Exactly what I have been doing for the last 30 years. It's not quite what I envisioned back then, but I get to look at the tops of clouds every day when I go to work which was about the coolest thing in the world to 6 year old me.

Apparently...so I've been told , a truck...an Army Truck .

I always wanted to be a police officer, and joined the military with that goal in mind.

I found out while in the Marines that I'm not a fan of being shot at, and my aspirations of being a cop came to an end.

Life has a funny way of steering you in other directions sometimes.

Forest/park service ranger. I thought it’d be riding ATVs with a rifle through the woods all day and get paid for it.

A healthy and interesting older person. Based on kicking ass on my 18 miles fixed gear bike ride the other day, I may have accomplished the first goal.

Thanks to McHales Navy and the Movie "PT 109", I wanted to be in the Navy on a PT boat. In fifth grade I decided to become a Marine.

Lock N Load

Michael
USMC (Ret)

As a kid, a pilot, but reality got in the way for many years. Then I learned to fly in my late 20's. Later in life, after working in computers, I wanted to just sit on a beach chair, drink rum and cokes and piss my pants. This all fell into place.

A priest. Like Q, being a physician was never in my mind. God has a funny way of steering people in the right direction. Either way, I would’ve been an instrument of His healing.

I always wanted to be a cop. Ended up in the Marine Corps, then onto driving trucks. Little dump trucks, big dump trucks, lowboys hauling equipment. Now I drive an off road mining truck, some of the biggest in the world. A Komatsu 930e.

Police officer. I became one. It is not a job for me.

Fighter pilot. As I got older a Navy fighter pilot. Dang, those guys are cool, I never could step in their foot prints.

Soldier
Then a policeman..

I became a sailor
Then a cop

My childhood home was in the flight path for Wright-Patterson AFB. So I wanted to be a pilot.
Too lazy in school though.

Pilot and soldier. Joined the Army but never flew.

Airline Captain, ended up being an Airline Captain.

airborne soldier

checked that block -- not for a career though

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I don't remember anything specific. Probably wanted to be a cowboy. My high school yearbook says I wanted to be a political scientist. I got the degree and thought I wanted to teach. However, when I got back from RVN, there were no history/civics jobs available. The school where I student taught offered me a job teaching science, but I turned it down.

Got a state civil service job as a veteran's counselor then got an interviewing job with an insurance company. After 10 years, I transferred to the fleet dept and sold used cars for 20 years. I was always a salesman, the last job was just the culmination.

Been retired for 13 years now and still don't know what I want to be.

Paleontologist

Chef
My mother told me that would be a fine hobby, but study for a real job with higher success rate. A little harsh.
Yeah, I thanked her later.
(No disrespect to chefs of course, it’s still a close second!)

At the risk of ridicule, I wanted to be James Bond.