11 Famous People Who Were in the Completely Wrong Career at Age 30

>>>>When you're young, turning 30 is a milestone you talk about. "When I'm 30 I'll be a millionaire." "When I'm 30 I'll be married with two kids." "When I'm 30 I'll have my life all figured out, right now I'm just young and having fun." >> snip

>>So, to make myself feel better, I put together this list of people who were still clearly on their way up at age 30. Some had found their path but hadn't attained any success... some were in a completely different career... some were on the verge of giving up or had given up. But they all peaked after turning 30, found their true calling and hit their prime.>> snip

>>6. James Joyce, singing. By 30, Joyce was writing... just not getting published. So to make ends meet he reviewed books, taught and, weirdly, made a lot of money thanks to his gorgeous tenor singing voice. (He was also a raging alcoholic, which isn't financially lucrative until you become an author and can parlay those drunken antics into stories. Ask Hemingway. Or James Frey, sort of.)
Joyce finally got his first book, "Dubliners", published at age 32, which launched his career as, arguably, one of the most successful authors of all time.
So I've decided to co-opt his style and will write the next point on this list completely in the manner of James Joyce.

7. Colonel Sanders, tons of blue collar jobs. When yes Harland Sanders was turning 30 yes he was still yes switching from one yes career yes to yes another yes: Steamboat pilot (yes!), insurance salesman (yes!), farmer (yes!), railroad fireman (yes!), gigolo (no!). He didn't yes start cooking chicken until he was 40 yes and yes, yes, yes didn't start franchising until, yes, age 65.>>

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His work as a composer was groundbreaking and ultimately very influential and respected, but he knew it would never pay the bills. So, he built an insurance company, invented the modern life-insurance market (estate planning in particular) and made a huge fortune.

They both shared similar lives. Both went to prestigious ivy-league schools, both excelled and made their marks in the arts, both made their livelihoods in corpAmerica.

No wonder he thought grease and salt would be a "secret recipe" that no one could figure out.

Salt
Pepper
Onion Powder
Paprika
Garlic Powder
Tarragon
Chili Powder
Coriander
Ground Mustard
Turmeric
Ground Sage

11 herbs and spices. That's my best 11 guess at least.

As are, apparently, Ann-Marget, Hunter S. Thompson, and Winston Churchill. Who knew? haha

ON EDIT: OK, "Ann-Margret" not "Ann-Marget." I'm leaving it 'cause it "looks French"! heh

You too can be a real KY colonel, you just have to get a KY colonel to nominate you. Then the current governor has to approve you...that I have been told is largely ceremonial, once nominated, you're pretty much in.

I have yet to find my calling. Whatever it is, it won't be a fried chicken franchise, I can guarantee.

I'm going to be the world's first and only tofu-nugget billionaire. I could totally pass on the chicken itself but I miss the Original Recipe breading; I suspect I'm not the only vegetarian who really wants Kentucky Fried Tofu.

Those are so good, they are 100 X better than real chicken nuggets. Even meat eaters are fooled.

But I see, you want to make breaded tofu nuggets...that might be delicious, too! You should follow that dream.

It's the exact breading I am after though. Like I said...I could totally do without the chicken (or the faux-chicken even) I miss the 11 herbs and spices it's coated in.

(Doesn't really eat faux-meat because I didn't really like meat that much to begin with. Cheese OTOH.)

I have also eaten deep fried breaded cheese, but, yuck! all that grease and fat. I get a stomach ache just thinking about it.

I have always enjoyed eating meat, but I enjoy eating meatless meats just as much, sometimes more. Now that we have meatless "burgers" and "meatballs" and "chikn patties" and fake sausage that taste better than the real thing, I see no reason to eat ground beef, chicken, or pork.

But anyway, if you don't make KFT, someone else will beat you to the punch.

That's not exactly Nobel Prize territory.