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What was your dream job when you were a kid and what are you doing now?

>> No.6621894

When I was a kid I wanted to either be a cop or an astronaut.

Now I'm a NEET too socially retarded to be a cop and too dumb to be an astronaut.

>> No.6621896

want to be corrupt government official
now studying to be doctor for organized crime

>> No.6621898

I wanted to be a fireman, but now I'm an idol producer ;_;

>> No.6621900

To never have a job. And I currently dont have one. I'd say I did a great job with that.

>> No.6621903

Wanted to be a pharmacist (Asian parents+relatives influence) but didn't get the grades for it. Got a Commerce degree and did nothing with it. Currently NEET.

>> No.6621905

I wanted to be a veterinarian.

I now just post on /jp/ all day.

>> No.6621907

At first I wanted to be a waiter.
Then create video-games.
Then create anime or manga.
And now to make simple doujin work (being games or anything else) and being appreciated by some people, it doesn't have to be a success.

>> No.6621908
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marine biologist

neet

>> No.6621909
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6621909

>What was your dream job when you were a kid
Become a drawfag.
>what are you doing now?
Being a drawfag.

>> No.6621911

I wanted to be Microsoft's CEO. No, really, I said that when I was like 7. My dad thought I was going to be some super entrepreneur genius.

I still have a certain interest for entrepreneurship and management, but thanks to the Internet factor now I just want to stay home, play VNs and take it easy.

Oh man.

>> No.6621917
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6621917

Archaeologist. More precisely, Alan Grant.
I liked dinosaurs so much when I was little.
Now I'm majoring in japanese.
Oh God what have I done with my life.

>> No.6621923
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6621923

between gardener, fireman, cop and army.

i'm actually studying to become an electrician, not so bad but there are too much stuff to learn

>> No.6621925

Robotics engineer.

Biotech researcher.

>> No.6621928

Cop.

Realized im too immoral for that, and now I work as security officer.

Feels good man.

>> No.6621929
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6621929

DJ/Music Producer

NEET

>> No.6621931

a mutha fukkin hustler

>> No.6621939

>>6621928
>I work as security officer.
you sit on your chair until someone want to do something bad ?

>> No.6621948

First I wanted to be a waiter.
Then create video-games.
Then create anime or manga.

Now I dream about working with doujin in general, being games, draws, etc. Make something and be appreciated by some people, it doesn't have to be a success.

>> No.6621953

>>6621939

More likely than you think. And I get paid for it too.

>> No.6621956

>>6621917
>Now I'm majoring in japanese.
I tried to do that, but then I realized I hated talking to people no matter what the language.

>> No.6622044
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>>6621948
>waiter

>> No.6622299

In my time I've wanted to be a:

Train driver
pilot
doctor
investment banker/hedge fund worker
statistician
actuary
thinking of doctor again now

More unrealistically, given my gender, I'd like to be an idol, gravure idol, JAV star, or something underworld related.

In reality I've never had a job and becoming a neet after I graduate looks likely. :(

>> No.6622302

botanist

nothing, i just look up plant pictures on google all day

>> No.6622305

I wanted to be a superhero when I grew up. Needless to say that never happened. Now I just think of ideas that I'll never work on.

>> No.6622306

i wanted to do something with computers and now i'm in front of one every waking hour

>> No.6622307

I'm a librarian. Sometimes dreams do come true. At least until the month when they let me go.

>> No.6622308

>>6622302
What's so interesting about plants?

>> No.6622316

>>6622308
the way they move so much god damn water without looking like they're doing anything
crazy organic machines

>> No.6622317

I wanted to be an astronaut...

I'm now training to be a game designer. Feels okay man.

>> No.6622326 [DELETED] 

I wanted to make comics, read philosophy or be a game designer.

Now I'm a game designer by progression and do the other two in my spare time. Feels good, man.

>> No.6622330

I wanted to make comics, make video games, or read philosophy for a living.

Now I'm a game designer by profession and do the other two in my spare time. Feels good, man.

>> No.6622333

I wanted to be an animal in a petting zoo. Kids would pet me and feed me treats, and I'd even pet them back. Now I bag groceries.

>> No.6622338

Wanted to be an airplane pilot.

Video games fucked up my eyesight when I was young. Currently a software engineer for a semicon company.. not too bad, at least I earn enough to buy figs

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Pic related

>> No.6622359

>>6622308
I'm not that Anonymous, but some plants are pretty awesome. Take, for example, sandbox trees. They're also called dynamite trees, because their seed pods fucking explode, sending seed shrapnel all over the place, up to 100 meters away. Or bullhorn acacias, which lack the defensive compounds of other acacias but make up in commanding entire ant swarms. If some poor animal tries to eat any part it or even looks at the tree funny, it is beset by symbiotic ants each over an inch in size.

