Results: Dream Job
1.
1.
What was your dream job during childhood? President
3%
•
62 votes
Princess
5%
•
100 votes
Firefighter
4%
•
85 votes
Police Officer
6%
•
133 votes
Actor
6%
•
139 votes
Professional Athlete
7%
•
147 votes
Lawyer
5%
•
101 votes
Doctor
7%
•
155 votes
Astronaut
4%
•
86 votes
Model
4%
•
81 votes
Singer
8%
•
173 votes
Other (please specify)
18%
•
390 votes
Not Applicable
26%
•
582 votes
Teacher
14%
•
305 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 2.30% | 45 | |
| Nurse | 2.15% | 42 |
| Veterinarian | 1.48% | 29 |
| vet | 0.61% | 12 |
| pilot | 0.51% | 10 |
| writer | 0.46% | 9 |
| Artist | 0.46% | 9 |
| Dancer | 0.36% | 7 |
| ballerina | 0.26% | 5 |
| Architect | 0.26% | 5 |
| cowboy | 0.20% | 4 |
| Author | 0.20% | 4 |
| Archaeologist | 0.20% | 4 |
| Archeologist | 0.20% | 4 |
| Scientist | 0.20% | 4 |
| Librarian | 0.15% | 3 |
| Rock Star | 0.15% | 3 |
| Veternarian | 0.15% | 3 |
| Flight Attendant | 0.15% | 3 |
| Veterinary | 0.15% | 3 |
| Accountant | 0.15% | 3 |
| Social Worker | 0.15% | 3 |
| Airline Stewardess | 0.15% | 3 |
| Meteorologist | 0.15% | 3 |
| Musician | 0.15% | 3 |
| Psychiatrist | 0.15% | 3 |
| Marine biologist | 0.10% | 2 |
| IT | 0.10% | 2 |
| soldier | 0.10% | 2 |
| marine | 0.10% | 2 |
| Business man | 0.10% | 2 |
| garbage man | 0.10% | 2 |
| Truck Driver | 0.10% | 2 |
| farmer | 0.10% | 2 |
| paleontologist | 0.10% | 2 |
| Fighter pilot | 0.10% | 2 |
| Never quite got it figured out and I'm now in my 60's | 0.05% | 1 |
| RAF Officer | 0.05% | 1 |
| Artist and Author | 0.05% | 1 |
| Ghostbuster | 0.05% | 1 |
| For a while when I was really young, gas station attendant (from the time befor e e veryoplace became self-service) | 0.05% | 1 |
| I vacillated between wanting to be an actress, a singer, a stewardess (as they were called back then, or a nurs) I eventually picked nursing. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Always wanted to be the person in a publishing house who HAD to read all the manuscripts submitted | 0.05% | 1 |
| photographer | 0.05% | 1 |
| A business owner at a time when that wasn't a 'thing'. Today, I'm a business owner :) Who knew. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Farmer with lots of horses, dogs and cats. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Mother | 0.05% | 1 |
| Gymnast | 0.05% | 1 |
| When very young I wanted to be a toilet, then an FBI agent, then a veterinarian. | 0.05% | 1 |
| musician, artist | 0.05% | 1 |
| Grocery Store Cashier | 0.05% | 1 |
| cosmetologist and makeup artist | 0.05% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.05% | 1 |
| Veterinary Doc | 0.05% | 1 |
| Dancer, flight attendant | 0.05% | 1 |
| veternary | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depending on the age,, first it was a cowboy and I decided being Superman might be beneficial. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Baseball player | 0.05% | 1 |
| working with animals at the zoo | 0.05% | 1 |
| millionaire | 0.05% | 1 |
| Forensic pathologists | 0.05% | 1 |
| Horse rancher | 0.05% | 1 |
| Pub landlord | 0.05% | 1 |
| Whatever my Dad was | 0.05% | 1 |
| legal secretary | 0.05% | 1 |
| I always wanted to be a nurse. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Bank teller/Stewardess | 0.05% | 1 |
| writer/journalist | 0.05% | 1 |
| do not remember at all. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Assistant to Santa Claus | 0.05% | 1 |
| Being a male escort for men | 0.05% | 1 |
| Police officer | 0.05% | 1 |
| Secretary | 0.05% | 1 |
| Mermaid | 0.05% | 1 |
| I did not have a though on my career as a kid. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Bus driver | 0.05% | 1 |
| Athlete | 0.05% | 1 |
| hockey player | 0.05% | 1 |
| Sex god | 0.05% | 1 |
| anything having to do with horses | 0.05% | 1 |
| PIMP | 0.05% | 1 |
| CHOREOGRAPHER/DANCER | 0.05% | 1 |
| stewardess or nurse | 0.05% | 1 |
| Airline Stewardas | 0.05% | 1 |
| Being a Mom | 0.05% | 1 |
| Mail carrier | 0.05% | 1 |
| jockey | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't remember | 0.05% | 1 |
| Psychologist | 0.05% | 1 |
| Prima Ballerina | 0.05% | 1 |
