#CareerGoals #Passion #DreamJob
Hi there! 👋 Do you truly like your job? It’s a question that can really make you stop and think, right? I’m curious to hear from others about their experiences in finding their passion and landing their dream job.
Here are a few questions to consider and maybe some advice for those who are feeling a bit lost in their career journey:
– How did you discover your passion and turn it into a career?
– What steps did you take to find your dream job?
– Any advice for someone who is still trying to figure out what they want to do?
Don’t worry if you’re feeling stuck, it’s all part of the process! Remember, it’s never too late to explore new opportunities and find your true calling. Let’s share our stories and insights to help each other along the way! 🌟
I love my job. I research and develop ways to do water quality analysis from satellite imagery. There’s sometimes I sit there and smile to myself and literally say out loud “this is so cool”. When I was little my parents had to set a “google earth time limit” for me because I would spend hours just panning around the globe. In my free time I’m reading about different sediments and phytoplanktons in the water column, so I would say it is my passion and my dream job.
However, I absolutely hate the work. There are always tight deadlines, it’s super stressful, and it’s extremely tedious. The other day for example I forgot to change 1 parameter in a 30 step process and it resulted in me having to redo the work on my weekend. I a lot of times envy my friends that have jobs where they tell me that they didn’t have much to do that day so they just chatted with their coeworker.
In terms of passion I didn’t realize what my passion was until senior year of college (passions are water, maps, and data). I remember sitting on my couch drinking a natty light and thinking “wow my room is covered in maps, I’m reading about the damn water column for fun, and I’m making excel sheets to create graphs of my friends drinking game performances. Then it all kind of clicked and I pursed a path that would get me working with that stuff.
So rereading what I just wrote there isn’t really any advice I have hahaha, except maybe the path isn’t always as straightforward as you hope, and when you discover what you’re passionate about it’s not like everything is perfect right away.
Not really but its for rent
I’m an apprentice IT engineer. Been in the job for some months now, it’s alright. I do feel a little less knowledgable then other apprentices though, and this is my first full time job.
I think a little down the line it will get slightly more stressful, I see it from my colleagues and we are quite a small company. So I’m enjoying the time I have now. There are definely worse jobs out there but I wouldn’t go so far to say I ENJOY my job, I don’t dislike it either.
As for advice, do what YOU enjoy. Not what your familu want you to do, not what all your friends are doing. What YOU want to do. What jobs can you see yourself doing in future that will also at the same time allow you to love more comfortably?
Not in particularly but it pays the bills
i am truly happy with my job. corporate accounting. it’s boring and slow but i like it. i don’t miss dealing with customers.
I actually love my job as well. I’m a brand manager in the wireless industry.
Unfortunately my company is being sold pending FCC/Govt approval so I only have another 12 months or so of this gig.
Wanted to retire here
I don’t have a job.
Got laid off.
Life is a sob.
Lost in the mob.
I enjoy my coworkers and what my job offers me, and that’s good enough for me. I worked two decades in humanitarian and nonprofit and loved it but had no real savings to speak of.
I enjoy it.
Even if engineering is boring to some people, I find comfort and pleasure in what I do.
Honestly I think I will look for and find some reason I like about whatever I do.
I don’t love my job but I like it enough to work it full time because it affords me the lifestyle I want to live and my coworkers are awesome.
Love it. I will stay as long as I can. Found it coming off two layoffs from the covid lockdowns. I am fortunate.
im working my way towards the dream job of being an energy engineer or process designer. currently i havent really enjoyed my previous roles, they paid the bills and didnt stress me out but i was bored alot
I don’t mind it but it’s moving 20 miles away not sure how much I’ll like itbthen
I had my dream job that I was passionate about and loved. I stayed in it for a few years but when I had my kids, I resigned and stayed home to raise them. Best decision I ever made. No job can give you the satisfaction you get from family and being involved in your kids life.
I like my current job as a State-Level Equal Opportunity Officer. I also enjoy working in the EEO field and affirmative action field. My passion was to become a public servant. So, I achieved that back in 2019 where I got my first foot-in-the-door state government job as a Field Investigator Trainee for my state Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division. I also have a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from 2017.
