Dream Job

[Anck Su Namun]

I got this idea from Brewmaster's thread. I am sure someone has done this topic before, but oh well here it goes.

If you could have any job in the world what would it be?

Mine would be a singer...like Celine Dion, that type of music.
But realistically, I want to be a database administrator for the government <--- job security :heh:

[Burzhui]

I don't want to work, just sit there and get money and do my own thing you know, and i mean enough money for anything.. that's what my perfect job is like.. i'm a do nothing man

[Lolita]

its not my dream job but i think being a food critic is a pretty cool job, u get paid to eat out at all the cool restaurants

[Burzhui]

Originally posted by Lolita
its not my dream job but i think being a food critic is a pretty cool job, u get paid to eat out at all the cool restaurants

what if the food is crappy huh?

[oblongmelon]

I would be off discoving underwear models for Calvin Klein mens department.

[g222leav]

i remember wheni was a kid, reading nintendo power...i want that job. playing video games all day, trying to find secrets...

[brain]

Originally posted by Lolita
its not my dream job but i think being a food critic is a pretty cool job, u get paid to eat out at all the cool restaurants

That is totally my dream job. I worship the Zagats. That is what they get to do all the time and get paid for it. As for if the food is crappy, you write a bad review. You don't have to eat the whole thing.

[Kenas]

I would like to be a full-time, space traveler. Want to be the first to step on mars (or die on the way there)

[eSDee]

Originally posted by Kenas
I would like to be a full-time, space traveler. Want to be the first to step on mars (or die on the way there)

Very similar to my dream job. I would like to be an astronaut, however I wouldn't want to spend all of my time in space. I would go on journeys, like to the moon and back all the time, and probably to Mars as well, but between journeys I think I would enjoy lots of downtime spent here on Earth.

[zenbooty]

I wish I could be an armchair intellectual and get paid for it.

[Jenny]

I'll have to think about mine, but my brother-in-law has a cool one.

He is in the army and his job is testing new products that the military is thinking of buying (or that companies want to sell the military). Just last week, he spent 2 days in a virtual reality room.

Damn!
lol

[attgig]

Got|Apex forum poster....
if only i can make a 60k salary off of this :(

[Kim]

I want to test out spas...is there such thing as a spa critic? Or that girl on tv who takes vacations everywhere and then does a show on them....that would be cool!

[aglio412]

y'all seen office space...

my dream job, to do nothing...absolutely nothing

and post on G|A

[Grimm]

Lord Grimm, Supreme Overlord of the Universe!

Mwhahahahahaha!!!

[chrissy]

I think I have said this before, storm chaser.

[Markel]

Freelance photographer, with the name of Ansel Adams.

[LPMiller]

the worlds greatest male stripper.

Of course, I'd need some serious hardware upgrades first.

[Loki]

Originally posted by oblongmelon
I would be off discoving underwear models for Calvin Klein mens department.


Look no further! I am here! :bandit:

[fakesurfers]

gruff hermit... think Ted Kaczynski without the bombings

[pennypinch]

There's a couple:

-What my father apparently does: sit on his bum, fart around with his massive portfolio, go to coffee like 4 times a day with his high school buddies, and play an executive VP at Sysco on TV. It's bizarre. I'll call and he never seems to be actually working.

-Children's book writer.

-General manager of a well-financed NFL or NBA team. Then again, I get the sense I'd end up like the guy in Portland: all All-Stars, no team chemistry.

-Music agent.

[Jihforce]

I've got a couple:

-Owner/CEO/Art Director of my own design firm.

-Movie Director.

[Jihforce]

Wooo hooo! Just found my new dream job!!!!

http://www.creativehotlist.com/index.asp?linkTarget=fullJob.asp&jobID=56718

[Loki]

Originally posted by pennypinch
There's a couple:

-What my father apparently does: sit on his bum, fart around with his massive portfolio, go to coffee like 4 times a day with his high school buddies, and play an executive VP at Sysco on TV. It's bizarre. I'll call and he never seems to be actually working.



