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Shock Trooper
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What would be your dream occupation if the opportunity and resources were available to you to obtain it? By resources, I mean if you were given enough time flexibility, you didn't need to worry about financial obligations, and you had the right network of people that gave you this dream job.

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"Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison
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Guardian
Member # 2238
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God.

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The critics agree!

Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly!

"I've never heard such thoughtful comments. This man is a genious!" says two-time Nobel Prize winning physicist Erwin Rasputin!
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Shock Trooper
Member # 6102
Profile #2
Don't we all want to be God, to some extent?

Seriously though, I mean an actual job you could have on Earth and not of a super-natural realm that can't be scientifically proven.

[ Friday, July 22, 2005 10:10: Message edited by: Jeros ]

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"Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison
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By Committee
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Profile #3
Professional university student.
Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00
Guardian
Member # 3521
Profile #4
Ferret breeder. Maybe a wine taster or zoo administrator on the side.

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Stughalf

"Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita.
Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00
Agent
Member # 3349
Profile Homepage #5
Profesional Food Critic. Aye, so much food. And paid for it! Mmm!

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And everybody say....Yatta!
Posts: 1287 | Registered: Thursday, August 14 2003 07:00
Shaper
Member # 32
Profile #6
Mathematician (with a Doctorate of course)

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Cogito Ergo Sum
Polaris
Posts: 2462 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Shaper
Member # 5437
Profile #7
quote:
Originally written by Drew:

Professional university student.


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Nena
Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00
Shock Trooper
Member # 3980
Profile Homepage #8
What would you have left to motivate you if you had plenty of money?

1. I would want to be a sponsor for drug development regardless of shareholder value.
TB, HIV/AIDS etc.

2. I would want to BUY the real estate in Palestine form both parties who claim it for themselves.

3. I would want to establish cenralised final exams and pay out bonusses for teachers and students according to their success.

[ Friday, July 22, 2005 10:39: Message edited by: No 2 Methylphenidate ]
Posts: 311 | Registered: Friday, February 13 2004 08:00
Guardian
Member # 2238
Profile Homepage #9
Professional soccer player.

Or even better, professional video game player.

Actually, I want to be a musician. And that seems to be coming true...

[ Friday, July 22, 2005 10:49: Message edited by: demonslaeyr ]

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The critics agree!

Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly!

"I've never heard such thoughtful comments. This man is a genious!" says two-time Nobel Prize winning physicist Erwin Rasputin!
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Agent
Member # 2210
Profile #10
I would buy an entire floor in luxury hotels in perpetuity in Paris, London, Tokyo, San Francisco, Rio De Janeiro and New York. Have them decorated lavishly with art and antiques. Have a permanent staff assigned to each hotel of maid, butler and cook. These would be on a high permanent annual salary, be bonded with a privacy agreement, and would rarely see me because I would be travelling much of the time, relaxing, attending to my investments, or doing charity work. Then I would travel the world at a whim seeing anything I wished. I would not work again for the rest of my life, except for establishing a multi-billion dollar charitable trust to solve the worlds problems. I would also invest some of the money in a fund to buy interest in promising new medical and alternative energy companies. I would buy a modest home for each of my relatives and set up trust funds for their children of several milliion dollars. :rolleyes:

Hah, It is just a joke, I rather like what I do already. I would probably continue doing what I already do, even if I had more money. I won't tell you what it is however.

A while ago Steven Brill tried to create a super content site called Contentville, it failed miserably, due to numerous copyright and other failings. I would like to design and build something similar which covered every type of content in existence, but make it succeed. I haven't found a business model which would work or even remotely make sense though for this kind of site... I sometime daydream about this.

[ Saturday, July 23, 2005 08:22: Message edited by: I'll Steal Your Toast ]

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Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh.

Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight.
Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00
Shaper
Member # 73
Profile #11
...except this thread isn't about what you'd do with tons of money. It's what your dream job would be.
I want to make video games and/or be in a band. In the case of video games, I'd make the games I want to make rather than just what gets me lots of money. Of course, in reality I'll probably have to take the "Will anyone play it" factor into account when making my games, but this isn't reality.

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Law Bringer
Member # 335
Profile Homepage #12
quote:
Originally written by I'll Steal Your Toast:

Rich dilettante
FYTLDR

—Alorael, who would be happy with a nice sinecure and plenty of free time to pursue interests. Lab research is good too. Put together, his ideal job would be taking credit for the work of abused graduate students while puttering.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
? Man, ? Amazing
Member # 5755
Profile #13
National Geographic photographer.

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Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00
Master
Member # 4614
Profile Homepage #14
Hmmmm

I'm thinking either an astronomer, a programmer, of a college professer. Or all three at once.

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RIFQ
Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00
Too Sexy for my Title
Member # 5654
Profile #15
Hotel Manager
Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00
Shock Trooper
Member # 643
Profile #16
Painting Bikini's on women.

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Fine Meal is people!!!
Posts: 289 | Registered: Saturday, February 16 2002 08:00
Infiltrator
Member # 154
Profile #17
Practically:
Network Engineer.

Impractically:
Evil overlord, underground fortress*, maglev train links throughout planet and/or solar system.

*Featuring highly developed custom network, hybrid of thin clients, virtual machines, something vaugely like a movie theatre, and the intelligence and adaptability (immune system etcetera) of organic systems.

[ Friday, July 22, 2005 16:43: Message edited by: Kakakaka ]

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Inconsistently backward.
SWOH. IM, PATF, ND.
Posts: 612 | Registered: Saturday, October 13 2001 07:00
Apprentice
Member # 4001
Profile Homepage #18
quote:
Originally written by Electorael:

quote:
Rich dilettante
FYTLDR

Fixed your too long damn ramble?

[ Friday, July 22, 2005 16:44: Message edited by: Aran, The Eternally Late ]
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By Committee
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Profile #19
"Fixed your too long didn't read"
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E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
Profile Homepage #20
I'd keep the one I've got.

Well, actually I'd probably go to a different station, one that isn't in Canberra. But basically the same job.

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Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Shaper
Member # 5450
Profile Homepage #21
I would like to play AFL for a living. Its great.

Either that, of something to do with science.

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I'll put a Spring in your step.

Polaris
Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00
Apprentice
Member # 4001
Profile Homepage #22
quote:
Originally written by Drew:

"Fixed your too long didn't read"
But you have to admit, my guess had something. :P
Posts: 21 | Registered: Tuesday, February 17 2004 08:00
Law Bringer
Member # 335
Profile Homepage #23
I'll go with Aran's, actually. It's slighty closer to not making Baby Grammar Jesus cry.

—Alorael, who woudn't mind being a professional turnip, either. It would at least be a good conversation piece. You can't deny that!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
Member # 919
Profile #24
I'd probably be a professional musician of some kind. In reality I'd hate to be a concert pianist, but I'm assuming this isn't reality we're discussing. If it is, I'd rather be an independent rocker.

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And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it.
-The Last Pendragon

Polaris = joy.

In case of emergency, break glass.
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