What did you want to grow up to be as a child?

[Innegativeion]

Still a student, but I've wanted to be a game designer since I was 4. Still want to. Still plan on it.

 

[Realitycrash]

Videogame-developer. But then I realized I got zero drawing-skills and wasn't very interested in computers or math.

 

[Da Orky Man]

Well since I'm not sure what you classify as child...
3-5 years old - A train (I liked Thomas the Tank Engine okay)
5-7 years old - Palaeontologist (Dinosaurs!!)
7-9 years old - Astronaut
9-13 years old - An author
13-15 years old - A doctor
And right now I'm studying Nanotechnology at university

How long before we hear the ominous CLOAK ENGAGED?

I always wanted to be an aerospace engineer. Seriously, designing spaceships? Who wouldn't?
Then it turned out I'm not much good at maths, yet love physics. Still sorting it all out now.

 

[Azaradel]

A marine biologist.

Yeah... I watched a lot of Animal Planet when I was a kid...

 

[Jake0fTrades]

In chronological order:

Author
Comedian
Actor (Current fixation)

 

[Princess_Dee]

For a project in third grade, I submitted that I wanted to be a professional student when I grew up.

 

[Idlemessiah]

I wanted to be a game designer, then a game reviewer.

I'm now doing a degree in archaeology. Go figure.

 

[Taekro]

Jornalist, fighter pilot, rocket scientist, then engineer. By that order.

Could've been the 2nd, and am on my way to becoming the last...

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Related:

Anyway, I always had aspired to be an astronaut of some sort. In fact, my room still has a bunch of cool space-themed stuff from when I had that dream. However, I kind of fell out of love for it, and right now I have no clue what I want to be.

 

[Dasrufken]

Wanted to become a doctor since i was 4 years old...

And now i'm about 2 years away from starting medschool.

 

[KimberlyGoreHound]

A paramedic. Now with 11 months in psych wards under my belt, that's impossible, so now I'm looking at being an author (2 books finished) or a pathologist.

 

[Ochidi]

I wanted to be an astronaut for a pretty long time. Then I wanted to be an animator. After that, I wanted to design games, and now I want to be a software engineer, but I'm still interested in making games.

 

[Shadowseraph]

A ninja turtle.

 

[johnboy424]

I'm still technically a child, but when I was younger I never really had something that I wanted to be when I grew up. However, when I entered high school I did have to start thinking about the future, and I've decided that I want to do something in the field of chemistry or chemical engineering. There was a time when I wanted to become a music teacher or musician of some sort, until I realized that I don't like teaching and that chances are pretty slim of becoming a musician as a career.

 

[otakon17]

A character designer/artist for Square. Sadly, my artistic skills have atrophied to nothing now so that's out the window.

 

[Ddgafd]

I wanted to be an astronaut and a chef as a child. Astronaut's were cool and I liked cooking. Right now I want to be either a chemist, a computer programmer or a game designer.

...I still want to go to space...

 

[King Toasty]

Paleontologist. My teachers were surprised I could spell that.

 

[TFielding]

Well I wanted to be an Aeronautical Engineer. High aspirations there. Now I want to be a Naval Officer. I'm currently in Junior year of High School.

 

[Hectix777]

A Cruise Ship Captain
A cruise ship chef
A Naval Captain on board an aircraft carrier(probably could have been and probably still could be)
A chef
An actor
A doctor
But now I'm focused on being the world's greatest Game Developer

 

[Anthony Abney]

Game Designer, or really anything that involved making games. Currently in college studying Computer Science with a focus on Interactive Multimedia and have found out that I REALLY like programming, so that's a good sign.