Don't get me wrong. I love my job and what I do. I have always been curious to find out what people would pursue if money were not an object and relationships did not tie you to a specific region.
What occupation would you pursue if you were not constrained by your future/ money/ relationships?
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coach middle/high school football
edit: hope to "retire" around 50 and teach so I can make it happen..
Have a buddy on track to "retire" by 35 to do the same thing ... he is smarter than me though
"Have a buddy on track to "retire" by 35 to do the same thing ... he is smarter than me though"
It's smarter than "I", so yes you are correct.
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Finance job, teach & travel the world doing extreme sports.
Ski instructor
Commercial airliner pilot Archeologist Hunting non-existent creatures like the Bigfoot like those lunatics in the TV shows
Own a small hotel and a beach bar at a not too touristy island...
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Plus to expound I would live in Thailand on a beach with a beach bar and those drinks that come in coconuts.
^^drunk hotelier on a tropical island
Good to know I'm not the only one considering this :)
i'd be a bartender in a nice beach location. i love bartending. it's a really social job and barely even feels like work.
Test driver, no question.
Fighter pilot.
I definitely feel this. But you have to be in damn good physical shape and more to do that.
I'd recommend checking out Jetstream: it's a doc about Canadian fighter pilot boot camp. Here it is on YouTube:
I wanted to be a fighter pilot... But then I grew too tall
musician / pop star / idol / fashionista / philosopher / professor / gamer / artist / sports player / game maker / products engineer / architect - or exactly where i am
Be Dan Bilzerian
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Seems like people didn't see your post
I would do something different every day. Maybe I'd be a farmer on Monday, maybe an Uber driver on Tuesday, maybe work at Burger King on Wednesday, etc. I would not confine myself to a career or one particular job.
A writer (haha, kinda doing it here with WSO)
MMA training (Nothing UFC worthy though)
Travel the world
Dance in salsa/ bachata competitions
Chill on the beach with my dogs
Act
Hm, interesting. Sounds like you'd be a perfect fit for the Navy? You can travel the world, hone your MMA skills in the local harbor bars (where your salsa dancing got you into a fight in the first place), get a dog and show him all the beaches in the world, while writing "memoirs of a Wall Street sailor". Save the acting to pick up chicks on shore. Let me know, I get a referral discount.
Navy Seal
work online and travel the world
This guy fucks.
Fighter Pilot Professional Snowboarder Tennis Coach Traveling Food Critic Restaraurant Owner CIA Detective
I agree: Tennis Coach CIA Restaurant Owner
Own a vineyard and distillery, producing top wines and cognac. Or own farm and distillery producing top whiskey/bourbon.
Same. I'd own a boutique family run Vineyard and Winery
very hard to do but worth it if it works out
If money isn't an object then he doesn't have to run a profit, so no worries about success.
Poker pro
In no particular order:
Private Jet Pilot
REI Store Manager
Police Officer
3200fps theres hope buddy.
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Race car driver for vintage cars Porsche/Lamborghini/Ferrari mechanic Ski instructor Apres ski bar owner Run a small winery
I would relax... I would sit on my ass all day... I would do nothing.
Not even surf?
I'd actually love to be a powerful government official, in the position where I could channel federal funds into great futuristic stuff like life extension research and over-funding NASA like we currently do our military. I suppose that would either be senator or White House Cabinet member.
Helicopter pilot, pro motorcyclist/racecar driver, fighter pilot, nightclub owner, Lego master builder, Radiohead manager etc. would all be decent gigs too.
My friend works at some secret government agency (they tried recruiting me, lol). He told me that billionaires have approached them begging to work for the "service." There are some insanely cool jobs that money literally cannot buy.
I guess being crooked hillary does have it's perks.
Shape surfboards (more than the one a year i currently do) Learn to play piano Finally learn how to do the Soulja Boy dance Own an ATL/Hou strip club
Screenwriter
GS TMT IBD BSD MD full preftige.
But to seriously answer your question: i'd run my own little restaurant. Probably be in the kitchen 50% of the time and schmooze with the customers front of house the other 50%
I'm surprised nobody's answered with "porn star" yet--jokingly or otherwise.
We've all been thinking it though..
or hookers and blow.
Shark cage diving tour operator Skydiving instructor Socialite (you get to be rich and party) F1 driver
Teacher, author, screenwriter, basketball coach in a foreign country where basketball is not a major sport.
Left bank intellectual/novelist with a dope apartment in Paris and a cult following stateside.
I would be an investment banker
Pro golfer or Famous Youtuber.
The stoner dude with no job that some how becomes the sausage of a lesbian sandwich on one of those webcam websites.
I'd be a Failed Musician again. I do miss the Trumpet and the competition. That piece of metal hasn't lost a game yet and I miss getting my ass kicked.
Outside of finance, I would pursue my interests in literature, languages, and fine arts. Day to day would consist of reading a diverse selection of material and attending events like plays, operas, concerts. If I had a large amount of money however, I'd still dedicate my time to finance and building an impressive company.
