Where do you want to be 10 years from now? Are you on the right track now?

[Dionysus]

I don't think this is a good question (as much as some people may deny it, we don't know what the future holds for us) and I hate it when employers ask me that in interviews. I just make up something.

I don't know where I will be 10 days from now, let alone 10 years. I don't have any specific goals, as long as I have some form of employment that will pay my bills, student loans, and rent I'm content.

As for 5 years ago, again I don't set goals, but I wouldn't have guessed I would get a master's degree in education. I spontaneously applied for grad school after graduation. A complete different career turn from marketing/advertising.

[ThetaPrincess24]

I take it as a goals for right now question. I'm a perfect example of how goals change like the wind.

But since cheerfulgreek asked:

I'd like to have a baby of my own (biological or adopted)
At minimum I'd like to be a territory manager for a pharmaceutical sales company (I have one in mind but i wont name it here)
MBA and/or Masters in Public Health
Doctorate in Public Health

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

I don't think this is a good question (as much as some people may deny it, we don't know what the future holds for us) and I hate it when employers ask me that in interviews. I just make up something.

I don't know where I will be 10 days from now, let alone 10 years. I don't have any specific goals, as long as I have some form of employment that will pay my bills, student loans, and rent I'm content.

As for 5 years ago, again I don't set goals, but I wouldn't have guessed I would get a master's degree in education. I spontaneously applied for grad school after graduation. A complete different career turn from marketing/advertising.

lol Dionysus, I agree. I don't like it when employers ask that question either, especially by the low end jobs that no one really wants to make a career out of anyway. I'm talking about where you want to be in the next 10 years in regards to your career. I wasn't asking where you think you "will" be, but where you "want" to be.

[cheerfulgreek]

5 years ago I was 20 and yes, I'm somewhat where I said I was going to be, so I think I'm on the right track. I'm a few years behind because I was out of undergrad for a year and a half to take care of my dad when he was sick, plus I had a dual major. I did end up going back to finish, got into vet school and I'm hoping to be done on time. In the next 10 years I'll be 35. I'm hoping by that time, I'll have a successful practice of my own, and a family of my own would be nice too.

I'll have to wait and see though. Know one knows what the future holds.