| Telephone Operator........I was 5 when I wanted this job. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Test Pilot | 0.05% | 1 |
| Astronomer | 0.05% | 1 |
| horse breeder | 0.05% | 1 |
| Softball coach. | 0.05% | 1 |
| engineer | 0.05% | 1 |
| the one that I have now is just great. | 0.05% | 1 |
| cowgirl | 0.05% | 1 |
| Hairdresser | 0.05% | 1 |
| Playboy Bunny | 0.05% | 1 |
| Hairdresser or Airline Stewardess | 0.05% | 1 |
| Animal Vet | 0.05% | 1 |
| Train | 0.05% | 1 |
| Air Force Pilot or just enlisting in the USAF | 0.05% | 1 |
| US Navy | 0.05% | 1 |
| Rock band manager | 0.05% | 1 |
| To be a Mom and have kids | 0.05% | 1 |
| Pharmacien | 0.05% | 1 |
| Driving an 18 wheeler | 0.05% | 1 |
| Child care or vet | 0.05% | 1 |
| Movie director | 0.05% | 1 |
| airline steward | 0.05% | 1 |
| architecte | 0.05% | 1 |
| I wanted to be a Do-Wop Girl. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Legal Assistant | 0.05% | 1 |
| In my dreams I do not work. lol | 0.05% | 1 |
| MULTIPLE DREAM JOBS | 0.05% | 1 |
| Poet | 0.05% | 1 |
| UN interpreter | 0.05% | 1 |
| Nurse in grade school, then Musician and watercolor artist in jr high and high school | 0.05% | 1 |
| Flight attendants | 0.05% | 1 |
| Fbi agent | 0.05% | 1 |
| travel agent | 0.05% | 1 |
| Radio or TV announcer | 0.05% | 1 |
| Nurse or journalist | 0.05% | 1 |
| Wild Animal trainer working with TIGERS | 0.05% | 1 |
| Vet (animal doctor) | 0.05% | 1 |
| Navy | 0.05% | 1 |
| Retired | 0.05% | 1 |
| I wanted to be a writer | 0.05% | 1 |
| historian | 0.05% | 1 |
| Anthropologist | 0.05% | 1 |
| Train Driver | 0.05% | 1 |
| Designer/Clothes, Fabric | 0.05% | 1 |
| veterinarian or exotic animal trainer for movies | 0.05% | 1 |
| Wrestler | 0.05% | 1 |
| PI | 0.05% | 1 |
| Politician | 0.05% | 1 |
| Stewardess | 0.05% | 1 |
| Artist; veterinarian | 0.05% | 1 |
| Billionaire | 0.05% | 1 |
| stewardess (flight attendant ) i'm old and too short | 0.05% | 1 |
| Too many to mention ;) Self-employed was the top of the list. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Book Author | 0.05% | 1 |
| ARCHITECH | 0.05% | 1 |
| Go Go Dancer | 0.05% | 1 |
| airline stewardess (it seemed glamorous) | 0.05% | 1 |
| Soldier, In real life I was a USMC Intelligence Officer for 50 years, and a sniper. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Volunteer for animal welfare | 0.05% | 1 |
| Baker | 0.05% | 1 |
| Equestrian | 0.05% | 1 |
| an economist | 0.05% | 1 |
| First woman Astronaut to go to the moon | 0.05% | 1 |
| window washer | 0.05% | 1 |
| pet doctor | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cashier | 0.05% | 1 |
| Something in the medical field | 0.05% | 1 |
| secretaryy | 0.05% | 1 |
| Airplane Pilot | 0.05% | 1 |
| NEVER HAD ONE | 0.05% | 1 |
| Doctor | 0.05% | 1 |
| Mattress Tester | 0.05% | 1 |
| Helping others | 0.05% | 1 |
| A flight attendant | 0.05% | 1 |
| Fashion designer/artist | 0.05% | 1 |
| butcher | 0.05% | 1 |
| being a wife& mother | 0.05% | 1 |
| Hairstylist | 0.05% | 1 |
| Probation Officer | 0.05% | 1 |
| veteranarian | 0.05% | 1 |
| Chemical engeneering | 0.05% | 1 |
| game warden | 0.05% | 1 |
| oceanographer | 0.05% | 1 |
| Mom | 0.05% | 1 |
| Too busy being a kid to think about it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Airline hostess | 0.05% | 1 |
| A few of these careers | 0.05% | 1 |
| day care owner | 0.05% | 1 |
| military | 0.05% | 1 |
| UN Interpreter like the job Audrey Hepburn had in Charade. | 0.05% | 1 |
2.
2.
Have you ever worked in your dream childhood job? Yes
18%
•
394 votes
No
61%
•
1348 votes
Not Applicable
21%
•
458 votes
3.
3.
Is your current job your dream job as an adult? Yes
13%
•
284 votes
No
40%
•
874 votes
Undecided
6%
•
125 votes
Not Applicable
42%
•
917 votes
4.
4.
Are you still pursuing working your dream job? Yes
11%
•
250 votes
No
50%
•
1097 votes
Undecided
6%
•
121 votes
Not Applicable
33%
•
732 votes
5.
5.
Would you return to school to receive the education needed for your dream job? Yes
13%
•
292 votes
No
48%
•
1046 votes
Undecided
10%
•
213 votes
Not Applicable
30%
•
649 votes
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