I'd create a fashion line (clothes company) for men and run (a) concert venue(s).
Owning/running a coffee shop in a tiny mountain town in the Rockies A place where you know all the locals, and travelers come through often to keep things interesting
Reservist F-22 Fighter Pilot based out of Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu.
Beach during the week, raptors on the weekend.
Zamboni Driver, easy.
Just don't hit the beers too early and fuck up the ice for my 10:30pm men's league games.
Stripper.
Bison rancher. Hopefully this can still happen as an early working retirement after two decades in AM.
The dream would be an olympic athlete though. Too bad I only grew up playing football.
Bespoke clothier, philosophy professor, small business/angel investor, or sommelier.
Collect welfare checks and get a cash-only side gig to finance a steady supply of booze drugs and hookers
Be a mailman.
I would probably get my Ph.D. in economics and become a quant. Due to limited money I am unable to afford a Ph.D. but possibly may return to school to get it if I am unsatisfied with my career after school. Also, when I was a kid I wanted to be an Archaeologist, however, I quickly realized that it was not the same thing as being Indiana Jones.
I don't know exactly why and how do I say this, but: Medschool holds my first desires, as for when I first like, believed, in doing anything college-related. Lawschool...Well, this may be some type of talent... not that I see I clearly have it, but that I would love to employ it at really big issues in my life, it looks like it would be rather entertaining. Model...well, it's not ideal as I'm a male, and male models don't really make anything like great money.
Finance related role. Like, I'm here. It's okay, should look like I want to really work at the industry while I'm quite young... But, I'm not the guy you'll see just inside of an office for all day long before I have a real family and kids growing, being well fed, way more well educated than I originally was planned to be (But I actually made frequently to the top 5 of anywhere I've ever studied at, sorry to disapoint any of you at this), and to give them an adequate structure to make a great family come in, and for me to actually control most of their activities with very little efforts...So, I'll give a shot at making something entrepreneurially happen into finance (I actually want more than this). Later on I'll try to get exactly at finance, try to lateral to something by using contacts I have (but it's pretty awesome being here, this have a good atmosphere). Anyway, I'm a pretentious guy. I don't put my efforts where I'm not sure to overwhelmingly win. So, that's why I'm not here to give you the real oportunity to step uppon my head.
Accounting, well...I love it. But this is no time to me to actually get my degree into it.
Bodybuilder: Once I was good at it, not that I've been that guy which can't go back to being a normal guy. I just found it amazing. I actually would value more being an actual Fitness Model guy. And I wouldn't make it for money. But, I have no time for it, and I'm not at my teens anymore.
Movie Producer. Hmm, it's a temptation.
Politician...Well, well, well... This is like the biggest temptation on a megalomaniac's life. And a sure No-No for my whole life. I still think about having a supporting role at it...because I'm overcontrolling through and through.
Austrian Economics Institute related role...This is like the ultimate No-No... I'm not morally correct enough to actually help this people. I would sure be one of their worst nightmares and would bring shame on them frequently.
So, I still manage to be a happy person. Even though I'm not the best at having/dealing with feelings.
Co-write for South Park Build a world record air guitar collection Own a left handed coffee mug manufacturing company Follow the executives that approved the production idea of "The View" around all day and criticize their actions until they cancel that show
FBI Special Agent is arguably better in some respects than many aspects of working in the financial services industry. Put in 22ish years and retire with a pension that'll allow you to buy a house near Charlotte or Phoenix and enjoy your life. Plus the hours are fantastic and the comp in certain regions will top out around ~150k.
The private sector fucking sucks man. They hire young blood and by the time you're 26 you've either secured a spot on the escalator up or you're out trying to get into an MS in Accounting Program or becoming a teacher. I'm also quite cynical but pragmatic.
Everyone on these forums thinks they are top bucket. Realistically, only 10% of us are. For the 30% that won't make it past associate even if they stay committed and don't jump, well, you're honestly better off going into accounting. But it is hard to see that far ahead.
I would be an NYPD Officer. I took the test, failed the medical due to spine injuries from playing high school football. My father was a cop, his father a cop, his father a cop..... Long-story short, would've been a 6th generation NYPD Officer. I fucking hate that playing QB in HS cost me that and fucked up my family tradition. At least it looks like my 1st cousin (and only relative outside of my brother) will be picking up the mantle, Still, my family would've actually had the longest direct line of police officers had I not got dinged for my spine issue. No way getting around spinal fractures.
Pro Gamer.
Work extremely hard to change the criminal justice system in the USA. America has the worst prison system of the developed world. We put people who pee on trees and streak on the sex offender list for life. There is bipartisan support for it, even Soros and Koch Brothers have teamed up, but nothing ever seems to get done. Sadly, I don't have a trust fund or the money (yet) to pursue that dream.
Some awesome suggestions. I would either try being a DJ and traveling the world or being a family office / wealth manager who does online consultation while sitting on the beach enjoying one Margarita after the other.
