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XxXSprayvWarXxX: Haha :D
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timppu: Still true though. I never really enjoyed school (yet somehow I managed to do pretty well there), and I saw the adulthood with work etc. as a mere continuation of that (in retrospect, it is better because at least I get paid for all that stress and work, and I don't usually have homework in the evenings and weekends anymore; summer vacation is shorter though nowadays, but then at school I used to work on my summer vacations to get at least some money, so...).

If I'd pick some "dream job", then it would probably be some of my hobbies of the time, expecting someone to pay for it. I didn't see many wanting to pay me for e.g. playing video games and going to martial arts classes.

Later it dawned to me that making your hobby your career might destroy all the fun. Playing games you like at your leisure is nice; being a game tester, obliged to play crappy games from start to finish because you're told to do so, not so much. Or training martial arts is great, but having to teach a bunch of clumsy white belt kids yourself year after year is not.

Hence, I consider work as a work. I don't necessarily have to enjoy it, as long as I feel some pride over what I do, I can endure the stress, and I'm paid well enough. Hobbies I enjoy doing after that, without someone paying for me.
I agree mate! and thank you for taking the time to write it! :)
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Trid: My first "dream job" was car desinger, sadly I'm not very good with drawings.
Its okay, im sure there is something that you are good at! :)
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timppu: Actually, now I remember I used to enjoy drawing cartoons a lot as a kid. I can't recall if I ever wished it would become my career as an adult though, I just enjoyed doing it, mimicking the drawing style of certain cartoons.

For some reason, as an adult I feel no interest at all to that anymore, so maybe it is just a blessing it never became my career. Unless it would make me filthy rich, of course!
Okay, great! :) Its seems lots of people in here knew or still know how to draw cartoons! :)
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htown1980: Mine was con man. I blame movies like The Sting, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and later, The Distinguished Gentleman.

Some have suggested my current career isn't far off..
What's con man? Can you please tell me? :)
Post edited November 17, 2014 by XxXSprayvWarXxX
"What's con man? Can you please tell me? :)"

someone who rips people off (Fraud)
Post edited November 17, 2014 by Cavenagh
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awalterj: I wholeheartedly agree. Work shouldn't be stressful, you need somewhere to relax when not playing those stressful computer games!
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Nirth: Some jobs require you to handle stress well or disasters might happen so obviously those are not for me or did you have a point? As for physical work, I see it as a waste because the human brain as as tool has a larger chance to create a higher production not to mention the intellectual stimulation. I also don't like it.
Well everyone is different and therefor handles stress differently, both positive and negative stress.
I don't like "fast paced", so that's stressful to me. Not in a way that it freaks me out mentally, it just makes me tired. I know people who need fast-paced, some people get bored if it's not constant go-go-go..
I consider fast paced games to be stressful as well but unlike jobs this isn't a problem with games as one can take a break anytime and there's no outside pressure if you're not a professional gamer.
I've been playing Crimsonland which by all means counts as a very fast paced game but one can play it in short bursts and it's not aggravating like Hotline Miami - though I haven't played Hotline Miami but watching a gameplay video tells me this is not for me, seeing as I'm not a psychotic masochist with ADD.
I briefly wanted to be a fireman until I realized that meant I'd put out fires, not start them.
Initially a vet or computer programmer. Wound up going into my third dream job and became a lawyer instead; granted, not angling toward criminal work as I had originally planned, but still.
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MadyNora:
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awalterj: Now I understand why you said you can't stand blood in computer games, that certainly isn't anything anyone would want to see as a kid unless they are a psychopath and enjoy it.
As for your parents not wanting you to be a programmer, that's regretful but perhaps they feel unfulfilled in their job and want you to be more happy, not realizing that you'd be more happy if you could do what you want.
I'm surprised to hear that you didn't choose the pastry chef career yourself considering that your work which you've showed us here on the forum is excellent. Then again, being skilled doesn't mean one wants to do a thing for money.
As for Japan, it's a great country for sightseeing (been there 4 times and it was always worth it) but you wouldn't want to be a trash picker in that country, it's not Sweden.
The rest of the kids seemed to enjoy it.......... O_o

They didn't want me to be a programmer, becasue they said that programs always change, so if one becomes a programmer, s/he will have to continue studying newer and newer type of programs / languages to the rest of his/her life.

