I don’t care about the kids under 30. The funnier the better, and the older you are the more I want to know: what would you like to be when you grow up?
Achievable goals fall short of true potential.

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    11 days ago

    I just want to stop feeling imposter syndrome. I’m nearing 50, at work everyone seems to think I am one of the most competent people they have met in my field. I get the hard problems, get dragged into lots of projects as a technical consultant. And yet internally, I forever feel like I’m “faking it until I make it”. Like I’m one question away from being unmasked as a kid playing at knowing what I am doing. Consciously, I know I am not and that I’m actually pretty good at this. But, every time I get a meeting request from my boss, I still get a moment of panic thinking, “this is it, I’m about to be fired”. That’s what I want from “growing up”, to just not feel that feeling constantly.

    Also, I want to be independently wealthy when I grow up. Fuck this whole work thing.

    • gjoel@programming.dev
      3·
      10 days ago

      I would have that. If not for the fact that no one around me seems to have any clue what’s going on (either). You don’t have to be perfect, no one is. Everyone knows no one is. But compared to the people around you, who are also putting up facades, maybe you’re actually doing a pretty good job?

  • algernon@lemmy.ml
    6·
    10 days ago

    If I grow up, I failed. 43 years and counting, I’m still on the winning path. Aged? Yes. Matured? A bit. Grew up? Hell no.

  • Vinny_93@lemmy.world
    5·
    11 days ago

    I want to run a nice and simple wine bar where wine enthusiasts can get an affordable glass of wine based on my data driven recommendations. I want the place to be a chill hang with music, comfy seats and sandwiches and stuff.

    If I had the money I wouldn’t even need it to be profitable.

    • gjoel@programming.dev
      2·
      10 days ago

      That sounds cool. Have new people entering taste 3-5 wines and score them. Based on that they get a recommendation. Score that to further refine the tasting profile. When they return they can just enter a code or scan a card from last time to pick up their profile to keep evolving it.

      • Vinny_93@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 days ago

        Yeah I personally don’t like you need an account for everything and data gathering and all but this can be completely anonymous, no marketing, no e-mail phone number anything required.

        Maybe link it to your Vivino but only if you want.

  • Go-On-A-Steam-Train@lemmy.ml
    2·
    9 days ago

    I want to be a great parent, and be able to make games and/or music for a living - dream I shall!

    Short of that, I want to have a pet penguin and live in a quirky house by the sea like a character in some kids book, that sounds excellent.

  • gjoel@programming.dev
    2·
    10 days ago

    So many things. Sometimes I feel like going into politics, because everything there is so crazy. I take this as a sign that my brain is fried from too many meetings.

    It would be cool to do a startup making something cool, but honestly I don’t want to put in the extra hours and I don’t want to risk the comfortable lifestyle my current job provides.

  • Tracaine@lemmy.world
    31·
    11 days ago

    I would like to be with two chicks at the same time. Other than that, nothing. I want to be happy and I think that would make me pretty happy for quite awhile.