What's your future?

[Blacklightbulb]

OK this MIGHT be interesting.

So, do you have any idea where you will be a few YEARS from now?? Any plan to change the usual routine? I'm bored. I need interesting answers, please.

My future is quite blurry right now. I don't even have anything planned for tomorrow. I need inspirations. :-k

[mamamia88]

i have 2 years left of college hopefully i'm done then

[NovaAesa]

2.5 years of uni left, then hopefully I'll be onto post-graduate studies.

[Mornedhel]

On a PhD thesis, up to three years from now.

Later I plan to pursue an academic career.

[dragos240]

2.5 years of uni left, then hopefully I'll be onto post-graduate studies.

Your avvy looks like Bam Margera.

[andru183]

i just quit my job and started using ubuntu to give me a push to start learning programming so i wana see where ill end up in two years.... class question

[credobyte]

I'm not sure if we can call it /future/, however, moving to another country and getting a degree in IT sphere .. oh and, having fun :P

[instantkarma]

2 short-term goals of mine are: moving out of where I am now and taking a trip to europe.

[DeadSuperHero]

I'm going to get my Computer Information Systems transfer degree, finish up a Computer Engineering degree somewhere, and then move to San Francisco. I will do everything I can to work at Google. After about 15 years, I will start my own Free Software computer manufacturing company, Liberated Machines, and I'll start a family in a tolerant neighborhood with my significant other.

[raronson]

I find myself on the planet Otho, part of an intellectual elite preparing to subjugate the barbarian hordes of Pluto. And although this is a convincing reality for me in every way imaginable, I know that I am mentally divergent. Otho is actually a construct of my psyche. I am divergent, in that, I go there to escape certain unnamed realities which plague me in this world. When I stop going there, I will be well. Are you, divergent too, friend?

(L.J. Washington, a character from the film Twelve Monkeys--but I can relate...)

[Blacklightbulb]

2 short-term goals of mine are: moving out of where I am now and taking a trip to europe.


I'm not sure if we can call it /future/, however, moving to another country and getting a degree in IT sphere .. oh and, having fun :P

You two remembered my number 1 plan to get out of here (my hideous country) before mark 1/1/2011


i just quit my job and started using ubuntu to give me a push to start learning programming so i wana see where ill end up in two years.... class question

You've got courage. If you want to find a programming job easily go for micro, low-level programming. It's not that more difficult than High Level but you use completely different methodologies.

Eh right, ........... and it requires a bit ( a LOT ) more study so after all I think it isn't worth it.

[Blacklightbulb]

I'm going to get my Computer Information Systems transfer degree, finish up a Computer Engineering degree somewhere, and then move to San Francisco. I will do everything I can to work at Google. After about 15 years, I will start my own Free Software computer manufacturing company, Liberated Machines, and I'll start a family in a tolerant neighborhood with my significant other.

Eh, is this sarcasm or what?:confused: It's nice you planned everything for the next 25 years but things aren't always straight forward. If you want to enter business and want to be successful don't focus on the tech side more than you business side. Hope everything goes well with you. I once had a similar plan but I figured quite early that it would be quite a boring life.:(


I find myself on the planet Otho, part of an intellectual elite preparing to subjugate the barbarian hordes of Pluto. And although this is a convincing reality for me in every way imaginable, I know that I am mentally divergent. Otho is actually a construct of my psyche. I am divergent, in that, I go there to escape certain unnamed realities which plague me in this world. When I stop going there, I will be well. Are you, divergent too, friend?

(L.J. Washington, a character from the film Twelve Monkeys--but I can relate...)

The film is awesome. Indeed the only sci-fic flick I liked.

[DeadSuperHero]

Eh, is this sarcasm or what?:confused: It's nice you planned everything for the next 25 years but things aren't always straight forward. If you want to enter business and want to be successful don't focus on the tech side more than you business side. Hope everything goes well with you. I once had a similar plan but I figured quite early that it would be quite a boring life.:(


Hey, it's my dream. I find no problem in planning that far ahead, it helps me focus on what I'm doing with my life right now to help get me where I want to be in life.

[Hyper Tails]

When I graduate, I got to stay back another year to get more credits.........

[MikeTheC]

My future is inextricably linked to whatever happens in the U.S., as that's where I live. At this time, I do not have very high hopes or expectations for our economy, so while I still feel compelled to obtain a college degree, I do not believe it to be the magic pill that so many others seem to think it is for them.

Fundamentally, I believe the various problems in this country (economic, political and social) have been going on for so long and have become so entrenched that there's no way to get a consensus of opinion and, therefore, solve and eliminate the actual underlying problems. I honestly believe that, from here on out, any return-to-wealth periods will strictly be artificial bubbles who's eventual collapse will be ever more disasterous for us all.

[swoll1980]

I will probably be digitizing medical records 3 years from now. How exiting! They say that will keep information systems security specialist busy for the next 10 years. The pay is good too.

[khelben1979]

I'm hoping to have evolved in different subjects. To be better than I am today. Get better at cooking, taking care of plants, giving better tech support.

To sum it up: to contain more knowledge and more experience on all the things I'm doing today.

When it comes to career which I would benefit from financially, I have no idea. I do, however, know what I'm interested in so I will continue that path and then I'll see.

[lisati]

Where I am today isn't exactly where I thought I'd be whilst a teenager (assuming I gave it much thought in the first place), but a couple of dreams have been fulfilled, kind of: own computer gear, video gear. Having probably lived more of my life than I've got left, I'm hesitant to guess where I'll be in the future.