And then there are trees that, when their leaves are eaten by a caterpillar, can recruit wasps that prey on that particular caterpillar. No other wasp, mind you. Only the relevant wasp is called. Trees also wage wars underground. It's folk wisdom that one shouldn't plant a garden near a black walnut, the reason for that is that the tree literally poisons the soil, making it inhabitable for any other plant. It has also been demonstrated that plants know their own siblings and do not attack them, but if they find a stranger, it's fair game.

Carnivorous and protocarnivorous plants are a wholly different story, from those that literally feed on bird and shrew shit (it was assumed that one particular pitcher plant fed on insects, until they inspected the contents of the pitcher and found nothing but shrew crap.) to bladderworts that create an organic vacuum chamber to suck prey in.

Anyway, I wanted to be a biologist of the "goes around collecting animals, describes them and spews out a dozen papers every year" type. Now I'm a biologist, but not of that sort.

>> No.6622371

At first I wanted to be a game designer.
Then I wanted to be a game designer and mangaka.
Now I just want to get a programming job that leaves me with enough time to work on various doujin soft.

I'm kind of like this >>6621907 guy.

>> No.6622394

I remember my family said I wanted to be a lawyer.

I'm architect now, though.

>> No.6622400

Never really had a dream job when I was a kid. I just wanted to stay at home and play video games all day.

Guess what I'm doing now.

>> No.6622404

I wanted to be a fighter pilot in the air force. I ended up sitting behind a desk in the air force. At least I have flight simulators ;_;

>> No.6622415

Tennis racket Geologist.

Currently on international business lawyer route, through Chinese. With enough contacts, capital and experience in eight years time, I intend on forming a company that makes quality WRPGs at Chinese prices. Or maybe a shovelware/coding sweatshop. Whatever.

Then I'll divest, and invest in OELVNs as side project. Doing so will gain me managerial leverage, and I'll use this to force my fetishes on the writers. The company will fold, but I'll have a VN that I can fap to until the end of my days.

Anything /jp/ would like to see in their perfect VN? Maybe I could make a decent effort instead.

>> No.6622431

I'll be honest here...

My dream Job as a kid was to become an animator... didn't actually get to become one but as an illustrator for children's books and later as a storyboard artist for small/mid budget TV commercials... I guess it's somewhat close enough. Retired from all that and now I'm a... well, I sell printers and printer ink... not exciting but enough to feed a family (more than enough) and save for retirement...

>> No.6622446

I never thought of nothing when i was a kid.

Now i'm a glorious NEET

>> No.6622451

vet

intel analyst

>> No.6622458

>>6622404

where are you stationed right now.

>> No.6622474

>>6622415
>Anything /jp/ would like to see in their perfect VN?

Magical girl with dinosaur familiar. Early synapsids are fine too. Everyone loves dinosaurs, everyone loves magical girls. It's the perfect combination.

>> No.6622480

i wanted to be a lawyer until i figured out how screwed up the legal system is.

then i thought being a musician would be cool but it's actually a lot of work.

so i settled for graphic designer. creative with minimal effort. and i can work from home a lot.

>> No.6622491

Scholar
NEET

>> No.6622496

>>6622458
Seymour Johnson AFB (north carolnia)

>> No.6622503

Airline pilot and I am one today. One of the worst life choices I have made (pay is below $17,000 a year and no benefits).

I'm considering becoming a police officer like my brother. Fuck this shit.

>> No.6622505

The first thing I wanted to be was an astronaut. Now I handle billing for medicaid.

>> No.6622533

>>6622503
>>$17,000

Do you work for a Russian airline or something

>> No.6622541

>>6622533

American Eagle

>> No.6622576

>>6622503
is that why so many pilots are drunks?

>> No.6622581
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6622581

To be a priest. That was the only dream I had relating to what I wanted to be when I was older.

Now I'm a NEET. I used to tell those kids who bullied me that they would be poor when they were older while I would be rich, because I got much better grades than them. I probably believed that.

>> No.6622599

>>6622503

holy shit, i didn't know there were any skilled jobs out there that paid so little. couldn't you make more working retail or something?

>> No.6622600

>>6621888
I wanted to be a police officer... but now I'm just a secretary... getting paid to be on /jp/.
all is well.

>> No.6622604

>>6622581
> I used to tell those kids who bullied me that they would be poor when they were older while I would be rich, because I got much better grades than them. I probably believed that.

Hahahah, oh man, I just love the hivemind. Pretty sure most of us did that at some point.

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6622610

I once wanted to become a fighter pilot. But when turned 9 I realized that such silly dreams should not be had. That's also the point where I lost interest in future.

