Where Do You See Yourself In Ten Years?

Where Do You See Yourself In Ten Years?

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Where Do You See Yourself in Ten Years? is a common question asked in job interviews. Online, the question is paired with humorous images which serve as the answer to the question.

Origin

One of the earliest, humorous online references to the question appeared in a Cyanide and Happiness comic[1] posted December 22nd, 2009 featured a person answering the question in a job interview for "Smartasses Incorporated" (shown below).


A MIRROR? MR. SMITH, WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF IN TEN YEARS? SMARTASSES WELCOME ABOARD! Cyanide and Happiness © Explosm.net

Spread

In the following years, the phrase began appearing in advice animals such as Lazy College Senior and Overly Attached Girlfriend (shown below).


"WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS" CELEBRATING THE 10THANNIVERSARY OFYOU ASKING ME THIS QUESTION quickmeme.com WHEREDOUSEEMYSELFIN 5 YEARSP RIGHT HERE WITH YOU, OF COURSE ILL BE HERE FOREVER, & EVER,& EVER quickmeme.com

The phrase began appearing as a caption paired with humorous pictures in the summer of 2015. It was around this time a drawing of a man having wine with his cat paired with the caption began circulating online (shown below, left), as did an image of a woman walking with a stroller filled with dogs (shown below, right).


"where do you see yourself in 10 years?" STARECAT.COM "where do you see yourself in 10 years?" me

Jokes began appearing more regularly over the course of the following two years. Gurl[2] compiled a list of 15 variations on the joke on November 28th, 2016. The joke continues to be popular on Tumblr[3] and Twitter.[4]

Various Examples


W. Kaydn Roberts @dadliestdad2 Follow Parents: Where do you see yourself in five years Kaydn Me: Oh jeez I don't know in my head* MEMESMEMES MEMES MEMES MEMES MEMES ES Menzi Gd Ngcobo @MrMenziN Follow People: where do you see yourself in 5 years? Me: Follow FEMALE PAINS Female Pains @FemalePains "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?'" Me: EXl AC F, +2e "Where do you see yourself in 20 years?" Me Who's wearing a dark cloak, dropping raw meat on a North Carolina playground? myfox8.com *sarcastic emoji* @ThinkSarcasm Follow "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" Follow @relaxingly "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"

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