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'What do I do for a living?? Isn't it obvious?'

"I'm sorry my Boy, but you're just not built for a career in Law"

"The typical arc - child prodigy, boy wonder, flash in the pan."

'You're at that awkward age where the others have figured out that you're a drone and you don't do anything.'

"I didn't want the family business but ten years ago on take-your-child-to-work day my father wouldn't let me go home again."

The Hive, Inc. You mean I'll always be a worker, with no chance of advancement?

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

'I like the part of your resume where you didn't ask for a raise for 10 years.'

'I feel like I'm in a rut, too!'

'Where do you see yourself in five minutes?'

'I've been thinking about quitting, but it's the only thing that gets me out of the house.'

"She said that she's against combing marriage with a career....so I quit my job."

'This is the age of specialisation - you can't be a hunter AND a gatherer.'

"Use your head, follow your heart and go with your gut."

'Nothing serious. I just hate my job.'

'And the recruiter from IBM - did you also tell him that at college you mostly sat on a rock by the sea, trying to find yourself?'

'At least hanging around street corners reminds us we're at a crossroads in our lives.'

Glenn Hoddle

"I think we might already have lost the next set of graduates, they don't see us offering a career path..."

'I'm a hunter with gatherer tendencies...'

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

'Any backup plan in case your dream of becoming a YouTube sensation doesn't pan out?'

School of Baristas

'You're never going to follow me in my trade, Son - you may as well go to university.'

'Then after 'A' Levels I did an NVQ in Cleansing and Hygiene.'

'You were a boring accountant in ten previous lives.'

Career center: 'I'm planning to replace Katie Couric when she retires!'

"I wasn't smart enough for college. So instead of a diploma and a quarter million of debt all I've got is a growing plumbing business and a steady income."

'If you knew that economics was the 'dismal science,' why did you become an economist?'

'The meaning of life?.. You want the next mountain along.'

"I don't know, Baldo. I like being an assistant manager and all...but I'm not sure this job is for me."

"I'm thinking of getting out of medicine completely… or volunteering in a third world country to do my liposuction."

"Do I want the job? Huh, I never thought about it like that."

Your Best Years/Your Uncertain Future

"Why don't you become a boxer? Haha, just kidding!"