designer. Now, because of events, it looks like I'll be aiming for either a general Illustrator, or a Concept Artist. Not guaranteed to get either of those, though.

As a kid I wanted to be a dictator. In elementary school I used to sentence people to death by proclaiming, "If I were dictator, I'd have you executed for [crime]". Crimes included whining, disobeying rules and being a general annoyance.

These days I still would love to decide for people's lives but on a more realistic note I am currently studying Biology and hope that I one day graduate in the fields of Virology (study of viruses).
I also considered a life as a soldier, and I know pretty much every detail about joining the United States army as a foreigner. I could do it now if I wanted to.

An IT guy is my ideal career. As a kid I think I wanted to be Batman so uh... yeah.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14689055

Creative Director/Lead Designer; Either for my own company or a well-known one.

Same as you, basically.

Still pursuing my dream, baby.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an explorator in South America. Once, during some catechism lesson, a man explained us that we cannot always do what we dream of but we have to be happy with the life that He gives us. I said "No, I will do what I want". There was arguments.

When I grew older as student, I wanted to be a field geologist, prospecting for gold or rare earths in remote tropical areas.

My first job was wellsite geologist on oil rigs. It was cool. I worked offshore most west african countries and onshore in Africa, France and north America. Onshore was particulary cool: I was posted in the jungle in Gabon and Nigeria, in the swamp of Niger Delta, in remote and exotic places like county Brazos (Texas). At that time, kidnapping in Africa was not a booming cottage industry, there was alcohol on onshore rigs (at least french and italians), girls, good food, time-off to go to villages for party, to lakes and remote crystal clear streams, fishing etc...

I am now a bit more experienced. I had some bad time, unemployement and very good time like now. I am now in charge of relations and business relations between my company and governement in West Africa for oil and gas business. I have to work with governement officials, design with them some innovative solutions to solve their challenges, which is mainly lack of cash and competency. I work with universities to design new cursus, more professional. I try to see how technical collaborations can be benefitial to both parties. The ultimate is to make the job for us smoother in these countries, whether with governement or with operators. It's exciting and rewarding, culturally, technically, financially.

In conclusion, I will say that jobs are like stool with 3 legs: money, fun and progression. The higher you are, the less stable it is. You can stay near the ground if you want to. But more important of all: keep the 3 legs balanced: if the money is too big for a small job and/or for no fun (I got through that), don't expect to last long, you will resign or they will fire you. If the progression is too fast and you have fun, don't expect the money to follow: most time, your boss will be happy to have an ambitious little kid who is doing a responsability job for peanuts: you will be hated by your colleagues and the smallest mistake will be your fall.
Trust me, this rule is a thumbrule, once you understand it, you are top in human resources.

I wanted to be a space cowgirl when I was little.

Now, I have no idea.

Heh. When I was a kid I think I wanted to be a writer, but I was never really too vocal with the "when I grow up I wanna be a....!"

Now, my ideal job would be working with animals in some way. Any way.
The perfect job would be working with birds studying their language acquisition, like the studies done with Alex the African Grey (R.I.P that bird was amazing.) That would be my absolute most dreamest dream job. However I can imagine that would involve a more science-based degree, and while I'm not horrible when it comes to biology-type science, I simply am not up to university-level study, especially not final year level. So I'd just settle with even scooping poop at a stable. I love animals.

My ideal job, is well not to have a job

When I was little I wanted to be a Paleontologist, and then a Zookeeper. Now I'm leaning more towards being a GP, but I'm still not entirely sure.

My ideal job would be to work on a show like Siskel & Ebert At the Movies.

"Play with kittens all day long"

I haven't found that job yet.

Establish a kittery? Exactly like a cattery. Only cuter.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20080316x2.html.

I wanted to be a rock star and a magazine writer. I got as far as playing a few gigs and getting some reviews/features published.

Now, I just dream of winning a really stupidly huge amount on the lottery and then just lazily writing as and when I feel like it, occasionally investing in cool art projects that will likely never make any money, and just generally doing whatever I feel like.

@ Makandal, nice anology with the 3-legged stool. I've generally found that the most important things when it comes to work life are that you have to like (or be able to cope with) your colleagues and you must believe in what your company is doing. If you don't take pride in your organisation's output, it's completely soul-destroying. Beyond that, most jobs are ultimately similar - I used to call it "phoning/faxing/filing", but these days it's just emailing back-and-forth and then calling up the person you just emailed to ask why they didn't write back. That holds true across most industries at most levels. You can be happier earning less doing a less demanding job in an area with a lower cost of living than you would be earning more, doing more, and spending more. The main difference is whether you come home at the end of the day not feeling completely spent and feeling like your day was a waste of time.

When I was young I wanted to be a bunch of stuff I can't even remember. Primarily, an artist. Clearly that's not gonna happen. :facepalm:

So then I shifted thoughts to movie star, rock star, superstar athlete, whatever makes me famous!

I'm studying the subjects to make me a doctor, but in all honesty, it's not what my heart desires. Problem is, I don't know what it desires. :shrug:

I'd actually quite like to do my normal job (IT tech type) only without the horde of idiot managers who make it so difficult. That really is fantasy!

When I was a kid I think I liked the idea of being an astronaut, but one day I got rather cold feet when I wondered what would happen if the spaceship ran out of petrol.

Gaming journalist.It certainly has changed a lot from playing baseball in the MLB.

When I was little, I was obsessed with combat aircraft. I wanted nothing more than to be a fighter pilot. That came to an end at age 7, after I spent six weeks in the hospital with Steven-Johnson Syndrome ( or SJS). One of the side effects was irreparable damage to my eyesight. I'm legally blind in one eye, so no air force in the world would take me. Oh, well. Their loss . Now, my ideal job involves doing things with my hands. I currently work as as Orthodontic Lab Technician, so I get to do exactly that.

Owning and running my own deli. I believe this could happen with in the next 5 years. That's my dream job.