Now Im going to college. Sort of, haven't been there in months and I don't need to go for a while before I get my meds. Life is good like this!

>> No.6622624

Childhood dream: marine biologist.
Currently: Japanese Studies at university.

Right now I think working at an embassy in Japan or something would be pretty neat.
I'd love to have a job where I'm around a very limited circle of people, though.
Secretary like >>6622600 is a thing I wouldn't mind as long as the person I'm sorting paper for isn't a complete ass.
Private driver would be a nice occupation as well, I think. Picking people up in the airport and driving them to my master's meeting, driving my master's kids to school.

I just want to live in the shadow of someone rich.

>> No.6622635

>>6622624
>Childhood dream: marine biologist.
Wow, I'm not the only one. I was studying Japanese in college too. This is weird.

>> No.6622645

1) NASCAR Driver
2) CIA Operative
3) U.S. President
4) [Vidya] Programmer

Now? I'm a QA Tech.

>> No.6622650

I kinda just wanted to be rich, like a lawyer or a businessman or something.

Now I'm pretty much a NEET.

>>6622604
I definitely did that too. vindicationmind

>> No.6622651

Once my family got a computer, I knew I wanted to work with computers. Now I do software development. I also thought about becoming a lawyer, but it seemed like too much studying.

>> No.6622654

>>6622600
It's a good job if you have a good boss.
Mine forced me to give him a blowjob. I quit a short while after that and I'm kinda traumatized about doing anything related to an office again :/

>> No.6622658

>>6622654
...Oh man. Are you a dude?

>> No.6622663

>>6622658
Presumably, otherwise the story would have ended in an early retirement on sexual harassment damages.

>> No.6622666

>>6622654
That's hot

>> No.6622667

Marine Biologist, grew out of that when I moved from the coast.
Then a video game programmer, grew out of that because I didn't like the idea of being some wage labor monkey.

NEET now. I have a few ideas for a business, and I also have the capability to produce some shovelware android/ios games, but, like everyone here, lack the motivation to do it.

>> No.6622671

>>6622658
No, but I wouldn't be surprised if he has forced male employees to do the same thing. The guy was an asshole to everyone.

Jobs are overrated anyway, but unemployment benefits don't last forever ;_;

>> No.6622675

>>6621908
>>6622624
>>6622635
>>6622667
/jp/ - marine biologist

>> No.6622678

>>6622671
Why exactly haven't you charged him with sexual harassment like >>6622663 said?
Your breath probably still reeks of sperm, but at least you can get yourself a nice amount of cash thanks to that.
Then again I find hard that someone was 100% forced to suck someone off.

>> No.6622685

>>6622654
Aw, what the fuck, I wouldn't want to work for a powertripper like that.

I'd just handcuff him to the chair and walk out on his naked ass if I could find a way to go about it.

Maybe if my boss was a hot girl in her mid-twenties, I'd let her have her way with me in the back of her car after picking her up from somewhere.
But that's only if I could somehow enter the private driver route I mentioned in >>6622624.

>> No.6622687
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6622687

I wanted to be a psychiatrist so I went to college. I completely burned out after getting a bachelor's and didn't stay on to get a master's. Nobody but the government will hire someone for the kind of work I'm looking for with anything less than a master's in psychology and what with the federal hiring freeze I haven't been able to get a job with the degree, so I basically have a very expensive useless qualification, a part-time job (the only one I could get) on very low wages and $120,000 in student loan debts that cannot be cancelled by bankruptcy.

This is pretty much what Reimu must feel like.

>> No.6622694

>>6622685
>Maybe if my boss was a hot girl in her mid-twenties, I'd let her have her way with me in the back of her car after picking her up from somewhere.
I wanted to be an astronaut. Now I'm a NEET who reports normal behavior on /jp/.

>> No.6622711

>>6622678
You're really naive if you think it works out as easily as that. Even today, rich people can get away with anything. I wouldn't even know where to begin, and even then, what evidence do I have? He'd hire an expensive lawyer and I'd be laughed out of court.

There would be no way to do it without people knowing either. My mother would support me, but there would be all sorts of "well why did you do it?" questions. When I quit, I just told her that I wanted to expand my horizons. This is the first time I've ever mentioned it, since it's anonymous here--which is pretty fucking pathetic. But that is how modern society works, I guess. God and clods, etc. Sorry for potentially derailing this thread into blogshit, but I've been wanting to say it somehow for a long time.

>> No.6622717

Videogame programmer
NEET

>> No.6622726

Then: Mathematician, scientist, or politician
Now: On the edge of dropping out.

>> No.6622734

>>6622694
Yeah, I'm normal because I want to be exploited by someone who's superior to me.
The only people I accept are the ones I find superior, and the only girls I'd ever want are the ones who are out of my league.

