kevster1001

I'm an International Relations major and would like to work for a PR firm or something along the lines of business, etc.

But if I could do ANYTHING without worrying about anything else (salary, dignity, etc) I'd definitely take advantage of my artistic skills and become an interior designer. I love art and designing my room and helping my friends improve their rooms' designs.

My best friend is very artistic as well and loves Scandinavian interior design and wants to become an interior designer but he studies Accounting to become a CPA.

Do you have the same dilemma?

Solomonm

I wanted to be Ari Gold

or marketing in some capacity

instead I'm going into corporate finance =)

jdp349

I'm actually living the dream right now and am working in the entertainment industry. My end goal is to become Movie Studio Exec.

I'm an economics and business major at NYU who originally wanted to do the whole finance thing but got into media after an internship with CNN in financial journalism. Turned out I liked the whole Television/media thing a lot more than finance. I'm going into my second internship with NBC Universal in the fall, and will be working in program research this time.

I know it's a risky route, but it certainly keeps life interesting.

It's also nice working in an industry that doesn't put much emphasis on "prestige" and judges you more on raw ambition and your social skills.

I'm really hoping to keep doing well here at NBC and get hired full time when I graduate next year.

pokey07

^ Sounds pretty cool. Good for you.

I have no idea what I really want to do, but I have an Economics degree and I'm currently bartending.

kevster1001

Wow, good for you jdp. Sounds great.

maxellis

If money weren't an issue, I would spend some time traveling the country playing the banjo, be a ski bum in wyoming for one winter, and travel around southeast asia for a while living with indigenous tribes.

Nukewarm

In college, the question, "What do you want to be" comes up a lot. Whenever someone asks me what I "want to be", or tells me what they "want to be", I subtly grimace, and answer the question as if they had asked, "What are you interested in studying or doing?". A lot of people don't realize that there's a big difference between those two questions.

The first implies you want to spend the next 4+ years of your life learning about a subject to live up to a certain kind of life style, or become a certain kind of person. While there are people who must struggle for a life that allows them to merely get by (I'm not talking to them), the majority of people are indulging in a fantasy that is as childishly inaccurate as it is embarrassingly stupid. "Be" a "type" of person? Grow up.

The second question implies that you want to spend the next 4+ years of your life learning about a subject to learn about that subject. Assuming you have the luxury of doing so, which the majority of people I meet do, please make the conscious decision to phrase future questions as "What are you interested in?", or a derivation thereof.

/rant


As for me? I'm very uninformed as to the different educational and professional characteristics of my chosen major, so there's probably going to be quite a bit of flip flopping in the future. Right now, though, engineering has a fantastic ring to it. I like the idea of being able to apply mathematics and science to the real world. I like the idea of being able to solve technical problems, or design functional, valuable devices. I like the idea of learning about the ways in which man kind has defined and understood nature, and utilized that knowledge. For me, it seems like the only subject valuable enough to spend my time learning.

Japher

I want to be a good Christian, father, friend and role model for my kids as well as to all those I encounter.
I want to be the go to guy when there is a problem, not because I am a solution but because I can have a solution.
I want to be the guy smiling when the sheit hits the fan, not because I love disaster, but because I know it can be fixed.
I want to be a mentor.
I want to be loved by those I love and respected by those I respect.

That's what I want to be.

silverbullet

lol

currently doing an engineering job right now, but if i were given a chance to start over, i would want to be a phsychologist, nero scientist, or genetic scientist

hmom5

I don't understand why you're not going with your real passion. Lots of interior decorators make better money than PR people. It's something you can do in many markets whereas good jobs in PR are concentrated and easier to do part time if you want to stay home with children.

Trust me, the one I'm working with right now has a great life and has made a bundle from my job alone!

Awped

I second that

westsidewolf1989

I want to be drunk.

CollegeKid

Not sure really.

I'd love to be a singer/songwriter. I play guitar and sing.

I'd also love to be involved in movies. Screenwriting or directing really, though only know about screenwriting. Still, writing can be a pain, so who knows.

Mechanical Engineer. I'd like to design and develop machines. Sure, it'd be for boring reasons most likely (manufacturing stuff), but still fun--I think so anyway. Would be cool to develop stuff for automobiles or airplanes or something of the sort.

I have my undergrad degree in accounting though. And have no true desire for that. Been thinking about getting a different degree in fact, but we'll have to see.

xkgx

ari gold .........

skateboarder

Amen to whoever said drunk.

Seriously though, retired. I hate thinking about my bleak future.