[Giant Speck]

Well, my six-year enlistment in the Air Force will be up in 2013. I'm not sure right now if I'm going to re-enlist or not. Regardless, I want to pursue a degree in meteorology along the way, either using Tuition Assistance while still in the military or using the Montgomery G.I. Bill to pay for college after my enlistment is up.

[Little Bit]

I would love to run my own dance studio one day!

[TheNosh]

in college i'll major in studio art, then i'll hopefully be able to make money as an artist

at some point i want to do some humanitarian work in africa (probably at least after college though)

[stwschool]

My future is inextricably linked to whatever happens in the U.S., as that's where I live. At this time, I do not have very high hopes or expectations for our economy, so while I still feel compelled to obtain a college degree, I do not believe it to be the magic pill that so many others seem to think it is for them.

Fundamentally, I believe the various problems in this country (economic, political and social) have been going on for so long and have become so entrenched that there's no way to get a consensus of opinion and, therefore, solve and eliminate the actual underlying problems. I honestly believe that, from here on out, any return-to-wealth periods will strictly be artificial bubbles who's eventual collapse will be ever more disasterous for us all.
My country (the UK) was screwed too. Do what I did and move. A degree will get you pretty much anything you want out there in the rest of the world.

[stwschool]

My country (the UK) was screwed too. Do what I did and move. A degree will get you pretty much anything you want out there in the rest of the world.
Oh and my future? Probably explore Asia for a few more years and then wander down to Africa and see what I find. I'm enjoying myself a lot out here, moving abroad is well worth doing and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to get some real life experience. Travel to as many cool places as you can, you might learn something!

[iponeverything]

Oh and my future? Probably explore Asia for a few more years and then wander down to Africa and see what I find. I'm enjoying myself a lot out here, moving abroad is well worth doing and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to get some real life experience. Travel to as many cool places as you can, you might learn something!

I agree, there is are few substitutes for traveling around the developing world -- for opening ones eyes.

In a few weeks I will be in Dushanbe, Tajikistan for 2 years and then maybe back to Afghanistan or SE Asia.

My advice for anyone is don't let life just happen to you. It takes a lot more effort to go out there, recognize opportunities and cultivate relationships than its does to just sit back and let things happen -- But when you think about, you really don't have anything loose and always jumping off into the unknown is sure way of making things happen.

I am going to keep mixing things up, as I have found change to be quite addictive.

[sharathpaps]

I just attended an interview today to join a 3 year post-graduate course in Anaesthesia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthesia#Anesthesiologists.2FAnaesthetists_.28me dically-trained_physicians.29) which I have a very good hope of clearing. So if everything works out well I'll be starting work on the first of August.:-) . If only a month ago someone told me that I would be 'passing gas' for a living, I wouldn't have believed them. Kinda brings me to something I read somewhere.. I quote:
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

[.Maleficus.]

I'm a Senior in high school so I'll be graduating this year. So, for the short term:

1. Applying to college in a month or two.
2. Taking AP tests early/mid 2010.
3. Graduating.
4. Hopefully get accepted to one of my top choices of schools and leaving for school.

Depending on the school I go to, long term will be a little different.

1. UW Lacrosse (http://www.uwlax.edu/) (my first choice) - Go into their new accelerated CS/SE program which will get me my BS in CS and Master's degree in SE in 5 years. From there, I will either apply for a job or look into more schooling.

2. UW Madison (http://www.wisc.edu/) (second choice) - Do whatever required studies are until I can apply for their CS program. Go to step 1.

There are other college's I'm looking at too but it'll basically be the same process as 1 and 2.

[Blacklightbulb]

in college i'll major in studio art, then i'll hopefully be able to make money as an artist

at some point i want to do some humanitarian work in africa (probably at least after college though)

I went to on a humanitarian mission to Peru and north Argentina two years ago. A really good experience if you don't mind living without the usual commodities.


Oh and my future? Probably explore Asia for a few more years and then wander down to Africa and see what I find. I'm enjoying myself a lot out here, moving abroad is well worth doing and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to get some real life experience. Travel to as many cool places as you can, you might learn something!


I agree, there is are few substitutes for traveling around the developing world -- for opening ones eyes.

In a few weeks I will be in Dushanbe, Tajikistan for 2 years and then maybe back to Afghanistan or SE Asia.

My advice for anyone is don't let life just happen to you. It takes a lot more effort to go out there, recognize opportunities and cultivate relationships than its does to just sit back and let things happen -- But when you think about, you really don't have anything loose and always jumping off into the unknown is sure way of making things happen.

I am going to keep mixing things up, as I have found change to be quite addictive.

My future is kinda leaning in that direction. I figure there are some advantages in living in "not so developed countries". In the mean time, I working my back off to get out of this really civilized country (by all peoples standards but mine, civilized huh).

[0per4t0r]

I'm in the local middle school in eighth grade right now, so a few years later I'd figure that I would be in high school. :)

[OrbJinzo]

I have no clue what im gonna in the next few years. Prolly get older and slower.

[heroidi]

I wanna be a programmer or something like that... anything with computers normally :D.

[meeples]

i plan to work in spain for a while, get my own place, and hopefully have a career lol.

[RiceMonster]

I graduate in december 2010 after 6 in school semesters and 3 work term semesters. I'm currently in my first work term and will be doing my second in september. I'll probably be doing something IT related at a bank, as I'm currently at a bank right now and will be at a different bank next semester. What technology I'll be working with, I don't know yet. This semester I'm working with mainframes and next semester I'll be working with Linux servers and some other things.