>> No.6622747

>>6622726
i wanted to be a housewife but now i'm a mathematician ;__;

wanna switch

>> No.6622771

>>6622711
Y'know, you are probably right, sorry for that sis. Guess I can't really say anything about this because me being a dude I would never understand how is it to be in the position of a woman on a scenario like this.

But even so, I'm still curious. Since you said you were traumatized thanks to a bj, I'm guessing you are not the kind of person that's used to doing it to anyone. Yet, you still did it. If you feel like telling, mind answering me why did you do it? Heat of the moment? Afraid of losing the job?

I'm not blaming you for anything, just curious on why and how these sort of situations unfold into being.

>> No.6622779

astronaut

english major

>> No.6622783

>>6622687
Have you thought about the army's officer candidate program? They don't care what degree you have, you can be a lieutenant bossing around retarted 18 year olds.

>> No.6622805

>>6622771
Fear for job. Simple as that.
And after I later decided that a job like that isn't a job worth having and quit, my life has gone to shit anyway.
I guess the lesson here is that capitalism makes prostitutes of all of us, sometimes very literally. I'm more angry than anything else, knowing that scum like him is living the high life and I'm going to have to move back in with my parents soon.

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>>6622783
I wouldn't last five minutes in the military, officer or not.

>> No.6622816

>>6622771
I'm also rather curious as to why people go along with this stuff without there being any sort of attraction.

I guess there are various degrees of "being forced" to do such a thing as giving a blowjob.

I'm a guy without any kind of sexual experience, and I'd probably just be awkwardly embarrassed if anyone tried to make extremely obvious passes at me.
If someone in all seriousness threatened me to kick me out of my job if I refused doing sexual favors, I think I'd just cry or get angry as hell. Or both.
How the hell am I supposed to guess how I'd react anyway?

>> No.6622840

>>6622685
>Maybe if my boss was a hot girl in her mid-twenties, I'd let her have her way with me
>mid-twenties
Are you gay or something? I'd draw the line at mid forties.

>> No.6622842

>>6622816
It doesn't have to be sexual. Have you ever been in an unjust situation where your mind just freezes up, and you do what you're told, even though you don't agree with it, because you are too weak or lack confidence? I would think lots of /jp/sies would know what I am talking about.

>> No.6622861

Boss: Suck my dick and I won't fire you.
You: Okay.

Normal Person
-----
Boss: Suck my dick and I won't fire you.
NP: Fuck you, I quit! And I'll see your ass in court.

>> No.6622863

>>6622861
>/jp/
>Normal
wwwwww

>> No.6622864

>>6622805
I guess it wouldn't be correct of me to try cheering you up when I'm the person I am, but shit like this happens everywhere to a lot of people. Last week I almost had a fucking attack of rage on work and I'm only 20. Of course nothing bad as what happened with you, but I think you get my point.
Damn, I never talked to someone who went through something like this before, now I suddenly feel some sort of mix between guilt and being mindcrushed.

Shit, Internet, aren't you awesome.

>> No.6622867

>>6622805
I'd really hate the feel of defeat that moving back in with my parents would bring.

My mom said I shouldn't think about moving back if I drop out this time (2nd time I started uni, but it's been 2½ years since then), and to be honest, I'd rather move in with my grandmother.
I'm just afraid I'll never be able to get a job unless I graduate in something. Japanese Studies is something, I guess.

>> No.6622876

Low-pay wage peons hate their jobs, status in life, and general feeling of unfairness that they live unrewarded for ??? efforts.

News at 11.

>> No.6622879
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Computer programmer working late nights smoking cigarettes and watching anime when not at work.

A faggot that cant do enough math to work with computers, working at a dollar store

>> No.6622893

>>6622879
>A faggot that cant do enough math to work with computers

Unless you're somehow working with advanced geometries, you shouldn't have to know any math, really, to be a computer programmer. Math is a lie. Understand the concepts and you can fudge the math every time, or use a program to do the actual math for you. Formulas can be looked up in real life. That shit only matters on exams.

The reason none of you learn anything in college is because you believe what they're claiming to be teaching you is actually important. Go to a technical school, instead, if you care about actually learning something useful.

>> No.6622894

making independent films hanging out with the in crowd in NYC, doing coke and drinking.

> english major

>> No.6622899

>>6622893
do you think a technical school could teach me like networking and stuff, like that? without math? cause im in UNI now and im so behind in math that I cant take any of the computer classes

>> No.6622908

>>6622864
I don't need cheering up. Just do your best to treat everybody with dignity. Society pits us against each other because it is convenient for those on top if we remain divided. There have been times in the past when I was unpleasant or failed to help people who might have really needed it, and I'm trying to be better about that now.

