If you could have any job..., oh god not another one of those threads Options

[cupcake]

ok ok please hear me out...

if you could have any job in the world, and make a comfortable living (say 75-100 grand), what would it be?

you can't say "sitting on my ass playing halo" as that isn't a job, unless I guess you were doing it as a tester for a software company.

I mean a real job. I watched American Beauty for the first time since it was in the theaters and thought it was interesting that once he had his money (1yr salary from his Ad job), the job he chose to do was flipping burgers...yet he was stoked on it.

what would you do?

(this is the first question in a two-part deal).

[Divergent Realit...]

giant robots.

pastry chef.

game store clerk. (its so damn easy)

[Spectatrix]

I'd love to be Director of R&D (or some alternately-titled but equivalent position) for a company involved in robotics. BUT, I'd only enjoy doing that if I had the chance to get my hands dirty and get involved with some of the projects (on an occasional basis) rather than just overseeing everything.

giant robots.

What's your major? Maybe I'll call you up when I start my mech company.

[Testm0nkey]

Do you ever watch those passport to europe or exotic travel shows on pbs and the travel network? id love to be one of those people. travel to europe or random parts of india, asia, africa, south america everywhere for 4-5 times a year and get paid buttloads to do it.

or

teach in a university setting

[cupcake]

Do you ever watch those passport to europe or exotic travel shows on pbs and the travel network? id love to be one of those people. travel to europe or random parts of india, asia, africa, south america everywhere for 4-5 times a year and get paid buttloads to do it.

oh heeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll yeah...

those people have it made. for some reason I'm thinking those are a who ya know kind of job...

so divergent liked being a gamestore clerk...that's interesting and kinda what I'm getting at.

I mean ANYTHING...

I really enjoyed working at this skate/s.board shop in new york. hands-down my most enjoyable job ever. loved the atmosphere, working with passionate like-minded people (yes, girls too), loved selling the product and helping uninitiated or new people learn about shit and what was appropriate for their level.

loved stocking...ripping open new shipments and being the first to dick with the stuff and calling dibs on it before it even went on the shelf, etc.
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the second part is, try to brainstorm a way in which you could acutally do those jobs and make the kind of living you want.

how can you do your dream job and make money? is it feasible? can you develop a plan?

I've heard "do what you love and the money will follow" my whole life, but I guess I've just never had the balls to do it hardcore.

[Jwilly]

owner and operator of www.Techsans.net

[Seeker]

i'd be an amazonian shaman, living with some indigenous tribe, seriously
then i'd write about it or some shit

[Hartmann]

Freelance photographer just traveling the world taking pictures, helping people, etc.

[Jim]

I'm pretty sure I've got one of the best jobs ever.

[cupcake]

I'm pretty sure I've got one of the best jobs ever.

and you're keeping it a secret because???

[Jim]

and you're keeping it a secret because???

Because I value my job more than letting out a secret. I'll just say that I work Customer Service for a pretty damn good company.

[Seeker]

i'd become david icke, writing books and giving conferences around the world to warn the world about the reptilian agenda

[cupcake]

Freelance photographer just traveling the world taking pictures, helping people, etc.

so ok think about photographers for time, natl geographic, etc...dont those acts make pretty good back? help the world by exposing what may be happening in other countries or our own?

only thing about that gig...I'd definately have an mp5 broken down in my camera bag...

[Divergent Realit...]

ive also had it suggested that i should do consulting.

that could be fun.

[Psykopath]

Policy analyst for a private firm/think tank or work for the State Department.

Funny thing is, I'll *probably* be working in either one of those areas inroughly 3 years.

I also wouldn't mind teaching at the community college or university level.

[Dogmeat]

I'd be Hugh Hefner

[Hartmann]

so ok think about photographers for time, natl geographic, etc...dont those acts make pretty good back? help the world by exposing what may be happening in other countries or our own?

only thing about that gig...I'd definately have an mp5 broken down in my camera bag...

Yes. Photographers for big time publications make big time bank. However, it's very hard to get your foot in the door and now a lot of these places are hiring freelancers instead of keeping photographers on staff.

I think exposing some of the things we ignore in both our own country and in others would be great. Yeah, I may carry a piece if I did end up doing that.

