Career Questioner Gifts

"I need to find out if I'm working to live or just living to work. Pull together the numbers that make sense out of it all."

'When I grow up, I want to be a hydraulic engineer...'

'I don't like heights...maybe that's why I've had so many low points in my life.'

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

"Some advice please...How do I squeeze 9 days work into 5 and still see my family?"

'So Kyle - have you considered the challenges of van driving?'

"The little engine that could... after taking advantage of family connections, a trust fund, working two years for free as an intern, and finally getting hired as an independent contractor."

'He's going to be an estate agent, just like his Dad.'

"He wants to be a plastic surgeon when he grows up."

'I chose my field on what would put the most impressive initials after my name.'

'He's majoring in cave hydrology with, obviously, the ultimate aim of being a caveman like his Dad.'

'So, what do you want to be when you grow up: rebel scum or loyal servant of the supreme android republic?'

"I'm good at ticking boxes."

Day one, post grad

'Where do you see yourself in five minutes?'

"Your father would be able to afford to send you to a good college if only he had listened to me when he was your age!"

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

'This stuff is all well and good son, but when are you going to get a proper job?'

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

"How would you rate your toleration for risk?"

"Baldo, I don't care what you are...as long as you're good at it."

'I don't believe in pressuring my children. When the time is right, they'll arrive at the default choice and go to law school.'

'Nothing serious. I just hate my job.'

'Now,they're going to teach you to talk, but remember, after you learn how.stay away from religion or politics.'

'Son I want you to Follow in My Footsteps.'

'Kids, if I'd gotten into computers, instead of baseball, I'd have a job now!'

"Remember, son, you can be anything you want to be...except for maybe an aroma therapist."

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

"Exscuse me, but I think I'm in the wrong shaped hole."

"I'm going to make you a stay-at-home mom."

"Yes, but is 'Bigfoot enthusiast' an actual job?"

'I thought I'd put in the details later.'

"I just don't know what to do with myself in that long stretch after college but before social security."