>>6622861
Like I said: naive.

>> No.6622909

Artist

"Artist"

>> No.6622915

>>6622899
>networking
>math

What the fuck are they teaching you? Understanding addressing is important, but just what the hell are they instructing you on that they say needs so much math?

>> No.6622941

>>6622842
I've never had a real job where I was under pressure like that.

I don't encounter that many unjust situations, I'd say. When it comes to it, I can't really think of anything.

>>6622840
I'm 23, and I find the idea of having sex with anyone over 30 downright repulsive.
Not that I hate my looks to the extend of saying that someone seriously wanting to have sex with me is beyond desperate, but anyone in a position to hire me would be in a position to do much better, I think.

Let's just pretend for a moment I was a private driver, and that my employer is 40, physically attractive, and unmarried.
I really don't think anyone like that with a private driver wouldn't have a couple of other people they'd go to for sex before turning to me.
All I'm good for as a private driver is talking to the passenger about random shit or just keeping quiet and doing the driving part of my job.

>> No.6622950

>>6622908
>Naive

You mean fucking retarded.

>> No.6622957

>>6622908
Wise words, I will reflect upon them while walking home today.Thank you, Anonymous-onee-san.

>> No.6622958

>>6622915
The math itself probably isn't all that important, but the kind of logic that applies to programming/networking is similar to math, so being good at that kind of logic is probably pretty important.

Also, this turned into a terrible thread.

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>>6622915
I wouldnt know seeing as im not allowed to take these classes till I take more math. I thought about a technical school and everyone basically told me that Universitys breed engineers and technical schools build drones

>> No.6622980

>>6622970
They both build drones.

>> No.6622992

>>6622908
>There have been times in the past when I was unpleasant or failed to help people who might have really needed it, and I'm trying to be better about that now.
At least I only have one friend, and I let him live with me in my dorm room for a month when he moved to my city to study, but hadn't gotten a place to live yet.
I think I treat people fairly most of the time, but I guess that's easy when I don't get in situations where I have to make decisions that are critical to other people.
That's part of the reason I'd never want to be a boss who'd have to fire people. I'd try my best to talk them into going a bit down in pay, but telling them to come to work for 3 the next months while they'd have to look for someone else to give them a stable life would just suck.

>> No.6623000

>Universitys breed engineers and technical schools build drones

They want your money. Of course they would tell you that.

Engineering is almost completely logic and technical knowledge. Math is done as needed and with machines that do the actual calculations/formulaic application for you. As long as you know how to use the formulas or look up how to use them when you need to, the math is unimportant.

Logic is important, but that's flow and understanding of flow, not really calculation. If you're doing programming, logic and design are key, as is becoming acquainted and using the tools involved. Programming is more about what you've done and can do than what you "know from college." Now, if you're doing actual engineering, as in designing the parts, constructing them, and maintaining them (hard engineering), then you'll need to know math related to electrical work. That field is highly technical, but highly paid, more so than any grunt programmer is.

College is a money pit. All you get is a piece of paper that says you're house trained. It's business' way of weeding out the incompetent and un-trainable before having to deal with them.

>> No.6623015

>>6623000
so you are saying drop out of university and go to one of those technical colleges from the tv commercials, and no more english and no more history just computers?

>> No.6623027

Paleontology(they'll always need people to help with brushing off dinosaurs) > Own a record store( The 8 track will never die)> Own a video Store (even though beta is superior) > Most recent was 3D animator But I didn't have the money to officially do that or go to a good school like gnomon.

Right now I'd like to get a job I can afford a modest lifestyle on, so I'm looking into law enforcement with my degree.

Currently I'm a full time student and a part time short order cook/bouncer/snow removal tech/night watchmen.

>> No.6623048

>>6623015
College being a money pit isn't necessarily a bad thing. At least not for me since I'm not the one throwing money into the pit.

And it kinda does make sense, doesn't it?
I mean; if I was a business, I'd probably hire the guy who had gone through some training that proves he's capable of being trained further rather than some guy who's been producing stuff without actually ever had to think for himself.
At least that's what I hope the business I apply for will think when I show up with my BA in Japanese Studies.
Something like: "oh, this guy learned Japanese and random shit about the Japanese Society without killing himself in the process, so maybe we can teach him to [..]"

I have no idea what I'm doing and I fear for my future.

>> No.6623056

can you be a 3d modeler without an art background? like leaning towards special effects?

