Following on from yesterday's career question
What job do you do and do you enjoy it? Also, what did you want to be when you were a kid?

I think you all know what I do when I'm in gainful employment and yes I love it. I wanted to be an astronaut, but wasn't good enough at science or maths.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:14, 153 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I wanted to be a mechanic
Restoring classic cars would be an awesome job *drifts off*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:17, Reply)

Fancy fixing an MGB GT?

I suck at fixing it and have had no time to give it lately:(
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:53, Reply)

Office monkey and it's soul destroying but I do get well paid.
I think I should have been a hairdresser or if I had had the brains then I would have liked to have been an astro-physicist.
( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:21, Reply)

Online and catalogue retail management - yay me
As a boy I wanted to be a Viking.

So, basically, living the dream....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:25, Reply)

Hahaha!
Nut!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:40, Reply)

Procurement Officer, I hate it.
I wanted to be an astrophysicist when I was a kid, but I didn't knuckle down at my exams!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:25, Reply)

I'm a data Analyst for a well known phone based health thing
I do enjoy it, but it's a bit frustrating.

I wanted to be a pilot or a vet when I was younger. I didn't persue them after middle school.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:26, Reply)

I wanted to be a writer
but my mum said that was something I could do in my spare time. One of the reasons I admire chickenlady so much is that she does it FOR REAL.

I also wanted to be am archaeologist - that's still my passion - so I became one but there was no future in that so now I'm a professional geek, though I prefer my official title of Lecturer in Computer Science.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:28, Reply)

I wanted to be an archaeologist for a while,
I blame Indiana Jones.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:29, Reply)

No future in Archaeology?
Bad pun!
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:32, Reply)

yeah,
my career was in ruins.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:34, Reply)

Bad CHCB!
*points at corner*
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:39, Reply)

I was put off archaeology
by Horrible Histories.
Basically said - "You want to be an archaeologist? Take a rock. And a hammer. Shatter the rock. Put it back together again. NOW you're an archaeologist, but you have to do it with things that are worth shit."

And anyway, I don't like the sun. I'd get burned to a crisp.

I'm not in gainful employment yet. I want to work for Lush over the summer, but need to apply for that ^_^ But as for future plans, I dunno.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:33, Reply)

Trust me you don't want to work for Lush
I did for a year or so and it was shit.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:52, Reply)

Hmm.
It's the cheap stuff that attracts me - at the moment I have sliced lemons and effervescent Vitamin C tablets in the bath, because I can't have anything else :/

Other than that, I'll probably just go for a standard job over the summer. Don't know what area, but hopefully NOT waitressing.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:12, Reply)

Nothing in there is cheap
and you'll find that rose is in everything and it costs thiiiiiiiiiis much.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:22, Reply)

My mate worked in Lush
I thought she smelt gorgeous all the time, but she had grown to find the lingering fragrance as abhorent as the pervasive smell of chipfat that covered me when I worked in a kitchen.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I hate the smell now
and BASTARDING GLITTER. If I need anything from there I use mail order or get a friend to go in and get it for me.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:41, Reply)

I think my mate does the same!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:44, Reply)

My sister has a degree in Archaeology
But she ended up using her A-level German to get a job in Germany as a translator and has been there ever since. I think she's now an office manager over there.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:02, Reply)

Careers...
I work in the theatre industry managing the remuneration of staff and performers. I quite enjoy it, despite failing GCSE maths!

As for my ideal job? Hmmm.... I'd like to be designing, testing and selling high end mountain bikes. I have a passion for engineering and given that far eastern built bikes are climbing sharply in cost I'd love to see more stuff built in the UK.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:30, Reply)

IT Analyst
And yes, the Anal part does suit me.

In the words of DJ Pied Piper & The MC's;

I'm lovin' it, lovin' it, lovin' it.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:31, Reply)

or McDonald's
m-m-m-m-m........
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:16, Reply)

Door is to your left
No, your *other* left.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:00, Reply)

I work on a quiet taxi desk
It's alright. I get to chill most of the day. Most of the drivers are nice. Most of the customers are nice. The money's fucking diabolical but it suits me right now.

