Are you on the career path you imagined as a child?

Question: Are you on the career path you imagined as a child!?
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More or less!. I don't have work to go to!. Instead I get to go to this building and I get to do stuff I would do for a hobby for myself anyway and then for some reason each week, they give me an envelope with a check in it!. But work!? No, I don't work!. I just design and make prototypes of electronic stuff!. Right now I am playing with digital signal processors

But for some reason the people in the back make copies of the gadgets I build and ship them out all over the world!. They just shipped out a million dollars of them to Saudi Arabia this last week and an amplifier I built several years ago somehow had a bunch of copies made by the people in the back, powering the basketball arena at the Olympics!.

And for some reason they send me on trips a couple times a year, all expenses paid, to cities where it just happens there is a trade show going on where there are a bunch of other people like me who don't have jobs either but we all have a good living!.

So yes, I am more or less doing what I set out to do!. To tinker on the work bench and to play all day on the computer, doing what I want!.

I am 57 now and I still wonder what I will do when I grow up!.

My daughter is following the same path and some day hopes to have a train set to play with after she finishes her masters degree in transportation!. She is not sure though if it will be Burlington Northern Santa Fe or Union Pacific!.
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not exactly, but then again!.!. i never imagined a career for myself as a child!.!. i'm happy with what i'm doing though, and it's not to say that what i'm doing now is what i'll be doing later on in life!.!.

i think too much planning is a waste of time, think no longer than a couple years ahead seriously, and have a vague idea of a long term plan!.!. it'll become clearer as time goes so long as you keep progressing and working at things you feel are useful or fun!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well my mom told me that when I was a kid, I wanted to be three things!.

1!. Work at McDonald's so I could eat all the happy meals I wanted!.
2!. An ice cream truck driver so I could have all the ice cream I wanted!.
and!.!.!.
3!. A cars salesman so I could ride on those things that spin the really nice looking cars around!.

And so far, no, I am not on any of those paths!. Too bad I guess!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No!. My Path is 100% unexpected!.!.!.!.!.!. does not even come near to what I expected!.

Every day I get up, its like a new page that has to be filled in and I fill it in as I go along!.!.!.!.!.!. It is as if I am a spectator looking on!Www@QuestionHome@Com

i have a dream but, i haven't exactly reached it yet!. !. It's def be with me since i was a child!. !. At least what i still wanna bWww@QuestionHome@Com

Child of what age!? If you mean 'as a boy/girl', then I must say, YES! I'm on the same path what I imagined in my very earlier age!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm really fortunate because I did become a serial murderer!.
To think, my Dad said killing all those dogs would never get me anywhere!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Kinda!. I wanted to be a veterinarian!. I'm now going to Nursing school to get my RN next year!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No I wanted to be a lawyer, then a marine biologist, I'm neitherWww@QuestionHome@Com

I still haven't decided what I want to do, but I know it's none of the things I wanted when I was younger!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No!.
I was not given an opportunity either to think or imagine!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes!. i'm going to be a ballet dancer!. im 16 and dance like 8 hours a day!.

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Not yet!.!.!.just getting thru a few milestones first!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes I'm almost there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com