Ideally, where do you see yourself in 5 to 10 years?

[Atramental]

I still have a hard time answering this since so much can change within 5 years but *eh* I guess I would say:
Living in a nice little house, that's completely powered by solar panels, where I just do fun and creative things all day. 

[disclaimer: this is assuming the world as a whole isn't a smoldering hellscape]

[toku]

Before anyone posts in here I just want to say writing these things down (or typing) can be powerful. That's why they call it spelling, be careful about what you're casting. Bless up

[Boogie]

I see myself being old as fuck. 

Career:  Being in a supervisory/managerial position. (already have my name in for a few promotions, so the next two months will see whether I get on that track or not).  Though, 10 years from now will also put me in range of thinking more about retirement than work (that will put me at 19 years of service.  Can go at 25, but always saw myself hitting 30 years at least).

personal:  A family.  I hope.   Though if it doesn't happen in the 5 year range, I don't know if that will still be a goal when the timeframe is stretched to 10 years. 

[Great Rumbler]

Still posting on The Bore, I guess.

[Boogie]

Also, let's add a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, a 600lbs deadlift, 450lbs squat, and an even faster sports car while we're at it.

[nudemacusers]

O-4 🇺🇸

[Atramental]

https://www.defense.gov/About-DoD/Insignias/Officers#O4

Thank goodness for Google. Cool. 

[Rahxephon91]

Dead.

Probably by suicide.

[Atramental]

Dead tired from too much sex with my lovely girlfriend who loves and accepts me for who I am.

Bless Up.

[Boogie]

Dead.

Alerting the relevant authorities......

I'm planning on making it to 85, myself.

[bork]

Fighting hordes of evil mutants, in the nuclear wastelands, in the post-Trumpocalypse era.

[CatsCatsCats]

I think 70 would be pushing it, myself.

Finally figuring out sustainable self employment, wage cucking is killing my soul

[Samson Manhug]

Working on The Hill, remarried with babby formed, past articles published in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Atlantic, and working on a book.

[Samson Manhug]

O-4 🇺🇸

Aim higher ✈️

[Rufus]

Doing more than treading water.

[brawndolicious]

In a Director level position hopefully. Since joining my company 2.5 months ago, they've developed more vacancies in my department than filled positions (for project managers) which I guess is a good thing for me. The brain drain is real tho.

If I go back to school then I'm hoping for some sort of stable employment as a teacher/researcher but that does require putting life on hold for a long time to get a PhD and I'm already 28.

If I strike it rich somehow then I'll probably be a permanent grad student.

[El Babua]

Part of the neoliberal bourgeoisie 

Or wagecuck, could go either way

[Madrun Badrun]

Still dreaming about having sex with two redheads at once.

[Atramental]

I too have a similar dream. 

[Tasty]

5 years:

Still living a good life in Boston. I've cut down my physical possessions to the bare minimum. I'm a much better cook and make dinner often. I'm probably still working in software with a couple contributions to big-name open source projects. My studio apartment is closer to the city and has hardwood floors. My parents have accepted my homosexuality. I've found a way to concentrate better. I have better sleep habits. I don't drink nearly as much.

10 years:

My days are spent writing screenplays for my agent, who sells them to Hollywood. I've directed at least one critically well-received full-length indie movie. I go out drinking with friends every couple nights or so. I live in a high-rise luxury one bedroom apartment in the heart of Boston. I'm well off enough that I've pulled my parents out of debt and have contributed to significant repairs and upgrades on my childhood home. I'm in great health and so are my closest family members.

[Atramental]

I don't need that mental image right before bedtime.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

- Over a million dollars of net worth
- Three sugar babies on rotation
- Still posting on The Bore

[Madrun Badrun]

Balls deep in Atra's mom.

Lets DP her then all three of us change our facebook statuses to reflect the incident. 

[thisismyusername]

Hopefully dead. I'm not really seeing anything on the horizon that will shake-up my life.

[tiesto]

Career-wise... maybe in a tech project management position. I've even been slightly entertaining the thought of leaving commercial industry, getting a 2nd masters (for Education) and becoming a CS teacher (teachers make REAL GOOD money where I live).

I also hope to have at least one indie game or mobile game or RPGMaker game released to my name, possibly on Steam Greenlight.

Finally, I hope to be married, possibly with a kid. (I'm 34 now)

[I'm a Puppy!]

Career wise: Probably close to plotting my escape from this industry.  Perhaps lining up a teaching or non-profit gig.

Personal wise: I don't know. I'm plenty happy with my wife and kids. If things stay the same, that would be more than enough.

All the above of course coming from a guy that things that 5-10 year plans are silly. Life throws too many wrenches in things (especially with a wife and kids) to realistically plan much of anything that far our.

[Madrun Badrun]

Human trafficking 

[I'm a Puppy!]

