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What did/do you want to be when you grew/grow up? (feddit.org)

submitted 5 hours ago by ki4jgt@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My favorite ice breaker. What do/did you want to be as an adult?

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[–] zener_diode@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Used to be "oh, I want to do something with computers and programming".

By now that's solidified into either some sort of sysadmin, or something in the field of designing microprocessors.

I'm also considering instead training to become an ATC after I'm done with my CS degree.