Ya my dad does that kind of stuff to. But he owns his own investment firm. He watches sports on his massive entertainment center. Takes cruises with my mom. Get's into these weird hobbies where he spends lots of money on one thing and then soon loses interest in it. It seems like he only does about 3-4 hours of real work a week. Otherwise his biggest concern is where they should go out to eat. :rolleyes:

[BrewMaster]

This is gonna sound really dorky, but I'd just like to be a FULLY FUNDED research chemist so I can play around in the lab but not have to worry about getting money from foundations or groveling like a two-bit whore to the NSF for a few extra bucks (that's what my Prof does here at UCLA to fund my research). I'm close now, but I have to show my prof results or he gets ancy.

I guess an even better dream job would be a travel spot reviewer for a fancy travel magazine. You just get to go all over the world and write about the cool places that they sent you to (all expenses paid). That would be fun. Gotta go do some research on that one....

[Anck Su Namun]

Originally posted by aglio412
y'all seen office space...



I love that movie. I can really relate to the guy kicking and cussing out the copy machine :D and his boss is funny as crap.
hmmmm....yyyeaaahh...

[Burzhui]

Originally posted by aglio412
y'all seen office space...

my dream job, to do nothing...absolutely nothing

and post on G|A

hey hey hey, that's my dream job:P

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by LPM
Of course, I'd need some serious hardware upgrades first.

:heh: you and obby should get together... maybe she'd be your agent...

novelist. wouldn't need to make a lot of money or be real famous. but if i could support myself and my kid in a modest-to-impoverished existence by pumping out a novel every 12 to 18 months, that would make my life complete.

[Kenas]

Originally posted by Loki


Ya my dad does that kind of stuff to. But he owns his own investment firm. He watches sports on his massive entertainment center. Takes cruises with my mom. Get's into these weird hobbies where he spends lots of money on one thing and then soon loses interest in it. It seems like he only does about 3-4 hours of real work a week. Otherwise his biggest concern is where they should go out to eat. :rolleyes:

Do nothing is boring, it is nice to do something that you really like, do something useful for yourself and hopefully others, and get paid for it.

[Kenas]

Originally posted by BrewMaster
This is gonna sound really dorky, but I'd just like to be a FULLY FUNDED research chemist so I can play around in the lab but not have to worry about getting money from foundations or groveling like a two-bit whore to the NSF for a few extra bucks (that's what my Prof does here at UCLA to fund my research). I'm close now, but I have to show my prof results or he gets ancy.

I guess an even better dream job would be a travel spot reviewer for a fancy travel magazine. You just get to go all over the world and write about the cool places that they sent you to (all expenses paid). That would be fun. Gotta go do some research on that one....

Hmm I personaly would not trust you with a chem lab. j/k :)

[PuTangClan]

My dream job is to sit on my ass and watch tv all day long. I should apply to be a Nielsen household to do just that.

[theHNIC]

I want to take Bill Gates place.....but w/out the hassle and the legal issues

[g222leav]

Originally posted by Kim
I want to test out spas...is there such thing as a spa critic? Or that girl on tv who takes vacations everywhere and then does a show on them....that would be cool!

excuse me, what is that froth on the top of my spa?

[Jenny]

Originally posted by PuTangClan
My dream job is to sit on my ass and watch tv all day long. I should apply to be a Nielsen household to do just that.

How do you do that? I would be SOO good at that. LOL

[Lolita]

ok ive got it; i want to illustrate childrens books, too bad it pays so little :(

[fakesurfers]

Originally posted by Jenny


How do you do that? I would be SOO good at that. LOL

I turned it down. You know what their offer was? A buck. One stinking dollar per week.

'...but Sir, most people jump at the chance to be a Nielsen associate..'

For a dollar? Pfft. :disa:

[YanksFanRy]

I would like to:

1) Be the New York Yankees writer following them around on every game.
2) Playboy photographer

[Tuvi]

i would like to do nothing for a living, but only if i have someone to do it with. it gets really boring doing nothing alone..

