Childhood AmbitionsHoratioFellatio writes:
"At the tender age of 13, my little hairless clockweights squirted their first dose of testosterone into my blood stream. The result was a mental alarm clock shouting, 'I NEED TO LOOK AT GIRL'S FANNIES.' I reasoned that if I became a Gynaecologist, I'd get to look at fannies all day.
"It was only when I reached the age of about 16 and learnt about STD's and yeast infections that I realised I'd only ever get to see diseased ones."
Tell us about your childhood career ambitions and the moment at which your aspirations crumbled into a pile of broken dreams.
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chthonic, Thu 29 Mar 2007, 12:02)
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When I was young, I dreamt of being...An Engineer. Yes, I know. Probably caused by the fact I wasn't allowed any 'non-educational' toys, so Lego and Technic were my staple diet for playtimes.
When I left school at 16, I Joined an offshoot of BAE as an apprentice, got my qualifications, and was sent all over europe to
Great fun. I got myself some good qualifications and the standard Field Engineer's drinking problem (if you're overseas and haven't got anything else to do, drinking 15 pints of lager a night, every night is the norm).
I left that to go and play at sparking (electrician-ing) on the underground, had fun for a year whilst doing up a house, made some money, then decided I wanted to muck about with the web.
Then I got my current job as a Global web sites analyst (basically a helpdesk for web editors, not as fun as it sounds).
I don't think I'll be an engineer again, at least not overseas. There's no place like Blighty.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2007, 10:38, Reply)
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