My dream job is perhaps on the horizon, running a charity helping people suffering from depression by taking them out for walks in the countryside. If I could get by with a little income, I'd happily drive across the country to take someone out for a nice long walk.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:34, Reply)

Wanna take
me out for a good seeing to nice country walk? ;)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:39, Reply)

Yup.
Gaz if you wanna :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:42, Reply)

Erm!
Do you do group sex bookings?
( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:49, Reply)

I'm adventurous
so yes.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:57, Reply)

Suddenly I'm feeling altruistic
Could you use a volunteer?
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:04, Reply)

Always!
Gimme a few months to make sure the model works, then I'll give you a shout.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:10, Reply)

We are still talking about the group sex, right?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:17, Reply)

Heheh
I was gonna offer you training and everything.

Well, a chat over a pint, probably.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:22, Reply)

44 Giggy, 44 Giggy, You POB? Make your way to base, MUF this time of the night.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 11:40, Reply)

I'm a waitress at the moment....
I hate it with a passion, mainly because the customers are morons and the tips are shit. But I love the girls I work with, so I'm sticking it out til September.

As for what I wanted to be, well... a Fireman.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:41, Reply)

I'm a Company Director and Architectural Technologist
and from a young-ish ago, always wanted to be an architect or similar - the joys of Lego - but there was a period when I wanted to do Law.
Had 6 years as a freelance sessional Lecturer on top of the Company thing, but after a while, you realise how soul destroying being a Teacher/Lecturer really is.

As for enjoying what I do, I love it. It's nice to own and run a business, and it's certainly not as easy to work from home as some people might imagine. It helps that there's two of us run the Company.
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:46, Reply)

I'm so tempted to add you to facebook so I have more of the Pegg clan

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:52, Reply)

feel free to,
everybody else adds me for the same reason ;)
!"Ooh, I've got Simon Pegg added on facebook"
Then nothing...
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:53, Reply)

I think I need more samples of your work first
I've never seen you on OT before.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:56, Reply)

I dip in occasionally
I'm not likely to start a new thread over here for a good while yet,
but some of the topics that do get posted have kept me dipping back here more often of late.
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:58, Reply)

Dipping in eh?
nudges
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:02, Reply)

*nudge nudge*
*wink wink*
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:12, Reply)

A Lego Architect
Now that must be a great job, building the giant models at Legoland (the proper one, in Denmark). *sighs*
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:59, Reply)

now THAT would be my dream job :)
bar none.
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:00, Reply)

You should write a letter to Lego.
(That's the only way I can think of that you'd be able to do it...)

I was in Legoland a couple of years ago (my family are Danish so I end up there quite a bit), and I was in that little bit where you can just build stuff. Oh, the creations I put together. Oh, how I hoped that Mr. Lego would come in and exclaim "BLOODY HELL! Here, Hans, here is a Lego GENIUS. Sign him up!"

It never happened. :(
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:06, Reply)

Yes.
Mine too!
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:06, Reply)

I work in an office
Administration for a printer. It's not great, but it has some interesting moments, plus I can now identify most brands of paper by taste alone. Do not like dealing with customers or managers though.

The job I wanted, and still want is a theatre technician. I've done a lot amateur but have found it very hard to get in to professionally. Plus, who wouldn't enjoy abusing large amount of gaffa tape?
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:46, Reply)

Plus, who wouldn't enjoy abusing large amount of gaffa tape?
I do when I get the chance.
( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:51, Reply)

gotta love the gaffa tape!

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:01, Reply)

"Plus, who wouldn't enjoy abusing large amount of gaffa tape"?
... It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else...
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:02, Reply)

I am an Online Store bitch
I wanted to blow shit up and shoot things.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:53, Reply)

so you ended up in Argos then..

( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:54, Reply)

Hahahaha

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:55, Reply)

Not quite
but close.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:57, Reply)

Made me laugh, so close enough

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:00, Reply)

*has no idea what argos is*
*smiles and nods politely*
*googles*
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:02, Reply)

It's a bizarre theatre for the poor.

(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:03, Reply)

It's great, it's like a lottery for what you paid for and the piece of crap that's actually handed to you
They have all the customer numbers up on the screen, so when your number is called, at least two people will stand up at the same time as you and have a nosey at what you're buying. Then if it's better than the toaster they're getting, they'll try and mug you for it on the way out.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:06, Reply)

Ace!!
Wish we had that here. :(
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:07, Reply)

It really isn't.
It's the most depressing retail experience there is. Aside from TK Maxx and Cash Converters, obviously.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:09, Reply)

Why are the books laminated?
to catch the tears of joy!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:11, Reply)

I got my bedside table
from Argos.

It's amazzzzzzing.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:13, Reply)

you made me do a lol
I can vividly picture the Chantelles & Waynes spluffing over the Elizabeth Duke pages :o)
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:14, Reply)

"All these pretty things
I can never own them all!"
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:17, Reply)

TK maxx isn't that bad
and I made a lot of money from Cash converters when I used to buy their N64 games for £1 each and sell them on eBay for £10.

The one to watch out for is Matalan. That's fucking horrible. Especially the Leytonstone one.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:12, Reply)

Everything in Leytonstone is fucking horrible.
Except me.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:16, Reply)

And even I am borderline, frankly.

(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:16, Reply)

Never a truer word spoken

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:23, Reply)

This is terrible internet bullying.

(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:31, Reply)

Calling a wahmbulance for you now
pokes with pointy sticks til it arrives
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:36, Reply)

I'm currently,
a waitress and a receptionist, and I love both for the majority of the time. Tipping is usually okay, I get good money, and I get to meet and talk to loads of ace people. The food outweighs the shit customers and the long periods of silence in reception let me do homework I wouldn't otherwise be able to do.

I want to be a doctor, a shrink or a teacher. Am really looking at teaching as an option - I'd love it.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:54, Reply)

I work in marketing, and I like it! :)
When I was a boy, all I ever wanted to be was a fast-jet pilot in the RAF. My stupid eyes stopped that particular dream.

Since, I trained to be an Actor and... did nothing about it. Occasionally, I'll get gee'd up for it again, but then don't have the bravery to go for it. Failing that, I'd still like to be a pilot.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:57, Reply)

One of these days I'll come see you at the globe theatre
and throw things :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:04, Reply)

Pance?
Clean ones, please.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:07, Reply)

Or at least, ones without skids in.

(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:07, Reply)

Nope, it'll be after she's been perving for a bit...
They'll hit you with a wet slap, and then stick to your face!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:08, Reply)

Shhh don't spoil the surprise

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:13, Reply)

Hmm
I work as a network admin/office manager/data assistant/casino liason/etc. It's a boring as shit job, the only things that makes it worth it are my coworkers. Got some funny fuckers here.

I always wanted to be a policeman, but looks like that's fallen through. Then again, I am only 21, I could apply in a couple of years?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:59, Reply)

Not sure what it's like in the UK,
but in victoria at least I'm fairly sure you only have to do a 100 day training course after sitting some psychological tests to see if you'd cope and you have to be at least 18. So go for it!
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:06, Reply)

I'm a Project Manager
when gainfully employed that is. It's not too bad in that when employed, the money is good and it's about telling people what to do. Which is fun. But there is no soul in it whatsoever.

As a kid - Rock Star, obviously.
( I_Was_Mordred, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:02, Reply)

I work with kids on the autism spectrum
The pay is lower than whale shit, the job is mega stressful and draining but equally rewarding. My current charge's special interest is Monty Python, so when his stress levels go off the scale I've "trained" him to use that as a distraction. Hence a great deal of my day is spent reconstructing Python sketches, complete with outrageous French accents :o)

When I was a kid I wanted to be a lion when I grew up.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:06, Reply)

So really, being on b3ta is kind of like your day job then?
;)

You wanted to be a lion? That ROCKS.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:11, Reply)

*ROARS*
There's more balsa wood and lies on b3ta though ;o)
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:23, Reply)

Your mother was a 'amster
and your father smelt of elderberries now go away before I taunt youa second time!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:13, Reply)

Autism spectrum
Is that the one with the rubber keys?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:16, Reply)

Eh?

( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:19, Reply)

Holy Grail

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:21, Reply)

the Holy Grail is my favourite Python film
It's the rubber keys I don't get?
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:26, Reply)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum
I see I've been beaten to it.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:28, Reply)

ooh I missed that post
*re-learns how to read*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:33, Reply)

3.5MHz... jesus...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:25, Reply)

Ah right
Way before my time, those.
Gets joke now.

*is thick*
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:29, Reply)

No worries
I was just being a spaz :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:31, Reply)

Way before your time?
Those were an integral part of my childhood and I'm (slightly!) younger than you!

I remember school lunctimes playing Jetpac.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:33, Reply)

*nostalgias*

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:36, Reply)

the only electronic game I had
was a Grandstand Astro Wars.
"Ultra modern arcade excitement is now yours, as you defend your earth ships against a fierce invasion...."

www.handheldmuseum.com/Grandstand/Astro.htm

Mine's the top one - I still have it, boxed and all. Thought Sweary Jr might like it but he proclaimed it shit.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:47, Reply)

Retro electronic gaming
is wasted on the young.

I spent the other evening unconvincingly explaining how a monochromatic jumping stick man on a screen is a more involving gaming experience than Grand Theft Walrus to the nuggets.

They shook their heads and went to play Runescape.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

and what will you do with your 78s?

( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:58, Reply)

We had one of those!
Well, I say we, technically it was my brother's but I got really good at it whenever he wasn't around to fight me over it.

Memories...
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 11:10, Reply)

I'm an internet developer for an online insurance company
It's an up and coming dynamic company with good prospects and great salaries.
I really should stay and have a 'career' but that's too soul destroying to contemplate.

Fortunately I've just landed a job on a cruise ship and I'm off in a month or two.

Score!
( scoshi pretending to diet since, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:10, Reply)

I wanted to dabble in forbidden arts and Ascend to ultimate power
Or failing the fortuitous discovery of an ancient libram of runic lore, I rather wanted to write. Them I got interested in computers and now I'm an Oracle developer. Drifted into the civil service for the job security, plus I can truthfully claim I work in the Special Projects team for the Home Office, which makes me sound like a secret agent. *strikes Bond pose*
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:15, Reply)

I'm doing a PhD
and it's crap.

On the surface, it sounds really exciting - I work with an instrument that gets mounted in a plane, and I get to go flying with it to take measurements, the end result of which may have an impact on climate change predictions.

But I hate it. It's not the PhD I wanted to do and the instrument is unreliable to the point of being depressing.

I'm acutely aware that moaning about it in this fashion makes me look deeply ungrateful for my lot, but I have at least decided that, even if I don't enjoy it, I may as well finish it, having got this far.

When I was younger, I wanted dearly to be a palaeontologist and dig up dinosaurs. Nowadays I'm increasingly tempted to try and wangle my way into one of the labs that does behavioural studies on crows. Or just try and find a band tipped for fame and fortune and offer my services as a bassist the day after theirs "mysteriously" has a fatal accident.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:15, Reply)

I used to want to be a scientist.
To the extent that, at the age of 8, I cut up a heart and lungs and drew diagrams, and moved onto fish the next week.
I'm vegetarian.
As I advanced in my studies, I realised I just couldn't be arsed with maths; I was decent at it, but I had to work quite hard for things to click, and I didn't like it THAT much. Did it for 3 lessons at AS, decided it wasn't for me when I couldn't do cubics, and RAN.