>> No.6623067

>>6623015
I'm saying if you've already dumped (I mean invested) time and money into your degree, then get the damn thing. You already have debt, might as well get the paper and prove your pedigree. With the spare time that you no doubt have not studying and being on /jp/, start teaching yourself how to actually program. Read about process and design. Try out a language that is actually used by businesses, instead of whatever bullshit they're teaching you in class. Try setting up your own network using surplus, outdated throwaway equipment. (You can buy tons of outdated, third-world throwaway networking equipment from companies that upgrade their old shit. This is why it helps to make friends with other people into computers: they know when companies are having firesales)

What you learn by your own efforts is 500 times more useful and long-lasting than the shit they shell out to you during lectures.

Long story short, you suck because you're not actually invested in what you want to do. If you were invested in it, you wouldn't take their bullshit lying down and would be exceeding their low expectations.

This is pretty much everybody on /jp/, though, so have no fear: you are amongst your own kind.

>> No.6623068

>>6623000
> As long as you know how to use the formulas or look up how to use them when you need to, the math is unimportant.
Except when you're on the bleeding edge of technology, there are no formulae to look up. You're on your own and you need the background to figure it out yourself.

Granted, most people don't have that kind of job, even university graduates. However, it's hardly the fault of their university education that they were only able to get drone jobs.

>> No.6623071

>>6623048
No, because you end up with debts you won't repay for another thirty years, thus getting you used to taking things on credit thus improving business for banks.

You're probably not going to get a job with that degree~

>> No.6623089

>>6623068
Sorry, they only hire savants and self-made men for jobs like that. If you're looking for a job that is INNOVATIVE and CUTTING EDGE, then you're not going to get it with what you learn at college. You're going to get it by doing it yourself, going up to some people, and asking them to pay you to keep doing it yourself, because you're such a fucking badass nerd alpha male that makes their little intellectual penises look like shriveled up wiener dogs in comparison to your enormous sausage.

>> No.6623090

I didn't know when I was a kid and I don't know now.

>> No.6623092

>Dream jobs (in chronological order)
Sonic the Hedgehog, professional athlete, brain surgeon, lawyer, political strategist.

>What I'm doing now
Best Buy. I work just enough to support my hobbies. Nothing more.

>> No.6623107

Train conductor

In college for Psychology degree. Dropping out because this degree is fucking useless.

>> No.6623116

>>6623071
I know.

At least I don't have any debt since the university is government financed, and I get $1000/month for studying.
I get by since I live in the cheapest dorm with a shared kitchen.

If I could get into some sort of training at a bank or something because of my blue eyes and a promise of being a nice guy while prove to them that I'm dependable, loyal, trustworthy, etc., and intelligent enough to learn how to utilize any computer system they could possibly have in store for me to try out, I guess I would do that.

In the end I guess my best hope for the future is a billionaire who'd show up and hire an upstanding citizen like me, not because of the books I've read, but just because of my personal qualities.

>> No.6623117

>>6623092

You should have stuck with Sonic the Hedgehog, man. All you would have had to do was major in Spinology in college.

>> No.6623133

I wanted to be the red Power Ranger and now I'm a dirty NEET.

>> No.6623138

>>6623089
You've obviously never had a job in high tech field. It's more of a scaled system. You do get the Ph.D supergeniuses working on brain-meltingly hard stuff but most of the innovation in applying these discoveries comes from ordinary engineers and scientists, all of whom have degrees or equivalent experience.

Yeah, a degree alone won't get you in. You do need to be a "savant and self-made man" to at least a small extent. However, an understanding of the knowledge that the degree implies you have is required, period.

>> No.6623143

>>6622908

>Like I said: naive.

The word you're looking for is in fact "slut". Fear of losing the job? lol. Making cash is more important than your dignity. lol. Typical whore bullshit. Get the fuck out of /jp/ and gb2streetcrawling or whatever it is you do now.

>> No.6623145

So some of you are successful in your career. But do you have a loving girlfriend or wife? Yeah, I thought so.

>> No.6623149

>>6623145
I have /jp/

>> No.6623151

>>6623145
...i don't want one?

>> No.6623154

>>6623145

Could I have had one? Easily. Could I still get one, actually? Yes, easily, I'm not bad looking and make good money. But do I want one? FUCK. NO.

>> No.6623159

>>6623107
Psychology is a prestige study here because your average grade has to be ridiculously high in order to get in.

I suppose there's a lot of girls doing it.
Not that I'd consider going that route even if I had the grades.
Those people with good grades who choose a course like that are probably rather competitive.

>> No.6623193

Not sure. Probably wanted to be in a band or design games or something along those lines. Youthful dreaming.

Now I live in a tiny flat with my cat and work for the government. I went through 4 years of university and made 3 friends by the end, ha. For now, I'm happy on my own.