I always hated cooking/baking :P I became OK with it now, but.... *whispers* I don't like cakes an cookies. No joke, I'm a pastry chef who don't like pastries.
I would never want to do it for money. During my student years I worked in a restaurant, and it was hell. I wouldn't mind opening my own shop, and being my own boss, but I seriously suck at maths and economy, so this in not an option. Those economy lessons on "how to manage a shop, determine the price of something, what to base salaries on etc" are still haunting me >_>

Even sweeping streets in Japan would be better than working anything in Hungary. Trust me on this.
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awalterj:
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MadyNora: I always hated cooking/baking :P I became OK with it now, but.... *whispers* I don't like cakes an cookies. No joke, I'm a pastry chef who don't like pastries.
I would never want to do it for money. During my student years I worked in a restaurant, and it was hell. I wouldn't mind opening my own shop, and being my own boss, but I seriously suck at maths and economy, so this in not an option. Those economy lessons on "how to manage a shop, determine the price of something, what to base salaries on etc" are still haunting me >_>

Even sweeping streets in Japan would be better than working anything in Hungary. Trust me on this.
That's unfortunate, it's like a "sad clown", a clown who makes jokes but is depressed in reality :(
I have no special talent for management either but by playing Pizza Connection you can turn all those economy things into fun - which doesn't really translate to real world though. Proof is, I have no pizzeria. Sadly the game isn't available on Gog but they have Restaurant Empire (never played it, no idea if it's good but the reviews aren't all too positive).

OK Maybe seeping streets in Japan is better then sweeping streets in Hungary but Japan is -very- tough on immigration and the 3 viable ways of getting to live in Japan would be:
1.) get hired by an international company to do specialized work and/or for your English skills.
2.) become an English teacher - you need to be a native English speaker though and you'll never be respected
3.) marry a Japanese citizen

As for street sweeping, there are already plenty of Japanese citizens they can employ for menial jobs plus there isn't much trash lying around to begin with so you'd just be standing around with a broom and go through the motions without actually doing much - and a Japanese work hours are long. There's tons of people with such basic and seemingly superfluous jobs in Japan and I'm not sure if that's the dream life. I've been to Japan 4 times and the hardest thing is finding trash bins, there are hardly any around and yet there is almost no trash lying on the ground. It's like they have some sort of magic spell to make garbage disappear. It's a most wonderful country to visit but you'd have to be super determined if you wanted to live there as a foreigner. It's certainly possible but you have to be crazy fanatical about wanting it.
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awalterj: That's unfortunate, it's like a "sad clown", a clown who makes jokes but is depressed in reality :(
I have no special talent for management either but by playing Pizza Connection you can turn all those economy things into fun - which doesn't really translate to real world though. Proof is, I have no pizzeria. Sadly the game isn't available on Gog but they have Restaurant Empire (never played it, no idea if it's good but the reviews aren't all too positive).

OK Maybe seeping streets in Japan is better then sweeping streets in Hungary but Japan is -very- tough on immigration and the 3 viable ways of getting to live in Japan would be:
1.) get hired by an international company to do specialized work and/or for your English skills.
2.) become an English teacher - you need to be a native English speaker though and you'll never be respected
3.) marry a Japanese citizen

As for street sweeping, there are already plenty of Japanese citizens they can employ for menial jobs plus there isn't much trash lying around to begin with so you'd just be standing around with a broom and go through the motions without actually doing much - and a Japanese work hours are long. There's tons of people with such basic and seemingly superfluous jobs in Japan and I'm not sure if that's the dream life. I've been to Japan 4 times and the hardest thing is finding trash bins, there are hardly any around and yet there is almost no trash lying on the ground. It's like they have some sort of magic spell to make garbage disappear. It's a most wonderful country to visit but you'd have to be super determined if you wanted to live there as a foreigner. It's certainly possible but you have to be crazy fanatical about wanting it.
I am crazy fanatical :P
And I didn't actually mean street sweeping it was just a comparisation. I just said that I'd even accept street sweeping if that was the only way :P
I know Japan is strict, but I'm a Japanese major at university, and I know of many people who graduated from us, and now work in Japan, even as English teachers, and they are not native. We also get many job offers, our bulleting board is always full of them. All I need is to learn the damn language properly. To learn the language properly, I'd need to get a scholarship to go to Japan. To get the scholarship I need luck an money. And I have neither =/
But hey dreaming is allowed, isn't it? If I dream, let's dream big :P
(and 4 times...??!!!! Wow!! I barely dare to dream about one :P)
I wanted to be an adventurer. Living vicariously through games for the last 20+ years.
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MadyNora: I am crazy fanatical :P
And I didn't actually mean street sweeping it was just a comparisation. I just said that I'd even accept street sweeping if that was the only way :P
I know Japan is strict, but I'm a Japanese major at university, and I know of many people who graduated from us, and now work in Japan, even as English teachers, and they are not native. We also get many job offers, our bulleting board is always full of them. All I need is to learn the damn language properly. To learn the language properly, I'd need to get a scholarship to go to Japan. To get the scholarship I need luck an money. And I have neither =/
But hey dreaming is allowed, isn't it? If I dream, let's dream big :P
(and 4 times...??!!!! Wow!! I barely dare to dream about one :P)
I didn't know they hire non native speakers too, in that case your chances are much higher of course.
When I was your age, I had hardly been anywhere by myself and never been to Japan, either. A decade from now, you might achieve all your goals. If you're determined enough, surely you can learn the language via skyping with Japanese people. You can teach them English, they can teach you Japanese and it costs nothing. I believe it's entirely possible to learn Japanese even without going there first so don't let that hold you back.
Must add here that I don't speak Japanese, on my first trip I knew only one word (thank you) and that was it. After my 4th visit I decided that I could probably hold actual conversations if I knew the language so I decided to learn it by myself but I soon gave up despite having a cool language training game on my Nintendo DS and a couple books for Hiragana/Katakana and grammar and a book with practical lessons plus CD. You can learn kanji by practicing with little cards you can print form the internet. I didn't get very far, this is harder than a Wizardry game and sooo much grind. I then realized that I've gotten by just fine with sign language (waiving around arms like Stanley from Monkey Island) and I can say some very basic stuff like asking for directions and if all fails, just start listing all the Japanese food you like and that can substitute for any lack of language skills because all the Japanese people I've met LOVE food and they are very happy to hear when you like their cuisine.
"Okonomiyaki sugoi! Sukiyaki sugoi!" etc etc
Once I run out of dishes, I start adding city names so then I go like this: "Hiroshima okonomiyaki sugoi!" etc etc

