If you could have an entirely different career right now, what would it be?
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Something to do with the MOVIES. I still nurse that desire. :(
Cindy A
IT exec, CGEIT, ITIL and PMP, former mgmt consultant
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Journalist
Nitin S
Director (of McKinsey Knowledge Center, India) at McKinsey & Company
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Coach of a professional sports team!!
Shawn C
Senior Financial Analyst at Blackhawk Network
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Architect.
I thought it about it 3 times over my life, but decided against it each time. Seems everytime the job market looks dire for building is when I look and then think, naw not enough money. Oh well.
A woodworker/carpenter. As a technologist/entrepeneur, I relish building companies from the ground up, but there is never a done moment. With the crafts, you can still pour your heart and soul into a product, and see the result, not only the physical product, but the admiration the product recieves, within months. and More time put in = faster done.
Too many :-)
I could have been a social entrepreneur, working to generate employment and quality of life in Rural areas. Or,
I would have started the sorely missing Liberal Party in India. Or,
Could have been a Novelist
But as life would have it, I am a software entrepreneur. But hey there is more to life ahead!
Wallace J
Multimedia Producer, Mind Taffy Design; Graphics Design, VR and i3D programming for Acrobat 3D PDF
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Songwriter.
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Professional nature photographer
I think it would be an airline pilot, or an employee in the travel industry. Whether it would be a ship captain, train driver, or some new mode of transport which may be available in the future
Running a craft brewery.
Fadi K
Brand Manager at Nestle (fadi.linkedin@gmail.com)
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Your job Kara. I always wanted to be a columnist. Wanna switch? ;)
It may sound a bit cheesey, but I would do exactly what I am doing now!
Something to do with Music/Technology
Teacher and writer. Teach English / Literature in high school, college. Write novels, short stories, poetry.
A chef running my own restaurant...
Astronomer. Although my degree is in Physics, I find my career is now in economic development! However I visited Kitt Peak in Arizona recently; hired a large (26" mirror) telescope and the services of an astronomer and took images of galaxies, star clusters etc.....
I'd move just outside of Austin, Texas and become an organic farmer/rancher. My ideal crops would be lavender, cotton, and maybe grapes for wine. I'd then find a way to sell specialized products grown on my land to places like Whole Foods and then directly online.
Fighter jet pilot.
Saul C
Head of Magic, FreshBooks.com
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Designer of Nike Air Force One shoes or a marketing hotshot for a movie company (Ya hear that Sony Pictures....NBC Universal)
saul
Lourdes F
Director of Spa Performance, Training and Operations
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I would follow my father's steps, Law. Criminal Law.
Lourdes
Independently wealthy philanthropist!
Or a professional Soccer player...
Or both!
Within IT , I would like to take a job with more travelling . My current profile requires only 10 % travel.
Philanthropy and economic development to reduce poverty.
I'd love to become a teacher, who knows, maybe one day....
Math teacher
Mitchell G
Attorney with Krumbein Consumer Legal Services, Inc.
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A fighter pilot, but I wear glasses and Lasik was not allowed until recently. I wanted to be an astronaut as a child and still admire the likes of Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin.
Christine G
Library and Information Specialist at CaPS, University of Alberta
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I really like my job, so if I could change it slightly, I would like to try private investigator (yes, mystery novel junkie) or if I changed it completely, work for the foreign service.
Host any of the Travel Network's shows
Bryan M
Research and Sourcing Specialist at Exclusive Search, Inc
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Something outdoors. Maybe in a park or something like that. I would say farming or ranching but those people have it harder than I do in terms of maintaining a profit margin. I feel that my perfect career would put me near a forest, mountains, or wide open spaces. Or near a large body of water for that matter. I love the ocean as well. My problem is how do I find a career that involves those environments when I grew up in the suburbs in northeast Ohio? I hope I find out one day.
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