>> No.6623195

>>6623138
"Savant" and "self-made" would all imply knowledge of the technical details involved in the field, "self-made" more than anything, because you HAVE to know it, or nobody will take you seriously. Experience, even just doing it yourself, is a million times better than saying "I went to college."

The degree doesn't matter once you get in and prove you can do it. It's just paper that has an effect on your top pay rate, for drone-corporate/government/military work, and no effect at all on entrepreneurial businesses.

As long as you can do the work and make someone money, they don't care if you wipe your ass with your degree.

>> No.6623214

>>6623195
Tripfags can never make up their mind. Last week you said pretty much the exact opposite, that you need a degree to get anywhere. Make up your mind.

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>>6623214
White Ren is a public trip.

>> No.6623229

>>6623193
My dream life right there.
Maybe swap the tiny flat with a 3-room with rooftop terrace, but that's it.

Stable income.
Stable social relations.
Stable computer system.

I sometimes feel like I'd want to be normal for a bit, just have a girlfriend to hang out with and accompany her to dinner at her friend's place, but then I realize how much I'd stick out in a setting like that and revert back to my "Japanese cartoons".

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6623233

>Tripfags can never make up their mind
>Last week you said pretty much the exact opposite
>White Ren !YLuFFdRcFQ

>> No.6623237

>>6623214
Newfags aboard!

>> No.6623254

>>6623214
You do need a degree: to get in.

Unless you're so fucking awesome and can do something by yourself well enough that you get noticed. Or, you get a job in a place where standards aren't so high on applicants, and you have already learned how to do the job on your own. That gets you work experience, which, depending on the credibility of your employer, is worth more than a degree.

But anybody on here? A degree, if you can even get one.

>> No.6623259

hurrrrrrr

>> No.6623260

>>6623229
My dream life is a stable income that I get without having to work for it which gives me enough money to live by myself, browse the internet all day, upgrade my computer occasionally, buy figures and other things occasionally, order things to my door and never have to go outside.

>> No.6623269

>>6623229
>I sometimes feel like I'd want to be normal for a bit, just have a girlfriend to hang out with and accompany her to dinner at her friend's place
That is so sickening. I don't like how you only refrain from doing this because you think you wouldn't fit in.

>> No.6623280

>>6623195
When you figure get how to get access to advanced lab hardware or to talk to the top researchers in their respective fields "on your own", do let us know. Remember, we're not talking about drone jobs here.

I'll also add that most technical professional organizations require a degree plus experience for membership.

>> No.6623329

>>6623269
I always feel like some exotic animal when people find out I'm doing Japanese Studies and they ask me to say something in Japanese.

Then I just say random stuff, and that's it.
Talking about Japanese society is fun for me, but while I'm doing it, I constantly think that the person(s) listening would much rather hear about anything else, and they'd probably prefer sitting next to the person on the other side of me instead of having me in between.

If I could be completely invisible apart from something to make my employer aware of my presence, I'd select that option without thinking twice.
I'd still answer direct questions, carry out tasks, and such, but I can't say I'm a huge fan of being noticed in private settings with more than me and one other person.

>> No.6623359

>>6623154
You're trolling I guess, but try to understand that when faced an unexpected and frightening/absurd situation you lose your ability to think clearly. It's almost as if you're in some kind of unreal dream and unable to.

>> No.6623362

NEET, NEET. Living the dream.

>> No.6623363

>>6623329

>Talking about Japanese society is fun for me

Japanese society is not fun. I have an exam tomorrow on this very subject. Meiji period is interesting though.

It's weird, this is the sort of thing I would've found interesting to study on my own years ago yet when it's being regulated and examined by professors I just lose all motivation. When it's turned into work it somehow loses its appeal.

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6623365

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be in the military like my Uncle, who fought in Vietnam, so on my 18th birthday, I joined the Marine Corps, and shipped out the day after I graduated. Good times ever since.

>> No.6623369

>>6623329
>If I could be completely invisible apart from something to make my employer aware of my presence, I'd select that option without thinking twice.
You will never get a promotion or a bonus. You will never get selected for plum assignments. Eventually, people will think you are not advancing because you are incapable and will start looking for reasons to fire you and, sooner or later, they will find one.

This isn't some NEET trolling. I've seen this happen to people.

>> No.6623389

Mad Scientist

NEET

>> No.6623402

Lawyer. Oh my god, lawyer! That was my dream, it REALLY was, with all my might...

But then, i don't know what happened and now I'm studying Computation ...

>feelsbadman.mkv

>> No.6623418

>>6623369
If I'm just hired by nice people, it'd be alright.

Getting fired really blows, and I assume at least some bosses ought to know that.
I'd be willing to climb a bit down the salary ladder depending on my expenses, if it came to that, I suppose.

