What is your dream job?

[Miho]

Mine is to be a video game developer. I want to program games. I still may pursue that career path, but right now, I'm shooting for a software engineer. I've yet to begin learning how to program seriously, though.

[tpk]

programming is fun, good choice as long as you don't mind sitting in front of a computer all day.

my dream job is to be rich and famous and live happily ever after.

[Miho]

Yeah. I don't mind doing that. I'm on a computer a lot anyway, when I'm not working.

What programming languages would you recommend that I start off learning?

[trailerprincess]

I'd love to be a chef/foodie/traveller of the Anthony Bourdain variety and run/own a really nice restaurant/bar which will make me rich and not famous but I will live happily ever after.

[Miho]

When my dad came to the US, he started out as a cook, then became a chef, and eventually owned his own restaurants. I've been around restaurants - specifically family restaurants - throughout my childhood. It's a nice business to be in, but it can get stressful for various reasons. I never shared the same interest in restaurants that my dad did.

I'm not familiar with Anthony Bourdain, but I remember this one host from a food-related show, where he'd visit various countries and try out different exotic foods. He was a somewhat large man and would eat anything that was presented to him. His name is escaping me.

[Miho]

Oh and to expand on why I'd want to be a game developer - I've been fascinated by games since I was 8-years-old and have owned most of the consoles released and have played a variety of games. I'm interested in how and why a game works the day it does, down to the mechanics and coding. I've heard people say game programmers don't get paid very well, but it wouldn't be about the money for me. To be honest, I'd rather enjoy what I was doing and feel I was creating something special, than get paid handsomely for something that I didn't enjoy doing. That, to me, is what defines a dream job. Of course having both a job you enjoy and getting paid well for it would be better, but money isn't everything to me. Cliched to say, but it's true.

[tpk]

Yeah. I don't mind doing that. I'm on a computer a lot anyway, when I'm not working.

What programming languages would you recommend that I start off learning?depends on what you wanna do.

if you really want to become a game developer than you need to start learning C++ and any other popular low level languages.

if you're being realistic and just want to have as many doors open as possible i suggest getting into .NET and specifically C#.

a good thing to focus on if you start getting involved with .NET would be SharePoint as the demand for SP developers is constantly increasing and there is already a shortage of it.

i'm doing a lot of sharepoint work and it's pretty fun once you start to get the bigger picture of it all.

microsoft is the way to go framework/library wise. they know what they're doing. plus it'd be easier to find jobs where you get paid cause microsoft projects for customers are usually bigger and more expensive than sitting in your basement doing php websites.

:eek:

[Miho]

I see. Thanks for the advice!

[Pres Zount]

My dream job would be to execute annoying people with some sort of high powered rifle.

I'm flexible on wages.

[Helvete]

Not the bloody army! Any job where I can live a normal life and be there for the family I plan on having, no more going away for 6 months at a time every couple of years. I hope to get a job as an imagery analyst or at least something related to my time in the military.

[Randetica]

restoring old movies would be nice

[tpk]

restoring old movies would be nicethat sounds awfully boring. are you sure?

[HEIRESS]

My dream job would be to execute annoying people with some sort of high powered rifle.

I'm flexible on wages.

Just saw this trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFj0Pngu_E

[DIGI]

I would love to have Anthony Bourdain's life. Minus the eating of animal assholes/dicks that sat on a campfire for 10 minutes.

[Randetica]

that sounds awfully boring. are you sure?

someone has to! i have a huge appreciation for old/historic stuff and wish i could save it all
and sitting alone in a dark room and editing film stills for hours just sounds like made for me

[tpk]

someone has to! i have a huge appreciation for old/historic stuff and wish i could save it all
and sitting alone in a dark room and editing film stills for hours just sounds like made for mewhat about the sun?

[Randetica]

what about the sun?

yeah the sun is quite old too, maybe i should give it a make over aswell

[tpk]

yeah the sun is quite old too, maybe i should give it a make over aswellbut it's also light and lives outside.

[yeahwho]

When I retire I want to become a land based engineer at the original Disneyland, or imagineer as they like to say in Disney speak.

I am happy with my current gig and it has given me the skills and documentation to perhaps, maybe with a little charm, get my foot in the door.

Forced perspective has always been an obsession. That's why I'm in AA + NA.

[HAL 9000]

Games developer. A while back I started writing a game, it was pretty cool and I had a working prototype but after 6 months I realised the job was too big for me and Skyrim came out so...

If I had a big lotto win I would start a small games studio of 3 or 4 people making mobile business sim games (like a British Kairosoft) and try and grow it.

[abbott]

Selling boomerangs at the flee market and fishing guide.

[Kid Presentable]

I like generating ideas, working with people, and creating solutions.

I hate my job.

[checkyourprez]

10 shirt for AC Milan.

[tpk]

10 shirt for AC Milan.why would you not pick the best player on the team?

[yeahwho]

I like generating ideas, working with people, and creating solutions.

I hate my job.

It's interesting you say that, I always thought most people wanted exactly what you posted. When it comes right down to it most people don't.

