Dream Job
You know, someone put it really nicely. In the form of a simple graphic for that matter on what a dream job is. At first I looked at it purely from an IT perspective but then I started thinking of other professional fields and deemed this to be true in the universe of professional fields. Here it is:
Sadly, majority of the people end up in the red circle on the right representing “stuff someone will pay you to do”. Other times you end up in the intersection between “stuff you’re good at” and “stuff someone will pay you to do”. The ideal spot obviously is as the graphic shows would be where all 3 circles intersect.
So how do you get to the sweet spot without drastically changing career fields (e.g. switching from IT consulting to taking up art as fulltime gig)??
1) Is it that you have to put in your dues and do the hard labor to get to the experience level to be employed by your dream company(or the big giants) like a Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc.?
2) Is it that you work as an employee to eventually get out and do your own thing? But not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur, right? Some people are happy being employed and are comfortable with the steadiness of a paycheck and stay challenged? But that could be someone’s thing and seeing a lot of it. Some people love the independence and not working for the “MAN”.
3) Is working for the Government a dream job? Could be for someone out there.
4) I know some military folks who are very passionate about serving their country and would not fathom another career.
5) Maybe you are perfectly happy with your crappy job and don’t really care about finding a dream job and spend your paycheck on other things in life that keep you happy and keep returning you back to your crappy job to get more paychecks so you can keep doing the other things in life that keep you happy. –Panting– Sorry about that.
I don’t know the answer and I don’t know if anyone else does. Any recruiter who tells you that the next gig they will be placing you on is your dream job is just doing their job 
Whatever the answer may be I feel a dream job is relative to the individual. You are probably saying “Well of Course it is“.
Only YOU can answer what your dream job MIGHT be. Notice might in caps. But even then it’s a long shot unless you have a crystal ball. I think the best one can do is look at their past and after try to answer what they would like in their next job and hope that the employer can keep you ENGAGED and provide you the support when you need it.
And let me not forget the entrepreneurs, may the steady customers retain you and may you find the correct balance of winning more business and having the right resource pool to support it. Amen!
So, the real QUESTION is: DO YOU HAVE YOUR DREAM JOB? If NOT what the HECK are you doing about it?!?