>> No.6623434

I wanted to be a lawyer who fought for truth and justice against the corrupt lawmakers who just want to outlaw things they think are icky. But that's impossible and apparently I'm far too stupid to be one, which really leaves me wondering why those kinds of laws exist in the first place.

>> No.6623789

>>6623418
>If I'm just hired by nice people, it'd be alright.
Life doesn't work that way, sonny. You might get lucky but the odds are against it. Even if you do get an understanding boss, they're not going to be around forever; people come and go all the time.

>> No.6623871

>>6623418
>>6623789
>If I'm just hired by nice people, it'd be alright.
The grass is always greener as they say. My first boss was too nice. I hated it.

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6623877

/jp/ if I quit my job and storm out of my job am I fired?

>> No.6623904

>>6623369
It's true, this happened to me before even though I was a good worker. If you don't socialize outside of work and kiss your bosses' asses all the time, you'll be alienated and left behind, and eventually axed just as you say.

As for the topic my dream job was to study the biological side of the human brain (neuroscience I guess?, but reality is I'm currently unemployed and just about to receive a bachelor's in computer science.

>> No.6623999

Why do people keep looking down on Computer Science degrees. Computer Science is one of the best majors out there. Decent pay, lots of job opportunities, and it doesn't require much social interaction.

>>6623904
>As for the topic my dream job was to study the biological side of the human brain (neuroscience
Who says that dream is over? With a B.A. in CS you can still find a job related to neuroscience. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network

>> No.6624309

Please please please please please, everyone vaguely interested in anything please disregard White Ren completely he has no clue what he's talking about.

>Unless you're somehow working with advanced geometries, you shouldn't have to know any math, really, to be a computer >programmer. Math is a lie. Understand the concepts and you can fudge the math every time, or use a program to do the actual >math for you. Formulas can be looked up in real life. That shit only matters on exams.

>The reason none of you learn anything in college is because you believe what they're claiming to be teaching you is actually >important. Go to a technical school, instead, if you care about actually learning something useful.

While what he's saying might be true for the "math" you learn in K-12 or even some bad colleges, I think a conceptual knowledge of stuff like discrete maths, combinatorics and theoretical CS (which is basically math) ought to be important for computer programmers who want to hone their skills, especially if you want to be a superprogrammer (which may then involve some advanced supergeometries). I'd go further than what >>6623068 says and note that even if you're nowhere near the bleeding-edge (for programmers maybe Google or Microsoft Research or something would be considered bleeding edge?) a good intuitive grasp of the maths/cs behind programming really distinguishes the good programmers from the bad, and that while these sorts "naturally" pop up the self-aware ones have discourses to communicate, practice and learn in.

>> No.6624403

>>6624309
Yes, if you want to do the most high-level, high-paying stuff it's needed. For most programmers it's not really, although it can definitely help. For 99% of jobs you won't be reinventing the wheel though, or doing any high level theorycrafting of your own.

I think most people on /jp/ will gravitate more towards the lower-to-middle tier jobs anyway. He's right when he says that overall, practical practice such as what you'd learn at a trade school is actually more useful in regards to just getting out there and collecting checks as fast as possible.

>> No.6624458

>>6623999
>Why do people keep looking down on Computer Science degrees.
There's still a lot of leftover CS majors from the dot-com boom who went into for the money but have no real talent. Add to that all the schools who added CS programs of dubious quality. When they say it's really hard to find good people, it's no lie.

>Computer Science ... doesn't require much social interaction.
I wish people would stop spreading this pernicious bullshit. Sure, you're not glad-handing random people or giving talks in front of a crowd. You do have the particularly lousy tasks of talking to people enough to figure out what people *really* want (which often has no relation to what they tell you they wanted) and telling people what they asked for is impossible (which I've seen devolve into a shouting match). It's even harder in some way than dealing with random strangers since you have to go back to work the next day and work with the same people you just lost an argument with.

>> No.6624563

>>6624403
The problem with "just getting out there and collecting checks as fast as possible" is that there is a new crop of people every year with the same idea and they just got trained in the latest technology. Some of them will even have taken the time to get that advanced knowledge you don't have. As you get older, those younger people look more and more attractive to your employer. If you aren't thinking about keeping up to date to stay ahead of them, you are dead meat. And let me tell you, studying on your own is a whole hell of a lot harder when you're doing it on your own spare time without an instructor to guide you.

>> No.6624586

>>6621896

livingthedream.jpg

>> No.6624805

>>6624563
That's why you will end up on the street when you're 40. All professions. Sorry.

The relative security of the baby boomers will not be our experience.

>> No.6625305

>>6621905
Same here. Now I just want to be a waiter in restaurant like someone else posted in this thread but I don't know if I'll even get that. Story of my life. The end

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