I wanted to go into archeology or game warden .. unfortunately life had other plans for me… what did you guys want to do, did you succeed on getting it??

I never knew. Still don't.

I got business degrees because I figured I could always get a job but had no idea what I wanted to be. I gravitated to commercial real estate appraisal and found I was good at it and really enjoyed it. I lucked out.

After high school I spent four years in a catholic seminary in Philadelphia (st Charles boromeo). Got my BA in philosophy with minors in Latin and Greek.
Left the seminary and worked as a carpenter for several years, something I always did in summers during high school and college. Was an easy skill to fall back on when I needed employment after college. Had great teachers on the jobs and loved carpentry.
Got a part time night job at a bank to help pay off college debt, and loved working for the bank.
Got my MBA and have been working at the bank for last 35 years managing interest rate risk, derivatives portfolios, MSRs, fair value accounting, and pro forma models.

How’s that for NOT doing what I started out to do after high school?
Jim

Trap,hunt,and fish

After high school went to UMC. Wanted to be a vet. Learned real fast I did not have smarts ( to many social events ) and did not have the needed pull to get into vet school and got a BS in forestry fisheries and wildlife. Worked for state for 28 years and retired. Now I just fish hunt and trap. Also lost my hearing from guns but it has its advantages.

Didn't know at the time. Had some letters of interest to play football at a few colleges but still didn't have an idea what I was going to major in. So just went off to work and another year and a half I hope to retire. Then trap, hunt and fish.

Went and got a four year degree and the oil industry tanked lol all worked out well in the end

The only thing I ever wanted to do was farm. That's all I've ever done.

I wanted to farm too. Took four years of General Ag at Oregon State (didn't graduate) then went back to take over family farm. Got bored after a few years and joined the Peace Corps. Got stationed in Ecuador's Amazon region working on an AID funded agroforestry project. Really enjoyed my two years there and became a fluent Spanish speaker.

Came back to the farm and have been here ever since. Farming summer and trapping during winter. Just retired, (should say draw social security), but will need to keep on farming to pay the bills. Never had a pension of any type and never made enough to save anything. Still depend on my trapping income too.

I had a contract in the movie industry but some guy named Ron Jeremy had a better mustache, so they went with him instead.

Stay out of Vietnam if possible.

Now that is a tough break.

Back in the day, a mustache must have meant something else.

I wanted to be the next E.J. Dailey. Must say I failed miserably. All I could think abut was trapping. Fur prices were pretty poor at that time. I did not have the money, skills or experience to be a lure maker and professional trapper so tended and old fashioned mason. Mix mortar by hand with a hoe and a motor tub. Lugged brisk, stone, cement blocks and mortar for about three years, also learned to lay brick, stone and blocks. Went into the carpentry game and worked my way up the long ladder. In my late thirties.
Worked in an office for a couple years doing estimating primarily, writing contracts, looking at jobs, working with vendors and some drawing. Hated that.
Went to college and all the time before that I did not think I could spell college. Taught carpentry at a technical school for 23. years until a bunch of teacher and kid hating board members got elected or appointed and cut programs. At age 70 I am still working doing code enforcement and plumbing inspections. The pay is good but it is not a fund job.
I am unsure for certain, but I think I have to give up dreaming about becoming that famous trapper.

Mac

Got out of college and raised a family. Never used college degree per se. But used all that knowledge in a different way in life and still use it today. Worked the farm and built pools time. Two jobs and a family took most of my time but still found a little to trap hunt and fish

Went to gun school, Trinidad and then went to to working in the gun trade. Wanted to move to Montana, or Wyo.. or Idaho. Went to work in Montana in 81' Got hit with disability but still messing around in the shop

It’s amazing how many people invest in an education by going into debt with student loans and don’t stick with the field they picked it hard to comprehend the waste of money.

Get a job first then figure everything else out after that.

Veterinarian was my interest.