Careers

[spartacus9]

What do you want to be when you are a older? And for you older guys, What are you doing now and what di you want to be? I've always wanted to be either a graphic designer or engineer. I always saw those imagineer guys that work for Disney do these amazing things and I always wanted to know how.
Also, I am always trying to figure out how things work. When I was a bit younger, I would always take the toaster or telephone apart and look at the insides. Even more so my uncle, who was one of the top engineers in the state, recently passed away so I thought it was an even better choice.
So what about you?
Edit: We all want to play pro lacrosse, so put an actual career please.

[Storm21]

The dream is to be playing in the NLL, but if that dosent work out i think being a trainer for a pro sports team would be cool

[Frndlefire]

realistically, a college professor

[devilsfanforlif]

I went to school for Commercial Illustration but I am a retail general manager for a large shoe company. Go figure?! :thumbsup:

[FallIntoIt]

Journalist. I would love to be editor-in-chief of a tech or gaming magazine (I would cream myself if I could ever write for Wired or EGM). Ideally, I would be editor-in-chief of one of those magazines, and still have time to freelance for newspapers, other magazines, etc, and have time to persue a career in film direction and production.
However, there are only twenty-four hours in a day, and I would be completely content with staff reporter.

...and I don't know. Part of me is still drawn to broadcast journalism (I did it in high school), and I might head down that path.

[JoshM]

I want to work for the NSA.

[scooterstyx]

Director of a health club...Doing some program management now, and its great. And with Program Management, you get to be ur own boss while risking someone elses money

[Dadabhoy_Muzzi]

Dream: Play in the nationals in either Lacrosse or Hockey.
Reality: Become a sports trainer, a biologist, drafter, or entrepreneur.
I still have a lot of thinking to do.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

Stock broker. Me and my friend already have our business planned out.

[GBaschski]

Besides lacrosse, my dream career would be literature...y'know, writing novels and such. However, its not a very promising career...you have to write best sellers in order to make a living off of it.

I wouldn't mind being a teacher and/or lacrosse coach.

Another career I wouldn't mind pursuing would be sports training. It would be cool to be a trainer or a dietitian.

[FallIntoIt]

Stock broker. Me and my friend already have our business planned out.

I'm slightly confused and curious.. you want to be a professional stock broker? My god, aside from the obvious market risks, how on earth do you plan to get the money required to buy enough shares of strategically chosen companies so that you can ever even make money? Atop that, unless you watch CNBC all the live-long day (and while I wouldn't be entirely surprised, as I know a few young men who do, I might still raise a brow to it) how do you plan on knowing which companies to invest in? A finanicial advisor could help you with that, but again, they cost money.
I would suggest you do as my parents do - pick a job within a firm and have a steady source of income so that you can spend some of your extra cash to play around in the market. Plus, then you'll get paid to watch the tickers all day and financial forecasts so that then you don't need a financial advisor.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

Well I'm 15 and already investing. I'm learning all kinds of new strategies. And I plan on going to college for this kind of stuff. All day during the summer I watch CNBC. I watch Mad Money nightly to watch Cramers take on everything. I'll start our working for a well know broker like Merrill Lynch, then slow save money. I really dont see any chinks in the chain as of now.

[truste1]

President.

[OldGoalie]

I'm slightly confused and curious.. you want to be a professional stock broker? My god, aside from the obvious market risks, how on earth do you plan to get the money required to buy enough shares of strategically chosen companies so that you can ever even make money? Atop that, unless you watch CNBC all the live-long day (and while I wouldn't be entirely surprised, as I know a few young men who do, I might still raise a brow to it) how do you plan on knowing which companies to invest in? A finanicial advisor could help you with that, but again, they cost money.
I would suggest you do as my parents do - pick a job within a firm and have a steady source of income so that you can spend some of your extra cash to play around in the market. Plus, then you'll get paid to watch the tickers all day and financial forecasts so that then you don't need a financial advisor.

Stock brokers don't typically put up their own money to buy shares. Investors, or sometimes traders, do. Brokers tell other people where to put their money and make commissions off of the buy/sell activity. Which means they better damn well have a good track record and know when and where to invest. But the reality is that most stock brokers are right only a tiny percentage of the time. You're better off diversifying and playing for the long haul.

[mhscats09]

I took a career test in my business class and it said that i should be a sports agent, Politician, Business teacher? and a foreign correspondent

[superlaxman2]

stock broker, industrial engineer, chemist, nasa scientist

[busdriver44]

i'm 15, and i think sports medicine doctor/physical therapist would be pretty realistic/fun. I would love to be like a trainer/nutritionist for a pro sports team, but the competition for that is fierce. I enjoy like business marketing, and that sort of thing, but then i realized inorder to get customers in any kind of business( lets say dentist) you need to be able to market yourself well.

[MainLax28]

Either a self made millionare, or R&D for a sports company preferably lacrosse or hockey. It would probably be pretty cool to work for Disney like someone else said as well. Pretty much anything where you can create your own idea, and actually see it used.

[a2lacrosse]

pediatrician go to michigan state for undergrad and maybe university of michigan for graduate

[slinkyspine]

Lawyer or a orthodontist

[Levin]

I want to Fly Helicopters (more specifically the Huey), for the United States Marine Corps

[pantherLax]

I have no clue...But when i was a little, i watched Discovery Channel and Animal Planet and others on tv and its so cool, i still watch it a little. It seems really fun and i love animals, though i never had a pet. Like observing animals and traveling around the world to fun places and yea.

