Zippy Promotion Forums The Chill Zone General Chat Area What did you want to be when you grew up?

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that?

I wanted to be a video game tester lol. That didn't happen but honestly I think I'm happy it didn't. Most testers are assigned one specific part to test over and over again, and it can be draining. Also game testers were not treated right back in the day.

I wanted to go into law enforcement when I was growing up.

I'm kinda glad I didn't go into that line of work now. I wish I had gone to collect or at least looked at that a little more closely.

I wanted to be a police officer.

Then, as I grew older, I wanted to be a homicide detective specializing in cold cases because I feel like those victims are often forgotten.

After I got my B.S. in law enforcement, I decided to pursue an M.S. in Anti-terrorism and counterintelligence studies. I had planned to move to the Langley area and try to get on withthe CIA, DIA, or some other intelligence agency to be an analyst or a case officer.

Long story short, I fell in love where I was born and raised and never left.

I do surveillance for the gaming industry now, and we do a lot of both law enforcement-related work and a whole lot of intelligence work. So, I'm kind of doing what I wanted to do, only not for the US Government, which is probably a good thing right now.

It sounds like the job you got was a lot better. You get to do what you wanted without having to worry so much about getting hurt on the job.