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Monster.com's "When I Grow Up" (1999)

All kids dream about what they want to be when they grow up, but few say they actually want to be paper-pushers. In 1999, employment website Monster.com premiered its "When I Grow Up" ad featuring tots declaring their not-so-dream jobs with the tagline, "There's a better job out there."

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