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[-] Death__BySnuSnu@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago

Couldn't answer it back then, can't answer it now as an adult.

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

5/10 years is only 6 months away, I'm just gonna wait it out and see

[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Same. I'm 37 and still don't know what I want to be when I grow up, lol

[-] Ilikepornaddict@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 11 months ago

I'm 37 too, I wanted to be a race car driver... I now sell auto parts. I hold the track record at my local go kart track, so that's something lol

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Honestly pretty good outcome, you ended up somewhere close at least

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

If an interviewer asks you what your five year plan is, tell them that you are intent on developing heavy industry by setting ambitious production targets and collectivizing agriculture. Scoff when they raise concerns about consumer goods and badly aligned economic incentives. Assure them that extractivism isn't a failed economic system at all. Your five year plan will win the space race.

Tell them that. Enjoy watching the blood drain from their face. Send them to the gulag if they don't hire you.

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

My glib response is always "doing your job" and then giving a real answer after.

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

If I had a nickel for every time I'd done exactly this in a job interview...

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

You'd be able to afford enough pick'n'mix for a swell time, hmu

[-] banana_meccanica@feddit.it 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

As kid you still can believe something, as adult you know that reach something has nothing to do with beliving but mostly suffering and beg for some of luck.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

My answer? Alive!

So far, so good.

this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2023
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