I have all of that right now, but it's limited by motivation of co-workers. What I envision as a finished product usually requires much more effort and thought than most wage slaves are willing to sacrifice. (or the man is willing to spend)

I decided 4 years ago to transfer from the job site I was employed because of this and now I work on the road for the same company usually in a different town every week with different people all over the state. No projects, but also no frustration. When I'm done with one crew I just move on to the next. My expectations are much more reasonable.

[Kid Presentable]

It's interesting you say that, I always thought most people wanted exactly what you posted. When it comes right down to it most people don't.

I have all of that right now, but it's limited by motivation of co-workers. What I envision as a finished product usually requires much more effort and thought than most wage slaves are willing to sacrifice. (or the man is willing to spend)

I decided 4 years ago to transfer from the job site I was employed because of this and now I work on the road for the same company usually in a different town every week with different people all over the state. No projects, but also no frustration. When I'm done with one crew I just move on to the next. My expectations are much more reasonable.

While I get limited opportunities to apply my strengths, more often than not it's the structural constraints which prevent a truly meaningful and satisfying outcome. So I guess the opportunity to collaborate and innovate is cool, but it's diminished by the work environment and mindset of others. Which in turn results in outcomes I struggle to be anything more than ambivalent about. It's a shame, and something I'd hoped to turn around.

[Dorothy Wood]

To be a producer like Lorne Michaels.

[Bob]

i honestly don't know

i used to say "writer" but that's kind of sort of what i do know, figured a certain way--close enough that i can kind of tell that i'd hate it if i had to live off it

i also used to say "comedian" but glimpsing into that world, it seems lonely as fuuuuuuck if you do that for a living


so i dunno. maybe i'm wrong. maybe writing and comedy actually do rule and my spot on the fringe isn't close enough to tell


video game reviewer maybe? i like video games and having opinions about them. nobody pays to read those anymore, but you did say "dream" job soooo

[Dorothy Wood]

I think my real dream job is owning a trampoline warehouse, where people come down and pay money to jump on them. I bet the insurance is astronomical, but it would be low stress until the first paralyzation incident.

[Bob]

they exist!

http://www.boston.skyzonesports.com/

[Documad]

I think I'd be a pretty good queen.

[silence7]

I'd love to be a chef/foodie/traveller of the Anthony Bourdain variety and run/own a really nice restaurant/bar which will make me rich and not famous but I will live happily ever after.

This This This!!!!

I would even just carry his suitcases for him, and eat/drink where he does.

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I've always wanted to run a technology news website, but there are already so many good ones, I'd never stand a chance at this point. (Think TechCrunch, Techmeme, etc)

Professional downhill mountain bike racer.

And of course, all star DJ like MMM ;)

[avignon]

If someone would pay me buttloads of money to go to awesome vacation destinations with my friends, visit spas, dine at good restaraunts, go to theaters, throw parties, invent my own language, read novels, collect vintage toys, buy high fashion clothes and accessories, play harmless and hilarious pranks, and watch way too much tv, that would be great.
So i want to be ashton kutcher.

[avignon]

I think I'd be a pretty good queen.

I agree, you would be a fair and kind queen. Until some poser tried to usurp your thrown-then you'd go all Malificent on their ass. And that would be awesome.

[mikizee]

I've wanted to own a pub and a brewery since I was about 5 years old.

One day, maybe. But probably not.

[tpk]

If someone would pay me buttloads of money to go to awesome vacation destinations with my friends, visit spas, dine at good restaraunts, go to theaters, throw parties, invent my own language, read novels, collect vintage toys, buy high fashion clothes and accessories, play harmless and hilarious pranks, and watch way too much tv, that would be great.
So i want to be ashton kutcher.this really. i mean, the whole combination of "dream" and "job" doesn't make sense to me unless it involves not actually working and still making loads of money.

[checkyourprez]

why would you not pick the best player on the team?

???


that would be my dream job. being the '10' on AC Milan. playmaker extraordinary leading them to european glory.

[tpk]

???


that would be my dream job. being the '10' on AC Milan. playmaker extraordinary leading them to european glory.thought you meant a player with number 10.

[M|X|Y]

i want to be that guy who pushes scared skydivers out of airplanes(y)

its for their own good!

[checkyourprez]

thought you meant a player with number 10.


haha i do!!!


i would play on milan and would wear number ten. playing attacking midfield with little defensive duties setting up the play and scoring goals all damn day.


forza.

[Dorothy Wood]

they exist!

http://www.boston.skyzonesports.com/

Oh, I know*, I've been to two different trampoline places. I want to start my own in the city. Even though the closest one to me is only 9 miles away, and in a town with a mini leaning tower of Pisa. http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/wp-content/gallery/roadsideamerica/fo_margolies_roadside_america_08.jpg




*https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/318840_649780422816_15503877_33777999_4212700_n.jp g

[Randetica]

ah, i have a good friend who had two open shin fractures cause he jumped on a kids trampoline as an adult

[Pres Zount]

Dorothy, I thought you meant a Trampoline Warehouse that sold trampolines. LIQUIDATION SALES! BARGAINS BARGAINS BARGAINS and what not.

Much better career choice, I think.

[Bob]

oh my god i wanna jump into those cubes so bad