I'm never going to be a teacher, being the spawn of one myself. I also wanted to be a writer, or in advertising, when I was younger.
Now? Fuck knows.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:15, Reply)

Veggie?!?!?!
Oh dear.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:19, Reply)

I swear I've told you that.
Didn't I tell you the story that I promised my ex-boyfriend he could cover me in bacon and eat it off for his next birthday?
(We got together 5 days after his birthday- that's the one who dumped me for being "physically unattractive")
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:20, Reply)

Now...
The thought of eating bacon off someone is not really one that appeals to me, mainly because I like mine to be so hot it's still sizzling as I bite.

But he just sounds like a cunt nonetheless!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:23, Reply)

Ha, no, he's a lovely boy
I love him to bits. But yeah, he could have been nicer to me! But at least he told me straight out that he was having doubts rather than just stringing me along...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:36, Reply)

Ah well
Still no need to act a cunt
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:42, Reply)

You could still be a biologist
As long as you can fudge the stats and you're not veering towards something like ecology, you don't need all that much maths to be a half-decent biological type.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:20, Reply)

I'm just finishing A2s
In Latin, Ancient Greek and History.

I last did biology as Dual Award at GCSE.
(got an A* though ^_^ not that it means anything!)

I'm not very scientific, I went down the arts route. Though I did entertain the notion of doing Physics to AS instead of Music.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:22, Reply)

Don't rule it out yet
Everybody biologist needs to know his/her Latin if they're to get any taxonomy done.

The sciency bit is useful as well, of course...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:23, Reply)

that reminds me of when someone asked what the point of Latin was to my teacher
(who was 25 at the time)

She exploded and shouted at the girl for a whole lesson, about how useful it is. And when she asked us what we thought it was useful for, "naming parts of the body" came up and she almost collapsed.

Ideal job probably would be writing books on penises, or being secetary to Simon Goldhill.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:38, Reply)

What does being vegetarian have to do with it
you cut them up, you didn't eat them
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:25, Reply)

My sister, lifelong vegetarian, is so squeamish about meat she can't even touch it
So she thought it was disgusting.
And I am 8, going into a butchers for the first time...

I've got a photo of me holding the bleeding heart in my hands, I should try and find it.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:34, Reply)

Network monkey.
But I always wanted to be a marine biologist as a kid (blame Jackie Custard). I can't draw for toffee so my biology exam results were interesting. One comment was why do your drawings of kidneys resemble a foetus? And no, it wasn't cos I was just a sick puppy.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:26, Reply)

I'm a digital forensic analyst
Depending on the cases, it can be interesting, dull, stressful or easy.

When I was young I wanted to be a helicopter pilot. Apache helicopters, to be specific.

I also nearly applied to be a submariner after I left uni...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:28, Reply)

Oooh all those men together in such close proximity
rubs thighs
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:31, Reply)

Not just men
Seamen.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:32, Reply)

"In the na-a-a-avy-y-y-y-y...."

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:34, Reply)

Being in a submarine would have played havoc with your mohican.

( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:38, Reply)

This is true
Plus burst transmissions from half a mile under the north atlantic isn't great for b3ta access.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:44, Reply)

A baby sardine
saw her first submarine:
She was scared and looked through a peephole.

"Oh come come come,"
said the sardine's Mum,
"It's only a tinful of people".
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:39, Reply)

You said come!
Tee hee!
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:14, Reply)

Yesterday...
I finally applied to do a Masters degree in a subject that could lead to a career I actually love.
So long, admin work (erm, eventually).
( thealternativefact, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:31, Reply)

Ooh whatchoo gonna do it in C?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:32, Reply)

If they'll accept me
it'll be an MSc in Psychodynamics of Human Development.
I want to end up working in counselling of some sort.
( thealternativefact, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:33, Reply)

Pyschodynamics
sounds like a Daft Punk album ;)
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:34, Reply)

How grim.