In 2022, I accepted a job as an EEO and Ethics Compliance Investigator 2 for the HR Division within my state DOL. Then, earlier this year, I accepted another lateral promotion to my current job position. I was not a fan of working at the WHD, but the experience I got while working there helped me get my first EEO and affirmative action job position. Now that I enjoy my field of work, it is not too bad doing my job. My advice to you is to look for job trends and job positions at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics website, and learn what is needed to attain a job within a field that interests you.
I do not have a dream job. I just enjoy the benefits of being a state government employee, as well as enjoy my current field of work too. If becoming a civil servant is your goal, start applying to local, state, and federal government jobs. Ask your coworkers, classmates, friends, and family members what they do, and if they enjoy their job.
I hate it but probably can’t do any better I guess. Salary is comfortable and love my boss but absolutely hate everything else about it.
Idk I don’t even truly like my life how can I like anything
24F and hate my job. been here for 2.5 years. this is also my first job in service and my first job in male dominated industry as a woman. People are just shitty. They think youre pathetic, uneducated, worthless, less than. its tough and I like to think its character building, but man ive left in tears multiple days. The only thing that really makes it better is my coworkers. we are a team of about 8 and yes I am the only girl, but they really make it fun and they are pretty protective of me when it comes to harassment from customers. It pays the bills, I get good benefits and I often feel guilty complaining about it since I know very well things could be so much worse for me. I had been applying to other jobs since May of 2023 and nothing had panned out. I just started an internship though in a niche area of my field that I have been trying to get into for 3 months now. Its unpaid but I guess I just gotta take what I can get. This internship will hopefully lead me to my ‘dreamjob’ 🤞🏼
To add: I think just trying on different hats has kind of helped my narrow down what I want to do. See what sticks, what you like and dislike about each one and I think that has helped. mind you I have changed my mind about 4 times on what I want to do for a career. Also just you as a person and your needs. Would you like to live in a big city, or need to work from home to care for kids, etc.
I love my current job: I’m a disability employment specialist/program coordinator. I support people with disabilities in finding and keeping work. It’s definitely the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done, and I’ll stay in the field until I retire (I’m currently 55).
I enjoy my job most of the time. It’s nice to solve a problem or see a project come to completion. Usually, my days are fairly varied, so I don’t get too bored.
It’s a pretty laid back environment.
Yeah I’m a big fan, though the top 3 things are definitely just the pay and being remote. That said I still enjoy the work and have a great team, those really make for an enjoyable overall experience
I like my job, I’ve been in operations management most of my career and now upper management the last decade or so for several companies. I’m good at it, and always succeed. It is soul sucking at times though, always having to be positive, dealing with drama, putting out fires, coaching staff, budgeting, etc. It can be super exhausting, I used to wait tables and bartend when I was younger, sometimes when I go out for a drink I envy the staff. Bartending I actually TRULY enjoyed. Service industry people are my people. Alas, I make way more money now, so in management I shall remain (for now).
Never have, and probably never will.
I love my job. I think you gotta look at the full picture not just the tasks you do. Culture, comp, commute future potential. It all comes into play. I can’t say that I’ve alway ls dreamt of doing what I do, but I like the people I work with, I feel supported, I get paid a ton and I enjoy managing people and helping them attain their goals.
Now if you remove a piece or two from that, I may not feel the same way.
How I got here was that I started entry level at a company and I fell in love with the culture. They treat people well, they pay well and even better they pay based on performance so the better you are the more you make. They do what they say, communicate clearly and are successful. It’s a place where you can keep moving up if you follow their recipe for success which is simple, do the things they ask you to do, be honest, have a good attitude and be reliable. I keep doing those simple things and they keep paying me more.
Fuck no but it’s necessary to survive
Law. Definitely not but pays the mortgage. Have been exploring exits and found nothing
It’s all perspective. I love my job now. I work from home, 4 days a week for the govt administering grants. I get paid decently well. There’s super stressful times, but the general workload is super low.
I feel others would be bored or feel like they’re lacking purpose. I came from social work, and I was so completely burnt out, the absence of feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders and the greatly reduced workload has felt like heaven to me.
I love my job. I think one important thing is to treat each job description seriously and pick out what you really what to do. Then reach out to the people in that team/department in the company that you may work with in the future, ask how they feel about their job, what a typical day will be like, what things do they enjoy and what don’t. Then don’t be afraid to ask the interviewer about specific details of the job during the interview process. I think after doing these, people can find their dream job. (That’s how I found mine