What did you want to be?

[sqbr]

I have an idea for a poll (inspired by this one and it's comments), but first need some data. So: what career(s) did you seriously consider in your youth? Lets say school-age, 5-17, since before that you're too young to know much, and after that you've plausibly started actually training for it. Any extra interesting information you feel like adding is welcome :)

Myself? In order: Writer, teacher(from early childhood till I did work experience as a teacher in year 11 :)), actor/comedian, astronomer/theoretical physicist (which lasted until my first astronomy lecture in second year :/)

Plus lots of vague ponderings that didn't last long.

And of course I got to combine a lot of these working at Scitech, which was fun for a while but reaffirmed that I do not, in fact, want to be a teacher or actor. Doing My Phd, and my webcomic, have somewhat satisfied the writing bug too.

Comments

[col-ki.livejournal.com]

5-10: Policeman. I even had a "uniform", consisting of blue clothes.
11-13: (Catholic) Priest. Then I became all bitter and twisted about religion, as teenagers are wont to do.
14-16: Radiologist sounded cool. Then I realised that I didn't have the grades and wasn't that great a "people person".
17+: Engineer.

I like the phrase "people people"

[david adam <zanchey> (from livejournal.com)]

There's something sweet about thinking that radiologists are people people.

Re: I like the phrase "people people"

[col-ki.livejournal.com]

Well, when you are shoving a tube into someone's stomach via their nose, it helps if you can make them trust you first!

Re: I like the phrase "people people"

[david adam <zanchey> (from livejournal.com)]

I went to a talk where one of the posited advantages of radiology was the ability to concentrate on "the art of radiology" by not being caught up in people's lives.

Re: I like the phrase "people people"

[col-ki.livejournal.com]

Ah, right. I did work experience in RPH (A family friend is a radiographer).