Comments on: What you think you will be in the future, and where you actually end up

By: ELTONO

ELTONO — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:48:15 +0000

Wait, is it just me, or is this graph the first in a 3 page repeat of front page graphs?

By: Roflsneezia

Roflsneezia — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:51:44 +0000

C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!(again)

By: point_

point_ — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:07 +0000

omg!!!! mine too!!!!!

By: Somepartsareme

Somepartsareme — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:07:24 +0000

OP thread.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:31:44 +0000

Nice.

By: Kebab

Kebab — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:58:48 +0000

Hahahaha cracked me up!

By: tahrey

tahrey — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:55 +0000

Reality check: An AWFUL LOT of college students will also end up cubicle slaves/till jockeys. Maybe middle management if you’re lucky.

And a surprising amount become teachers, which depending on your standpoint is somewhere either far off the top, or the bottom of this chart.

I’m in a sort of wierd no-man’s land where my job is officially speaking office based, but is actually quite hands on and interesting. Dunno where that falls on here… certainly, doing night shifts at Walmart would be more lucrative, but they took one look at “college educated” and “early 20s” on my resume (after I got desperate enough for work to try, but before i learned to target-edit my applications) and slam dunked it in favour of some other guys who are just bright enough to get dressed and make it in on time, and offer *some* degree of customer service and shelf-stacking, but not so much that they get lippy with the managers or move on to another job if it starts to get too soul crushing…

By: D

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:34:48 +0000

Hey, just because you might be an underachiever, doesn’t mean the rest of us are deluded =P

j/k, j/k.

By: meetooo

meetooo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:13:41 +0000

My daughter started as a receptionist at a .com at 17, and now is the lead purchaser (cube slave and middle management as well) at 25. She makes enough to have bought a 2500 square foot home on 2 acres of land in a posh hood near Atlanta. Go cube!
It depends on what you do in your cube and how happy you are doing it. She never worked at any crap job.

By: meetooo

meetooo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:08:59 +0000

It does make my day!! ALSO – I just found out my ex is in jail. WIN! Wow – maybe I should play the lotto…

By: D

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:19:38 +0000

Well I guess we don’t know each other
I’m 23 now, but started this job at 20… Go, cubicle, go!

And, I’ve since been promoted from a role where I supported middle management to BEING middle-management (although I’m still in the same cube).
I was never a drive-through clerk, though, so hopefully the graph’s failure to match my past profession is a good sign that it’s not predicting my future professions!

By: Former Seller Of Smut

Former Seller Of Smut — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:06:16 +0000

You’re right.. 50 is too young.

By: Former Seller Of Smut

Former Seller Of Smut — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:05:10 +0000

My degree got me this awesome job as a cashier in Target. Yay economy!

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:51:28 +0000

How deluded must one be to think they’re going to be middle management at 20?

By: cj

cj — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:40:56 +0000

Bleak!

By: ...

... — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:03:47 +0000

I don’t know anyone with a cubicle job at 20. Walmart greeter at 50? Fail.

By: Some Bloke

Some Bloke — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:27:07 +0000

See ya at McDonalds!

By: teezboy

teezboy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:39:24 +0000

hmm apparently lots of people think that these are all the jobs there are.. kinda sad :/

By: Redneck_Rebel

Redneck_Rebel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:07:19 +0000

This graph is the embodiment (engraphment?) of WIN!

By: oobergoober

oobergoober — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:37:32 +0000

so.
true.
That’s exactly what I was imagining myself.
:’(/:’)

By: CCCCcollege

CCCCcollege — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:04:34 +0000

The maker of the graph seems like his hopes were crushed, I dont know about him, but I plan on finishing college and being successful, more so than just some salary worker, Im reaching for the top!

By: cellomir

cellomir — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:42:49 +0000

WIN WIN WIN!!! That would make my day, and I bet it made yours!

By: annoying

annoying — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:04:32 +0000

sixth

By: Heath

Heath — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:30:52 +0000

Schadenfreude is a win for everyone! The guy who terrorised me (physically and emotionally) for seven years of school is STILL, thirty years later, doing odd jobs just to pay the bills. Ha ha!

I have to wonder about the graph, though. If by 40 you’re a cube slave and still have dreams about a Fortune 500 CEO position, maybe you’ve got more ideals than actual ambition/drive.

By: LOLTapeworm

LOLTapeworm — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:21:48 +0000

I wanted to be a fast food clerk, but I ended up being an astronaut

By: research guy

research guy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:39:26 +0000

before any of that, I wanted to be an astronaut

By: meetooo

meetooo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:34:47 +0000

This is why I went to college – to hopefully avoid wearing a paper hat and asking if you want fries with that. Over the weekend I saw a boss that was really nasty to me (years ago before I got a degree) – and he was a stocker in the back room at Walmart. At that point I wish I’d ordered something really heavy – and “oh can you take it out to my Mercedes???”
Just thought I’d share my schadenfreude win moment.

By: CellBlock

CellBlock — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:24:16 +0000

Middle management and cubicle slave really aren’t that different, so you don’t miss by much.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:15:25 +0000

I love you.

By: Fanta-Rainer

Fanta-Rainer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:53:55 +0000

C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!

By: Random Wanker with no sense of humor

Random Wanker with no sense of humor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:25:40 +0000

Fifth

By: Bart

Bart — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:24:50 +0000

Fourth !

By: Gdd

Gdd — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:23:52 +0000

Third

By: rory

rory — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:22 +0000

second

By: kmzr

kmzr — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:00 +0000

first