[MainLax28]

Lawyer or a orthodontist
Get the thought of becoming a lawyer out of your head. It is not all it is cracked up to be. My dad is one, and it is a pain in the rear to get paid. We live from month to month, and if he were to lose his liscense, we would be in the poor house. Every lawyer that I have ever talked to hates it, and unless you work for a huge company you can't make the millions everyone says you can. Just a little friendly advice that I hope you use.

[aussielax]

Political Analyist or a job in the Film industry, Preferabley making films i really love movies/documentary's so yeah that would be good for me.

[shooter]

I'm hoping to be an Officer in the Royal Australian Navy. Commanding a submarine, a frigate, or a destroyer one day would be terrific.

[b-waterlax]

1. MLL
2.win the lottery
3. something like graphic design

[i live 4 lax]

lacrosse coach or lawyer

[PompLax14]

Porn star.

[JoshM]

For those of you who say they want to be graphic designers: college does not teach you everything you need to know. Sure, you can technically learn graphic design, but you won't be very good at it unless you have some innate skill. You can learn the applications and theories needed, but without the necessary creativity, you'll go no where.

[twin58]

But the reality is that most stock brokers are right only a tiny percentage of the time. You're better off diversifying and playing for the long haul.

Where are the clients' yachts?

[OldGoalie]

Where are the clients' yachts?

Exactly. There's an old saying, "if stock brokers really knew what they were doing, why would they need clients?"

[laxfolife24]

I don't really know yet. I would love to be a college basketball or lacrosse coach and I think it would be fun to be a journalist or work on the radio.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

My goal is to join a Country Club, and get all these rich guys to let me invest their money. Commission really would be sweet on an investment of $100,000.

[BioPro29]

Lacrosse Coach and/or personal trainer.

[Jesse]

Paramedic... Or something to do with Medicine.
Still clueless....

[slinkyspine]

Get the thought of becoming a lawyer out of your head. It is not all it is cracked up to be. My dad is one, and it is a pain in the rear to get paid. We live from month to month, and if he were to lose his liscense, we would be in the poor house. Every lawyer that I have ever talked to hates it, and unless you work for a huge company you can't make the millions everyone says you can. Just a little friendly advice that I hope you use.
I live in Canada. Our Gov't paid lawyers make as much as my dad does. Aka Office of the Public Defender. And I'm going to be a tax lawyer.

[raykessler]

biomedical/biomechanical engineer

[Laxer1241]

Zoologist/lax coach

[ttacka]

dream-astronaut
reality-grocery shop owner

[twin58]

I hadn't thought of that, but it makes a lot of sense. Kind of like the TV infomercials, "sign up for my seminar to learn the secret to wealth." Well, if you had the secret to wealth, you'd pretty much keep it to yourself, wouldn't you?

[SFHSlax11]

a stay at home dad...

[twin58]

You mean like this?

This is Ron Jeremy. (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800198682&cf=pg&photoid=495486&intl=us) Incredibly, he is a porn star. I gather, though I have no way of knowing for sure, that there's more than meets the eye to Ron Jeremy. Nice threads, too.

Note to moderators: the link goes to an inoffensive Yahoo! site.

[NickMB17]

Well if Graphic Designer dosen't pan out, I'll be a Friefighter, like my Dad.

[laxattack8888]

Being a top-rate film director would be one of mine, if I take the Theatere route. Another would be something along the lines of entrepeneurship, maybe also learn to play the stock game, and become a big mogul in the lines of selling/inventing new products and starting my own company. The other route I was thinking could be a consultant, one of those highly paid ones that people (mainly stars and celebrities) don't need, but it makes them feel better to have someone to talk to at two in the morning about absolutely nothing of value, probably marriage situations or what to do when you're drunk. I've heard if you are good and have a good temper with these nutjobs, you can become very wealthy very quickly.

[Bobsch]

The good thing is that you really don't need to pick one and stick with it (it helps if you know what you want to do, but it isn't really that hard to change, especially if you are pointed in the right direction). When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an archeologist. In high school, I wanted to be either an Army officer or teacher. I went to West Point and became an Army officer, got out and worked as a career counselor, helping people to transition into new careers, while teaching some university courses on the side. Now I'm working in training anlysis for NATO, combining my military and other experience. Take one of those inventories like mhscats09 talked about (your guidance counselor would have access to the Strong Interest Inventory and some faster ones, as well). Those don't really tell you what you SHOULD be. Instead, they show you how your personality matches up with people who are already in various career fields. You'll usually be happiest in a field that interests you and fits your personality.

[Diesel4958]

Geochemist, geologist, chemist, mineralogist, anything along those lines.

[EphLax26]

A Sports Broadcaster.

[bee_laxer5]

An Aerospace Engineer or a Movie Director

[franks2089]

Chemical engineer 8 in the family and I'm getting a 100 in honors chem.

[LowRida]

Marine Core Medic, then own a nice little business (pizza parlor?) and live peacefully.

[SachemsGoalie40]

What i want to be..... no clue...still like a little kid with a thousand ideas running through my head and then coming up with a reason for why each one wouldn't be for me.
I'll most like become an entrepeneur and loose some money but hey we'll find out. I'm open to what ever but its gotta be really interesting because i loose interest in somethings real fast
I hope i find out soon because i'm a junior in highschool so lifes just around the corner

[OldGoalie]

I hadn't thought of that, but it makes a lot of sense. Kind of like the TV infomercials, "sign up for my seminar to learn the secret to wealth." Well, if you had the secret to wealth, you'd pretty much keep it to yourself, wouldn't you?

Indeed. Those charlatans make more money from books, tapes, and DVD's than they ever have with their "secrets to wealth." The real estate "gurus" are the worst. The guy who wrote "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" is one of the biggest phonies ever. He has never been able to document his real net worth from his supposed business dealings. He's made his money from his books and website.