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The question

As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

2 versions

Earlier wording is kept rather than replaced. This is the record of how the answer moved, not evidence that it should not have.

  1. Version 1 superseded 15 Sep 2026
    A pilot
  2. Version 2 Current
    I always wanted to be a pilot

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Chris Hoy British track cyclist, 1994–2013
Scotland’s rugby captain. My hero Gavin Hastings was captain when he came to our school for a training session when I was 10 or 11. I met him and was blown away.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 February 2018 source ↗
Yogi Berra Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees
My ambition is to hit .400 and talk 1.000.
Recorded Wikiquote, Interview, Wikiquote, 2 November 2026 source ↗

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