[Billy]

I'd like to design video games.

[Dogmeat]

I'd like to design video games.

When you say design video games, do you mean write code for game engines, be an artist, or just conceptually come up with games then have other people do all the work?

[Jim]

When you say design video games, do you mean write code for game engines, be an artist, or just conceptually come up with games then have other people do all the work?

Typically, you start at the bottom and move up.

[Billy]

When you say design video games, do you mean write code for game engines, be an artist, or just conceptually come up with games then have other people do all the work?

Since this is fantasy I'd like to come up with the conception and have others program and draw it.

[False Dude]

I would like to be given a quarry of rocks and a sledgehammer and be told to break them all down to gravel with only the sledgehammer.

Or travel around the world and eat weird shit as food critic or tv show host or something.

[moebary]

I'd fish

professionally

[Tygriss]

I really enjoy racing and would do it as a full time job. Rally or F1 where I get to travel around the world. I haven't run a course in years, so for now, autoxing will just be a hobby.

Something I'd do if I could get paid enough for it would be photography. Or, I'd go back to working @ theFruit™.

Something I'd do if money wasn't an issue: grease monkey. or teach martial arts back home.

[Rocky]

There is absolutely no one career I could choose. I'd rotate through :


Fireman
Policeman
Assassin (women and children included)
IT Project Manager
Artificial Intelligence Researcher for Anthropomorphic Robotics
Extreme Pornography Director
Gigolo
Bookie
Daycare Attendant
Psychologist
Druglord


I could deal with that.

[Spectatrix]

Maybe you can do freelance work for my mech company, Rocky.

[Divergent Realit...]

cryptozoologist - make money researching all kinds of crazy animals that might exist

giant robots - right now they suck. any improvements are big steps.

food fetish porn site - dunno if that needs much explination. people like food, people like sex. it all sells.

[GOB]

drug dealer





i bet you'd meet some crazy characters
and you don't have to pay taxes

[Jyan]

I'd want to join on to the writing team of a major TV comedy.

Or, ya know, WRITE a new major TV comedy.

[kcroxyoursox]

again, something ive been thinking a lot about lately seeing as how soon i might actually have the opportunity to really work for the job and not the money. im having a horrible time thinking about if i could do anything for the rest of my life and not worry about money what would it be. i guess the things i like doing i can always find a reason that i couldnt do them the rest of my life.

lately ive been really interested in cake decorating. but i dont think that once i learned all the advanced stuff i would want to do it as an occupation. same thing with the culinary stuff - i love to cook, but only when im in the mood and for what i want to make, so the whole restaurant thing prolly wouldnt work out for me either. id like to take a few cake decorating classes, but really only to sharpen my skills so i can make stuff for like friends and family. though i have a friend with a cake decorating business and she seems to love it, so who knows.

music would be neat to get into. traveling with a band as they toured the us. but that lifestyle isnt really what i want because it wouldnt allow me to start a family. i love live music and concerts but i dont want to do bitch roadie work and theres not a whole lot i could do in a stationary location unless i did promotions for a recording label or something. that might be a good compromise because id be in one city but still getting to mingle with the musicians too.

id like to work with animals but not as a vet. i mean yeah id love to help cure their problems, but the whole medical arena just isnt my thing. i dont really want to work at a pet store because i absolutely hate the idea of selling pets when so many are waiting to be adopted. plus i dont want to make a career out of cleaning up dog crap. maybe an animal behaviorist/trainer, but not if it got too much into the science side of it. goes back to the medical stuff, just not interested in science.

i guess since i want to start a family i could do the whole housewife thing and just raise the children. but i didnt go to school for 3.5 years and spend my parents money so i could bear children and make sandwiches.

its really driving me nuts because pr is such a broad field and theres so much i can do with my degree. it almost makes it harder because here i am going ok i dont want to work for an agency, i dont want to do political campaigns and i dont really want to do nonprofit. theres still a lot open but im just not finding the job ops anywhere. maybe ill just work at united the rest of my life.

also, im a firm believer in changing careers. who says at 21 i have to choose my job for the rest of my life? thats gonna be a miserable 40 years. best to find something i love now and then when the passion wears off find something else to focus on. im not looking to be rich and im not looking for a rich man to marry. i just want to have enough to afford what we want (nothing extravagant) but i dont want the money to come at the expense of happiness.

