When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grow up?🙃

Katherine Benson answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I was crazy about dinosaurs and wanted to be a paleontologist when I was a kid! When I got to secondary school, I realized I was really interested in biology and chemistry and that lead me into a career in science.

Jean O'Dwyer answered on 24 Apr 2020:

An astronaut- 100%! As I got older though, I stopped looking up so much and started looking around and decided to be an Environmental Scientist instead.

Rosemary Josekutty Thomas answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be an Engineer as I loved building things. As I grew older I studied Social Sciences with Computer Science, later I switched to Pure Sciences now I’m doing Computer Science with the human touch which is very rewarding.

Ciara O'Donovan answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be a teacher or a chef when I was younger.

Min Yap answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I actually wanted to run a hotel or work in a library when I was young.

Karen Bacon answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I thought about lots of different things including being a journalist, historian or vet. I was always interested in lots of different things and loved different bits of science so eventually I decided to study science at university and the became really interested in plants and rocks.

Luis Soriano answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I never had a clear choice, as every day I wanted to be something different: architect, medical doctor, firefighter and engineer. However, during school I started to become very interested in the science and math classes so I finally decided to become a biomedical engineer.

Chanakarn Byrne answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I want to be an archaeologist, I would love to know all about past and the mystery in history! I am also mesmerize by the technology and knowledge that they discovered thousand of years.

Jun Lin answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be a singer and I even attended singing classes 🙂

Tiffany Slater answered on 24 Apr 2020: last edited 24 Apr 2020 10:53 am

I actually didn’t have any idea of what I wanted to be until I was about 21. I didn’t really know anything about palaeontology as a kid – and now I am a palaeontologist! So I’m glad I didn’t decide on anything too early 🙂

Louise Mc Grath answered on 24 Apr 2020:

Hi impendingdoom! I really wanted to be a stuntdriver or a rally car driver! I have driven a formula 2 car, so I got to experience it, but I preferred science in the end, so I became a scientist!

Dimitar Shterionov answered on 24 Apr 2020:

Before I had a computer I was thinking to become an architect. I was good at drawing (probably not that much anymore 😀 ) and in math. When I got a computer it was clear to me I wanted to become a computer scientist 🙂

Brian Murray answered on 24 Apr 2020:

Hi impendingdoom! (Nice name, by the way :P) I wanted to be a teacher for a while, or then an author. But then I realised that I was a bit better at science and maths instead of English, and that I prefer reading books anyway instead of writing them…

Jennifer Cookman answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be a teacher. What I really wanted was to be a role model like the role models I looked up to. Then as a teenager I wanted to be a rally car driver.. that still lives in me. I had a trip planned to go to Silverstone in England this weekend to drive a number of supercars but it had to be postponed! Soon I will race!

Enda O'Connell answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I’ve wanted to be a scientist for a very long time! Before that, I think I wanted to be a carpenter, which would come in handy now during the lockdown!

Achim Schmalenberger answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I am not quite sure any more but astronaut was on the list as well as having a burger van.

Yashdeep Yashdeep answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be a Scientist since I was a kid. I loved doing experiments when I was in school. There was this one time when I tested the presence of Chlorophyll( plants make food using chlorophyll) in a leaf using a candle, a bowl and some household things. I loved to see the magic happen and now I am trying to create the magic for all of you.

Michelle Monaghan answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be lots of things. My favourites were a makeup artist – so I could have fun with colours or a teacher. I used to “teach” my little sisters before they started school.

Hannah Currivan answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be a physicist, which I am!!! But I am in the space industry which is much cooler than I could of ever imagined when I was a kid!!!!

Tommy Hayden answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I’ve brother that’s 12 years older than me. He used to work driving a tractor (drawing in silage) during the summers from when he was 16. He used to bring me in the tractor sometimes and when I got a bit older he used to give me a go at driving some machines
Without question my number 1 career aspiration as a child was to draw in silage. The same brother was working as a builder by the time I was old enough to do that work, so I spent my summers on building sites instead of on tractors

Lea Duran answered on 24 Apr 2020:

At 5, I wanted to sell ice creams (to be able to eat some), at 9, I wanted to be a nurse, at 12, a writer! I started imagining myself as a scientist very late, after turning 20.

Rory Ward answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be a doctor because I love science, but I decided on engineering because I wanted to be more involved with maths.

Aisling Ryan answered on 24 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be an artist. I love drawing and I always heard people say you should have a job that you love. As I got older I started to look at other jobs (you can always explore other options before deciding on something!). I also love languages and thought maybe I could be a teacher. When I was 16 I started learning about chemistry in school and I loved it. I found that I could have a job designing drugs, which suited my artistic side. So in many ways I still get to be an artist- just a science artist instead of a animation one!

Laura Finnegan answered on 25 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be a veterinarian. I was obsessed with animals when I was young, and I loved TV shows like Animal Hospital and presenters like David Attenborough and Steve Irwin. It was all I wanted to do for pretty much my whole school life, in 4th year in secondary school I even did some work experience with my dog’s vet. I decided not to study it in college though. I had started to become more interested in biology and genetics, plus I thought there would be more options for me with a science degree. I’ve never regretted the decision to turn down studying veterinary medicine though. I can have my own pets and be around animals in future, I just won’t be operating on them!

Hazel Rooney answered on 26 Apr 2020:

When I was a kid I really wanted to be a vet! I have been animal mad all my life so my dream job was to be able to help sick animals and to look after them.

Fiona Malone answered on 26 Apr 2020:

An artist actually, but I get to design and draw everyday now as an engineer 🙂

Roisin Jones answered on 27 Apr 2020:

I knew I wanted to be a scientist, but I flip flopped about what I wanted to specialise in: for a while I wanted to be a computer scientist, then I thought about doing astrophysics, but eventually I decided I liked chemistry best and I stuck with that, and I’m very happy with it. Not sure I would have been cut out for computer science or astrophysics!

Chloe Matthews answered on 27 Apr 2020:

I wanted to be a Vet for big animals!

Simon Spichak answered on 27 Apr 2020:

When I was a kid, I changed my mind about my dream job quite often! As a four year old, I wanted to be either a spaceman or a superhero, but I grew out of that. Then around 5 or 6 I learned that I loved reading and writing so obviously I was going to write books. As I got to learn more science in my classes, I began to love biology and problem solving which pushed me towards studying science! And now, I basically have a dream job where I study a topic that I’m interested in and get to discover new things. I may not be a spaceman but what I am doing now feels out of this world!

Lucy Blennerhassett answered on 28 Apr 2020:

I used to change my mind all the time. At one point I wanted to be an interior designer, then a gardener and even an actor! But the more I became interested in nature the more I realised the magic of science….I even used to make ‘potions’ in my garden using plants and flowers! Mad stuff.

Maria Isabel Meza Silva answered on 29 Apr 2020:

I think I wanted to be everything! I remember telling my parents I wanted to be a lawyer to defend innocent people, a paediatrician because I love kids and a pilot because I love travelling! Oh and a chef because I love experimenting with food…

Anna Zakrzewska answered on 30 Apr 2020:

You must be asking yourself that question a lot! And believe me, it will be coming for many years 🙂
I wanted to be an archaeologist, but at school I realized that learning math much easier than history. This brought me to engineering but I have always enjoyed antiques, love museums, and try to refurbish old pieces at home. So there’s always a way to keep the initial childhood plans 🙂

Sonia Lenehan answered on 12 May 2020:

I wanted to be a vet!

Question: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grow up?🙃

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