Career wise: Probably close to plotting my escape from this industry.

What kinda industry are you in now?

IT/Business consulting.

Though human trafficking isn't too far off the mark.

[benjipwns]

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[thisismyusername]

Hopefully dead. I'm not really seeing anything on the horizon that will shake-up my life.

Let's get married. I'd like a green card and I'll be happy to provide you with some entertainment.

I'm not a hot grill, though.

[Tasty]

I can't believe you'd propose to username before me, Wrath kun! You... baka!!

[Boogie]

I see myself being old as fuck. 

Career:  Being in a supervisory/managerial position. (already have my name in for a few promotions, so the next two months will see whether I get on that track or not).  Though, 10 years from now will also put me in range of thinking more about retirement than work (that will put me at 19 years of service.  Can go at 25, but always saw myself hitting 30 years at least).

personal:  A family.  I hope.   Though if it doesn't happen in the 5 year range, I don't know if that will still be a goal when the timeframe is stretched to 10 years. 

What rank are you at right now?

Still just your run-of-the-mill Constable.

Promotion's not an option until you hit 7 years.  I'll be hitting my 9th year in a month.

[Shrew]

Hitting level 130 in World of Warcraft. Wondering where it all went so, so, horribly wrong.

[Madrun Badrun]

Where WoW went wrong or life?

[Shrew]

Where WoW went wrong or life?

At this point it's all interchangeable. Some people equate world events and happenings with the birth of a child. I associate it with hitting exalted with the Fish People.

"I'll never forget the day Trump started WW3. That mini Mike Morhaime pet was so adorbs.."

[Madrun Badrun]

I hear the RCMP has some pretty strange initiation rituals that you need to do in order to move up the ranks.  Have you left a sex toy in a female colleague's desk yet? 

[Cerveza mas fina]

Hitting level 130 in World of Warcraft. Wondering where it all went so, so, horribly wrong.

Only 2 more xpacs in the next 10 years?

Blizz plz

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WoW 2 believe

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[Tasty]

I can't believe you'd propose to username before me, Wrath kun! You... baka!!

But you wouldn't allow any Sega games in the house. Our love bloomed in the battlefield, yet I'm no longer a soldier.

Sega makes games for all systems now, even ones that are like the crappy old 2D Sonics! (Sonic Mania)

[PlayDat]

5 years
Living in California, working as a mid-senior level software engineer in Silicon Valley.  I'll have a license and a car (these are my main goals for 2017). If my student loans aren't completely paid off yet then I should be damn close. 

A whole new healthy social life.  I like the one I have now, but realistically I'm not going to see most of these people more than once a year.  I've never been to California before, but I've wanted to move there for a long time.  I also want to have completed a handful of mobile apps and browser extensions.  I have a bunch of ideas written down already.

Health-wise, I hope my digestive illness remains under control and that I'm back to lifting weights as consistently as I did in college.

10 years
Starting my own business.  I have a clear idea of what I want to make.  It's going to be extremely difficult and expensive (even when compared to the high price of starting any business) so I'd like to have a good amount of cash saved up, a better understanding of the technology involved, and make good connections with more experienced people.

[Phoenix Dark]

Happily married to a white woman with one mixed kid who will be president one day.

[Samson Manhug]

Working on The Hill, remarried with babby formed, past articles published in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Atlantic, and working on a book.

I worked in Congress, remarried, babby formed, published in Foreign Policy, pissed off my only New York Times contact, never seriously started a book. How are everyone else's goals going?

[team filler]

I killed myself   

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Working on The Hill, remarried with babby formed, past articles published in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Atlantic, and working on a book.

I worked in Congress, remarried, babby formed, published in Foreign Policy, pissed off my only New York Times contact, never seriously started a book. How are everyone else's goals going?

- Over a million dollars of net worth
- Three sugar babies on rotation
- Still posting on The Bore

Achieved all these. I didn’t really aim all that high, though. There are some interesting things going on in my life. As I’m now getting to middle age, I’m happy to say that I have few regrets. My dog is now 16 1/2 years old and is starting to see some decline but is doing fantastic for a dog his age. I’m still surprised The Bore is still around. Every few weeks when I check in I half expect it to not be there but I’m glad it is. Feels like an entirely different world when I see posts from the early days.

[Samson Manhug]

I love how being a millionaire with a small harem is low-hanging fruit for you. Inspiring! Congrats on achieving your goals.

[tiesto]

Career-wise... maybe in a tech project management position. I've even been slightly entertaining the thought of leaving commercial industry, getting a 2nd masters (for Education) and becoming a CS teacher (teachers make REAL GOOD money where I live).

I also hope to have at least one indie game or mobile game or RPGMaker game released to my name, possibly on Steam Greenlight.