[James]

Yeah, I'm kind of with Rocky on this one. I couldn't sit in the same career forever and be happy, even if it was something I enjoyed. I'd need something new after a couple years or so. Unrealistic? Maybe, but I've found that once I've done a job for a while, I learn all there is to it and become bored with repetition. Of course, it could also be that I don't know what I enjoy, which sucks if it's true.

Anyway, I'm looking for that Oh Snap gif image with the kid and the candy bar. That's why I came here and this seems to be a hot topic. Help me out please.

[GOB]

[Testm0nkey]

i have a passion about raising minority children and shaping them to become successful rappers and professional sports players

[Dogmeat]

i have a passion about raising minority children and shaping them to become successful rappers and professional sports players

......and also they could be middle-aged white-woman sex-havers-with ....

at least if you raise a large black man or something....

[James]

New questions. Why's the quote button broken? When I click it, it just changes from + to -

Oh, and thanks.

[False Dude]

i have a passion about raising minority children and shaping them to become successful rappers and professional sports players

How often do you make them work on their "raps."

[Spectatrix]

New questions. Why's the quote button broken? When I click it, it just changes from + to -

Oh, and thanks.

That just toggles quote nesting. Use the "Reply" button.

[The Fanatic]

Interesting question, of course I have several answers to it.

I would like to write for a living out of the home. I would get up every morning, finish off some rum and coffee, then start writting. Then I would smoke a couple of joints and write some more. Sounds like a great life to me.

I would also like to be a freelance journalist

Or win the lottery and travel around europe and the united states in a convertable


Running a bar would also be nice.

[Mommy]

I want to own a bar or club. I want to do the interior design, set up the drink menu, and do all that cool stuff. I would want it located somewhere like 6th Street though so it would get a lot of business. I dont think I'll ever get enough money for that, but its seriously what I would like to do.

[Spectatrix]

I want to own a bar or club. I want to do the interior design, set up the drink menu, and do all that cool stuff. I would want it located somewhere like 6th Street though so it would get a lot of business. I dont think I'll ever get enough money for that, but its seriously what I would like to do.

Small business loan. Plan things out as best you can, makes sure you know all the legal issues, and go apply for one! You'd want to save up some money for living expenses first (it usually takes 3+ months for a restaurant/bar to become profitable), but it's definitely doable.

[The Fanatic]

As odd as it sounds, if I could not open up a bar I would like to open up a strip club...



Lots of money to be made

[Dogmeat]

i want to direct porn for vivid video

[Seussninja]

Foley Artist.

[treehugger]

I really do love being a nurse. Awesome job. Otherwise though, I would be a journalist for a music magazine or a trainer at Sea World .

[Seeker]

Foley Artist.

painting mark foley in sexually explicit positions with congressional pages? sounds interesting...

[kcroxyoursox]

id like to work for the food network

edt: if any part of the company was here in texas....

[kcroxyoursox]

ok i got it. i want to do something with animals along the lines of rescuing. i want to be rich enough one day to donate to all the animals out there that need it. the thing that upsets me the most in the world is animal cruelty. not that things like poverty and stds arent important, but animals are at a disadvantage in that they dont know better and they have the capacity to understand. animals have no idea how to be other than what humans make them. animals that are abused are the most defenseless creatures in the world, and it hurts my heart to read the stories and see the pictures. i think then thats its my calling to work with animals and somehow see if i cant make a difference even if its a small one.

[FORSAKENR320]

lemmie get this straight, any job i want will still pay the same, so money isn't the issue, right?


if thats the case, i think Bounty Hunter would be a fun one.

gun runner for a revolution/vigilante group i approve of would be interesting.

the guy that trains navy seals/and green berets to be total hardasses (and not the fake troops, i'm talking about the guy that trains the guys to be like rambo (but with better accuracy with his firearms) and steven sigal style people (but not as fat and with better acting skills)

[cupcake]

the guy that trains navy seals/and green berets to be total hardasses (and not the fake troops, i'm talking about the guy that trains the guys to be like rambo (but with better accuracy with his firearms) and steven sigal style people (but not as fat and with better acting skills)

LOL I didn't know there was one guy who had that job? col. trautman?!

it's a cadre. and to be a part of instructors you have to have btdt. sign on the dotted line, ruck up and put out, and after 5yrs the life can be yours grasshopper.