[DARTH]

Ok for me I am living one of my dream jobs. I never liked computers before but now it is fun as heck. I get the latest hardware before it is available to the public. I get to design future products for companies and play with prototypes , I get to inform the public of some of the great and not so great hardware out there. And I get paid :-)

But my real calling is writing psychological fiction. I will have my work published soon, but I need to pay the bills now.

Lastly my hopeful career will be a psychologist working in institutions to help those very mentally ill. And writing my novels on the side.

[g222leav]

Originally posted by DARTH

But my real calling is writing psychological fiction. I will have my work published soon, but I need to pay the bills now.


like thrillers??? awesome, you're gonna inform us when you get it published right? so that we can go to your book signings in our G|A tee's (which i should mention i don't have one...:bawl: "

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by DARTH
Ok for me I am living one of my dream jobs. I never liked computers before but now it is fun as heck. I get the latest hardware before it is available to the public. I get to design future products for companies and play with prototypes , I get to inform the public of some of the great and not so great hardware out there. And I get paid :-)

But my real calling is writing psychological fiction. I will have my work published soon, but I need to pay the bills now.

Lastly my hopeful career will be a psychologist working in institutions to help those very mentally ill. And writing my novels on the side.

So DARTH, when you move on to your writing or counseling careers, is there anyone in line for your spot at G|A? I'd like to put myslef on the list. I'm in LA nd basically, you do have a dream job.

[DARTH]

Well considering I own 10% of G|A? I will NEVER leave muahahahahaha.
:)

[speedracer120]

Work from home architect. Sit at home and dream up new and interesting ways of living and still be there for my (future) kids and wife.

Chaplain in the military with good hours, good pay, good benefits, good vacation time and good security.

Produce cartoons, music, tv shows, movies...

Race car driver.

Test driver for auto manufacturer.

[chrissy]

Originally posted by speedracer120


Chaplain in the military with good hours, good pay, good benefits, good vacation time and good security.



I know you are joking right??

military and pay in the same thought?

[Jihforce]

Originally posted by Lolita
ok ive got it; i want to illustrate childrens books, too bad it pays so little :(

Actually, its not as bad as you'd think. The draw back is that unless you are successful, it is a very specialized field to get into. I did illustrations for this lady that started a line of children's greeting cards. That was a freelance thing though, doesn't exactly pay the bills if you know what I mean.

[wrkngirl]

Write travel articles and get paid to travel...
write reviews on high performance vehicles and have them "lent" to me for extended periods of time in order for me to evaluate them properly... (I'm sorry, I've only had the Viper for a month, I don't really have a "feel" for it yet- can I keep it another 6 weeks?)
write culinary reviews, be a movie critic, a music critic, a book critic, a fashion critic...

basically, have my entire life be a giant business expense and/or tax write-off. :)

[g222leav]

Originally posted by DARTH
Well considering I own 10% of G|A? I will NEVER leave muahahahahaha.
:)

hey, so when G|A decides to sell stock, who's goin to buy!!!

me thinks me needs some shares

[Nija]

I think my dream job is the Director of IT at a major corporation..

nija

[ZrEo0]

Originally posted by DarkFury
I want DoPeY5007's "night" job (after I win the lottery that is...)
im the dj's boy:cool: :D :)

[speedracer120]

Originally posted by chrissy


I know you are joking right??

military and pay in the same thought?

Actually I'm not. Yeah, enlisted pay is pretty much a joke, but starting pay for a 2nd Lt. is about 30K, and after twenty years as an officer it's likely to make about 60K maybe even 70K. And pension would get you get half of your last pay rate anyways.

Compared to corporate life that's nothing, but do you know what most pastors I know make? It's a miracle in itself that they make ends meet.

This is how I figured it, here (http://www.dfas.mil/money/milpay/pay/07-2001.pdf)

[chrissy]

*sigh* yeah, I forgot that ministers and such are officers in the military.

:)