( thealternativefact, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:36, Reply)

MM makes us
Harder, wetter, faster, longer
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:42, Reply)

Are we all
case studies? Is that why you're here?! IS IT!! *runs aways*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:34, Reply)

15,000 word dissertation?
Pah! I could write a 15,000,000 dissertation on you freaks.
( thealternativefact, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:36, Reply)

Can we at least
have more scones for supplying you wih such fabulous material?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I have been ordered to make scones for the journey to Leam next month.
Doubtless there will be some remaining when we arrive :)
( thealternativefact, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:42, Reply)

Month after :p
If you and Bill eat them all then there will be much trouble *looks stern*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:46, Reply)

Oh yes. Yes. Month after.
I'm not coming up next month and just haven't told you.
Oh no. Nope. No way.
( thealternativefact, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:48, Reply)

Groovy.
I'm reading Adler for Beginners at the moment... interesting stuff. I may follow it further with a basic psychology or counselling course... it'd be useful for the charity.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:35, Reply)

Yeh do it.
Even if you don't 'use' it as such, understanding people can sure make things easier.
( thealternativefact, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Good for introversion too :)

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:42, Reply)

I can see you being fucking awesome at that

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:37, Reply)

:D
Thank you.
( thealternativefact, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I'd like to be your first case Clendrix.
We can tackle my self-esteem issues and propensity to become attracted to men who are unobtainable.


Edit - Oh and my love of gaffa tape.
( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:40, Reply)

You and me both, babe.

( thealternativefact, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Admin
Wanted to be a journalist. Changed my mind. Ended up in admin at a university.
For a proper job I'd like to be a cousellor.
Deep down I'd like to be an actress or a singer, or a performer in some way. I don't want to be famous. I mean just doing that creative/performing thing.
I'll shut up because I sound like a twat...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:44, Reply)

At the moment, I...
- Make websites
- Awnser phones in a cab office
- Do advertising/branding things
- General geek for hire

As a kid, I wanted to be..
- A tube driver
- A toy boy
- A truck driver
- Something to do with dogs.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 11:03, Reply)

I'ld quite like to be a photographer.
Locational stuff.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 11:24, Reply)

I'm a secretary
No, not like Maggie, sorry to disappoint. I work for a firm of solicitors who specialise in serious crime, so it has interesting points, however, really I just spend a lot of my day moving pieces of paper around the office. And 90% of the telephone calls I answer are people who are in prison. Or should be in prison.

The more time I spend in the evenings making corsets the more I think that would be a nice way to spend my days, I find myself not noticing that five hours has gone by and I really like the design process, from someone giving me a vague idea of what they want, creating the design, getting it sent out and then getting great feedback from it, the whole thing makes me happy. I'll be interested to see if, once I have an official website for my designs, I can get enough orders to quit my day job. Then I could get some arty warehouse studio thing and make lots of mess and not get told off for it mwa ha ha!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 11:07, Reply)

I'm an accountant and it bores me witless.
I wanted to be a scientist. Graduated with a Biology degree, couldn't get a job. Re-trained.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 11:18, Reply)

Management Consultant
Good money, varied work - interesting sometimes (might be off to Dubai shortly), deathly boring others (currently in a deathly boring phase). However, it can be rather soul destroying when so many assignments seem to be about "OK, how many people can we get rid of this time".

Basically, it's like contracting, but with more steady money.

When I was a little Firefly, I wanted to be a chef - and still enjoy pottering about in the kitchen, but I realised quickly that 20 hour days and (in most cases) endless menu repetition or production line prep work was not going to be for me.

Other regrets - I have a few:
- Pilot (I don't have the eyesight, but I like the idea)
- Doctor (Was too focussed on Business subjects at school)
- "Something in the city" - Wanted the money ...but didn't want to hate myself
- ...and most improbably of all, an accountant. I'm good with numbers see, and I have a horrible suspicion that I'd have been a very good accountant who might have done very well in one of the big companies, but I couldn't face the prospect at 21.
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:12, Reply)

I'm currently a rural regeneration adviser
And I enjoy it, plus the pay's not bad, even if the bureaucracy gets me down at times.

As a kid I used to want to be an artist.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 13:15, Reply)