[FORSAKENR320]

meh. i want a job where i can scream at people, beat them and make them do strenuous activity all day. i wanna have the excuse to act like what's his fuck from full metal jacket.

edit:: yes, i understand i can accomplish all this by just getting married in alabama, but you know what i mean

[cupcake]

what I'm saying is you can have that job in about five years, you just have to go through it first.

step up to the plate and live the dream! lol

[impala454]

i'm not sure about bars, but my men's health last issue painted a pretty dim view of owning a restaurant. said something like a 75% failure rate, and that if you're "successful" you'll still lose money for the first 4 years or so.

[GOB]

i'm not sure about bars, but my men's health last issue painted a pretty dim view of owning a restaurant. said something like a 75% failure rate, and that if you're "successful" you'll still lose money for the first 4 years or so.

that sounds pretty accurate. i think it's like 90%+ of all small businesses fail. usually if you make it past the first 5 or 6 years you're fine.

[pebkac]

Porn photographer

[FORSAKENR320]

Porn photographer

you don't look sleazy enough

[BlueBarry]

i want to be the guy that makes the zombie apocalypse a reality

[FORSAKENR320]

i want to be the guy that makes the zombie apocalypse a reality

i don't. usually thats the guy thats all like "i am in total control of the situation" then something goes terribly wrong, and then he's the one thats all like "ow!, stop eating my cerebral cortex!"

[pebkac]

you don't look sleazy enough

HEY

I can look just as sleazy as any straight man.

[psidancer]

Porn photographer fluffer

fixed

[FORSAKENR320]

HEY

I can look just as sleazy as any straight man.

sleazy::

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not sleazy::

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you lean towards picture number 2

[RitalinJunkie]

I love being a musician and all so Id have to say a top job would be playing in a horn band (Chicago/Earth, wind and fire/Tower of Power/Blood Sweat and Tears/etc)

other than that

Military Sniper/Merc Hitman/clean up man for the mob
Professional thief....like museum heists and shit

[griseyeux]

Roadie for Red Hot Chili Peppers....
damn my white trash heritage.....
I aspire to become a roadie.

[Testm0nkey]

more and more i want to attend grad school and teach

[GOB]

teach meat science?

[Testm0nkey]

im already feared and respected in the meat science department

[Psykopath]

altering mine a bit:

Professional MMA fighter.
So many opportunities have opened up to me and the other members of the fight time. We will get to train with Dan Henderson and Paul Buentello several times in the next few months. One of my trainers has a contact within K1-Hero (K1's MMA organization) and he's sending a rep to watch us train soon.

Yeah, I'll go to grad school to get my Masters in International Affairs and eventually seek my PhD, but I'm going to take time off after getting my bachelor's so I can pursue this reachable dream.

[The Fanatic]

Best of luck to you zach.....




CROTCH KICK

[moebary]

altering mine a bit:

Professional MMA fighter.
So many opportunities have opened up to me and the other members of the fight time. We will get to train with Dan Henderson and Paul Buentello several times in the next few months. One of my trainers has a contact within K1-Hero (K1's MMA organization) and he's sending a rep to watch us train soon.

Yeah, I'll go to grad school to get my Masters in International Affairs and eventually seek my PhD, but I'm going to take time off after getting my bachelor's so I can pursue this reachable dream.

go get famous so I can say "hey! I rolled with that guy!"

[Psykopath]

go get famous so I can say "hey! I rolled with that guy!"

indeed.

Need to have that random Saturday rolling thing again sometime.

[moebary]

yes, I'm not as busy this semester so yes

[dauss]

I've already had my dream job, except for the 75k-100k part. Being a professional brewer is awesome. If I won the lotto or something, I'd be brewing again.

[The Fanatic]

Comedian

[griseyeux]

roller derby badass.

[FORSAKENR320]

midget wrassler

[Mommy]

professional student

[The Fanatic]

professional student

oh oh oh, also one of mine!!