Damn...life could be so good
1) Hotel bar pianist, wearing a white suite and shades 2) Touring car race driver 3) Rap critic 4) Car show host (on TV) 5) Coach kids' sports team, find my inner coaching talent and go on to win a world championship
If I had my way, I'd never work. I'd just stay home all day, watch Scarface 50 times, eat a turkey sandwich, and have sex all fucking day. Then I'd dress up like a clown, and surprise kids at schools. Then I'd take a dump in the back of a movie theater, and just wait until somebody sat in it. Hear it squish. That's funny to me. Then I'd paint, and read, and play violin. I'd climb the mountains, and sing the songs that I like to sing. But I don't got that kinda time.
Classic. SB'd. Loved when his bodyguards carried him away on the sofa.
"I'm shutting the studio down. You gotta get me a picture of a midget, holding these balloons"
My brain almost crashed when I tried to think about it, but:
Professional Gamer (was, but quit), while also working my way towards BEASTMODE in the gym (was on track, but fck injuries).
Poker on a sufficiently high level to explore the world while doing it.
Teacher... no clue why, but I find the idea of helping little crackheads make something good out of themselves. Like, you know, providing those with dumbass parents with some guidance on how to beat life.
The most romantic idea of all - go to my grandparents' village, settle down, run some sort of business, eat healthy and push some race car to the limit on the roads in the area.
I would develop a very particular set of skills...
Would go into government and try to be the next Frank Underwood.
Movie director
And if I could have another go around at applying for undergrad, I'd do a computer science degree.
If you could be anything......... (Originally Posted: 01/05/2007)
So, I finished reading The Accidental Investment Banker. He made a number of references to young MBAs(the best and brightest) blindly going into banking because everyone else was doing it and because of its possibly the most lucrative career after an MBA. Anyway, so lets say that in your dream career(assuming banking is not your dream career) you would make as much as you would as a banker. What would you REALLY like to do as a career for the rest of your life?
be a professor. hello 3 months of summer vaca!
I'll start. If I were to do something besides I Banking after I get my MBA (which is very likely for me-as I am much more driven by passion than money), I would be a basketball sports agent. Although I played football, I would represent basketball players because you can concentrate on a select few of them (maybe 10-15)-thereby giving them more personal attention, and still make a killing. 10 players, $5mm average salary, 4% commission= $2mm/year-NOT including endorsements. If I sign one $5mm guy after b-school, ill quit whatever I'm doing bc that alone would 200k/year. Anyway...anyone else?
I'd like to direct movies or run my own music label.
Either that or work with the FBI or CIA.
an auditor at a big 4 accounting firm
Yea, I definitely wouldn't mind running my own music label.
Race Car Driver - Any form of racing
Professional Jazz Musician...and all the women and booze I can handle...
Patekphilippe, stop being so political. Are you really that into auditing? You are definitely the guy I'd wanna hang out with after a concert...If I had my W-4's by then...
I think it would be cool to be a photographer for National Geographic.
I'd probably be a pornstar.
i was waiting for that one
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State Trooper in VT.
pick up from my high school days and play in the NHL
but banking would absolutely be my second choice. :)
When I finish making my money, I'm going to grow Tempranillo and Monastrell in Paso Robles. No one's doing it, and yet the market is wide open.
Fighter pilot
Chief Design Engineer at BMW
A Model or Actress (but a successful one).
Or, a high level exec for IMG or some designer.
Work at the World Bank. That's my post-MBA goal :)
cool. i would love to work for thw world bank, or failing that the imf at some stage after my finance career.
College Football Head Coach
I'd have my hands in everything.
like Peter Griffin pretends to be at his High School reunion, my dream would be to become a millionnaire-secret-agent-astronaut... or a gynecologist in Beverly Hills or Hollywood (not taking patients over 127 pounds)
No offense, but some of you mentioned really corny careers...I think you know who I'm talking about..
a cia operative or a infastructure consultant to developing nations like the guy in confessions of an economic hitman
Professional Assassin
Ke18sb, I just finished YEARS of struggling through the CIA entry process. It is hell. The testing is lengthy and absurd, spanning everything from brains to psyche to social mores to behavior, and the entire clearance process can take three or more years.
So after starting the process in my junior year, I just finally cut through enough of the red tape for them to make me a firm offer... and it was for $55k.
No amount of benefits are worth that. I told them to go jump in a lake.
I think most people who go into government intelligence actually want the job, almost irregardless of the pay. 55K is sustainable...
I'm curious, what did you think the CIA was going to pay you?
100K plus to listen to wire taps?
hahahahahaha...that is so delusional...
I'd like to be Turtle from the show Entourage.
Baseball broadcaster
i'd be a mercenary. i liked the national geographic photographer idea as well.
I'd like to be a househusband. Chill at home in front of the TV, play tennis in the afternoons, cuise around in my sports car (which I'd actually have time to drive), watch football with my friends in the evening. I wouldn't even mind cooking a few meals or cleaning a bit.
I'm actually serious. Being the male version of Melania Trump sounds pretty sweet to me.
I cannot and do not want to imagine the male version of Melania Trump.
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