One of my most surprising feats despite my non exisiting Japanese skills was making a hostel reservation over the phone from Switzerland to Fukui. The receptionist didn't speak any English so I had to piece together Japanese words like Lego. I thought surely that didn't work but when I showed up there, everything was OK and the reservation actually went through. That made me very happy because I thought my Lego-Japanese was completely useless.
Now you'll have to do much better than me if you want to work there, but I'm sure your skill is already 50 times better. So start skyping with Japanese people if you aren't already. It's a win-win for both them and yourself!
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awalterj: I didn't know they hire non native speakers too, in that case your chances are much higher of course.
When I was your age, I had hardly been anywhere by myself and never been to Japan, either. A decade from now, you might achieve all your goals. If you're determined enough, surely you can learn the language via skyping with Japanese people. You can teach them English, they can teach you Japanese and it costs nothing. I believe it's entirely possible to learn Japanese even without going there first so don't let that hold you back.
Must add here that I don't speak Japanese, on my first trip I knew only one word (thank you) and that was it. After my 4th visit I decided that I could probably hold actual conversations if I knew the language so I decided to learn it by myself but I soon gave up despite having a cool language training game on my Nintendo DS and a couple books for Hiragana/Katakana and grammar and a book with practical lessons plus CD. You can learn kanji by practicing with little cards you can print form the internet. I didn't get very far, this is harder than a Wizardry game and sooo much grind. I then realized that I've gotten by just fine with sign language (waiving around arms like Stanley from Monkey Island) and I can say some very basic stuff like asking for directions and if all fails, just start listing all the Japanese food you like and that can substitute for any lack of language skills because all the Japanese people I've met LOVE food and they are very happy to hear when you like their cuisine.
"Okonomiyaki sugoi! Sukiyaki sugoi!" etc etc
Once I run out of dishes, I start adding city names so then I go like this: "Hiroshima okonomiyaki sugoi!" etc etc

One of my most surprising feats despite my non exisiting Japanese skills was making a hostel reservation over the phone from Switzerland to Fukui. The receptionist didn't speak any English so I had to piece together Japanese words like Lego. I thought surely that didn't work but when I showed up there, everything was OK and the reservation actually went through. That made me very happy because I thought my Lego-Japanese was completely useless.
Now you'll have to do much better than me if you want to work there, but I'm sure your skill is already 50 times better. So start skyping with Japanese people if you aren't already. It's a win-win for both them and yourself!
I didn't know either, until one of the girls from the Masters graduates said she got a job there as an English teacher for kids. Needless to say, she didn't want to go, she hated Japan (WTF was she doing in Japanese Masters???), she hated the Japanese people, she hated kids, etc. She was whining about how much she does not want this job, but she will take it only for the money. I just wanted to...... PUNCH HER SO BAD!!!! >___<

They LOVE when foreigners speak anything in Japanese. My teacher went to a Japanese orchestra concert here in Budapest, and all she said was "arigatou" and the musicians were all almost fainting, and all gathered around her, and treated her like their best friend. Same happened with my friend who studies Chinese. She ordered food in Chinese in a Chinese buffet, and she got double amount of food, drinks on the house :D

We have "international communication" lesson, where we skype with Japanese people. I didn't take it myself, but people who did said it's horroristic.
Phoning in a foreign language is terrible. My friend who is perfect English and teaches English, tried to phone with a bank in English, and she could barely make anything out.
Not sure I want to skype myself.......... >__>

Hiragana-Katakana--- hehehehehe! People who didn't know it already when starting university left pretty fast :P
It went like this:
"This is the Higarana, and this is the Katakana. Test next week."
Half of the guys stopped their studies :P
Kanji with cards you print works... except if your teacher tells you:
"100 Kanji/ week. Test in each Friday."
"5 pages to translate. Deadline two days from now." (3x, since we had 3 translation lessons :D)
YAY goodbye freetime :DD But it was fun. And I'm not being ironic, it really was fun :DD
I should reallllly start studying them again, since my state exam is coming in a few months, and I forgot a lot ._.