Career Questioner Pillows

"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!'

"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."

"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?'

'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.'

Day one, post grad

'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."

'Where do you see yourself in five minutes?'

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

"I don't get it. I got a job at a fulfillment center and yet I'm still miserable!"

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

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

"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!"

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

"How would you rate your toleration for risk?"

'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.'

'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?'

'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.'

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

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

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

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

'Something that'll get me googled,'

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

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

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

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