Originally Posted by Val
Originally Posted by Portia
We are thinking academia, research laboratory, economics, financial adviser, actuary, accountant, data guru, statistician, game designer, inventor, entrepreneur, R&D in some industry, etc.

ETA: Our career ideas have changed as he has grown. His first career option that was obvious to us was circus performer. Then ditch digger.

But shouldn't they be his career ideas?
You and geofizz have a point, but there are some "behind-the-scenes" careers that may not cross the minds of even high school students unless someone brings them up. What fraction of the population knows what an actuary does or has considered an actuarial career? I did not until I was well into physics graduate school. (I went into finance instead.)