Finally, I hope to be married, possibly with a kid. (I'm 34 now)

So, let's see...

1. I switched companies soon after the initial post. I don't have a management title, but I do lead quite a few projects in my division (for some household-name clients) and have had a title bump to "Senior Software Engineer". Did not leave the commercial tech industry. Making 6 figs now and my 401k has continued to blossom... between that and my equity (and other assets) I'm a "401k millionaire".

2. No indie developed game out yet Just some much smaller scale stuff with ZZT (Tim Sweeney's first game engine which uses textmode graphics). ONE OF THESE DAYS, I swear. A close friend of mine, who has tons of graphic design but barely any coding knowledge, took some Unity courses and is single-handedly making a pretty impressive Metroidvania: https://nixiegame.com/. This is inspiring me to take up the mantle.

3. I've been engaged for 4 years now, the pandemic + fiancee's grad school has put the wedding on hold. But early next June, we're all set to elope in Iceland, with a small-scale reception at a local fancy restaurant later in the month. No kid yet, though we're still both debating if we will want children.

[Samson Manhug]

Congrats to another Bore millionaire and your engagement!

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I love how being a millionaire with a small harem is low-hanging fruit for you. Inspiring! Congrats on achieving your goals.

Thanks!

I say low hanging fruit because the harem thing sounded cool but was a pain to actually manage in practice. The million in net worth was nice but I really haven’t made adjustments to my lifestyle because I know that still does not mean financial independence. I think a better goal is to achieve financial independence. I’ve figured out what that number is and I have a ways to go. I’m privileged to be in this situation so I don’t want to be perceived as complaining about it, though.

[CatsCatsCats]

I think 70 would be pushing it, myself.

Finally figuring out sustainable self employment, wage cucking is killing my soul

Quit the warehouse job in 2021 and went to a bootcamp, then worked at that web dev bootcamp as a TA for some months and then as an instructor up until current. Bootcamp got bought and is being parted out by the company that bought it, looking for my first real dev job now as I'll be laid off EoY. I finished a bachelor's in software engineering last month. So, no, didn't get self employment but have improved things considerably. Congrats to you gents on your success

[Himu]

I think 70 would be pushing it, myself.

Finally figuring out sustainable self employment, wage cucking is killing my soul

Quit the warehouse job in 2021 and went to a bootcamp, then worked at that web dev bootcamp as a TA for some months and then as an instructor up until current. Bootcamp got bought and is being parted out by the company that bought it, looking for my first real dev job now as I'll be laid off EoY. I finished a bachelor's in software engineering last month. So, no, didn't get self employment but have improved things considerably. Congrats to you gents on your success

Congrats on the degree and job you bitch ass cunt.

[Samson Manhug]

Those are really significant advancements toward your goal and nothing to scoff at. Congrats on getting yourself out of warehouse work and in the path to self employment. Hopefully this board is around in another 8 years so we can check in again. Project Bore 2032.

[Himu]

Moved to nyc, got into grad school, realized grad school was a liberal hellhole full of virtue signal Portlandia Cats esque losers that put their pronouns in their emails, dropped 100 lb, overcame my depression and social anxiety, joined the military, worked on tv and film production, working on comics and writing scripts.

Glad I got out of grad school. Have no idea how you could work with journalists. I got into CUNY grad school of journalism and it made me want to die. Thankfully journalism is a dying industry. Photography is too so I got out of that.

Those are really significant advancements toward your goal and nothing to scoff at. Congrats on getting yourself out of warehouse work and in the path to self employment. Hopefully this board is around in another 8 years so we can check in again. Project Bore 2032.

This site will be dead then.

Join cats and his fa.ggot ass discord.

He never posts here. He just wanted to feel himself like the coward ass hippy haired rodent he is.

[chronovore]

10 years ago: I was still struggling after an attempt to move back to the USA, where I had a great job, real friends I could meet in-person each day, and more money than I'd ever made — and gave it up to go back to Japan because my wife's dad was apparently dying. Rather than work more in Japan gamedev, I taught myself database stuff, founded my own company, and did contract database and app work for universities and medical device companies. Great at first, but stumbled for a year with a bad business partner (childhood friend), so I returned to games and moved to Tokyo, away from my family again.

10 years from now: Retired, living an even more thrifty lifestyle, probably in an akiya in the Japan countryside. Likely social mostly virtualy though I'm hopeful for improvements in telepresence. Hopefully there will be a machine that reads my paper books to me (yes, I know about audiobooks), or allows my bullshit aging vision to read the text directly more easily.

[Samson Manhug]

Being away from your people sounds difficult. I'm sorry to hear about your stumbles but it sounds like you've learned a lot. Your goal of retirement in the Japanese countryside sounds very nice. I truly hope that we stay connected enough that I'm able to know when it comes true!