What's your dream job?

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Mule.

 

[JayKeeley]

I used to think that teaching was my dream job, but boy, was I ever wrong! Now, I'm no longer sure. Maybe if I got a teaching job somewhere where 60% of the pupils aren't criminals, and maybe even gave a damn about their education, I'd enjoy it better.

Go to Asia. They actually respect that profession out there, and pay you heaps too.

 

[Ayeka]

Yeah, you might enjoy your job but you'll end up with AIDS

Anyone who says they want to be a teacher has obviously never been to school...

 

[lizard]

to be perfectly honest, I have the best job I could possibly have...I do a computer help desk, but also work with facilities issues, which means I switch phone lines in the switch room, deal with the base engineers, etc. I could make more money in a different field (I've been asked) but I'd rather be happy than work like a dog just for money. Every day is different, and so its never boring.

plus, my boss is 63 yrs old and has already retired once, but came back...he's not going to work here much longer, and he has been teaching me all the shit he knows, which is alot...this is the first time in years of working in places which pay lip service to mentoring that I've actually experienced it. When he leaves, I am the only person qualified to take his place.

 

[Henrik Main]

The down side being, of course, that Asia sucks balls

It's funny 'cause it's true.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Ever seen Office Space?

Yeah.

 

[unhinged]

wheres the baby seal clubber option for fucks sake?

 

[mousewings]

Bloody rock god(dess).
but not like Charlie (from Lost)

 

[MFJ]

I've actually come to the conclusion that being an alcohol connoisseur would be an absolutely perfect job.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Go to Asia. They actually respect that profession out there, and pay you heaps too.

http://outpostnine.com/editorials/teacher.html
go to this site, stories by an american guy teaching in japan. seriously funny shit.

 

[SonOfNun]

The words of most every teacher I've run across. Beware!

I did not beware. And that bit about 60% criminals was pretty accurate. Glad I moved on.

How many of you are working your dream jobs?

 

[NAD]

I voted rock star some 15 years ago and yes, that is still the dream job. Probably ain't gonna happen, too old.

Instead I get to make music gear for rock stars and wannabe rock stars such as myself. And that's pretty cool.

 

[einride]

i pretty much have my dream job now, well, my reasonable, realistic dream job. ain't no one gonna pay me real-ass money to do what i actually REALLY want to do with my life all day.

i've spent most of my adult life having bad, unsuitable jobs that left me stressed and mentally drained, while trying to build a future and agonizing about what kind of work i could do that paid the bills and was relatively fulfulling and tolerable over the long term

so i scratched my head and hmm:d for fifteen years or so and eventually i arrived at "probably i should be something like a system administrator or network technician in the public sector, like at a school or municipality or university or something" -- because 1) i know kind of a lot about computers and i like doing computer stuff 2) i actually like helping people and solving problems 3) i don't want to work for a company where there is heavy pressure on making money, i don't need that stress 4) working for The State in sweden has a lot of very good benefits and excellent job security

as it turns out, despite completely lacking relevant education or experience on paper, a few months ago i applied for and got pretty much exactly the job i had fantasized about. so now i'm a system administrator and IT support guy at a university. it rules pretty hard honestly.

so don't stop believing folks, your wildestreasonable white-bread dreams can come true

some stupid answer I said in 2005

wow now i'm curious what would be bad enough in a thread like this to merit censoring fifteen years later

 

[MFJ]

maybe working for the History channel or a good museum.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Can you tell I was 16 when I wrote this stupid bullshit?

 

[einride]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Can you tell I was 16 when I wrote this stupid bullshit?

haha also enjoying mike's ideas for "dream jobs" in the poll

DUDE IMAGINE DRINKING BEER AND FUCKIN CHICKS AND RIPPIN WICKED SICK GUITAR SOLOS ALL DAY LONG AND THEY PAY YOU FOR IT??? DUUUDE




edit: literally what is a "model oil-guy"?

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

wow now i'm curious what would be bad enough in a thread like this to merit censoring fifteen years later

Something that involved being dependent on my ex, which was a stupid answer.

Dream job now? Hmm. I thought for a while that I wanted to teach full-time. My current position has allowed me to teach a college preparation course for about five years, as well as guest lecture for other courses and programs. That's all cool, but I do not want to become a full-time faculty member anymore -- too much drama and too many unknowns on that side of the fence.

I genuinely like helping people, as well, and I've been able to do that working in student services. I still like what I do, but I wouldn't mind switching it up and taking my skills to a hospital or police department.

 

[Doom]

I've never had any sort of dream job that I wanted that I could realistically pursue, so I've ended up in a job I like, and now having moved around a bit in the last few years at the best company I have worked for yet. Combining that with working from home the past year, I guess I am as happy now as I have ever been in terms of jobs.

However, I'm still inclined to say I'd still much rather just have shitloads of money for nothing at all. Then I could pursue the rock star lifestyle and be dead in 5 years time as alluded to in the other thread

 

[Krilons Resa]

I want to own a physical record store that people can come into, but also have the distro online to reach more people. I'd also like to have a small label, a printed 'zine and a few bands, all of which play a completely different style of metal.

This is what I would probably do with my life if I hit the lottery, tbh. I think about it sometimes.

I'd do it if I hit the lottery only because I wouldn't want it to have anything to do with (exclusively anyway) earning money/living and purely just me enjoying something I am very passionate about in life.

 

[Ellestin]

Dream job is a treacherous notion because if I had to do what I like most to pay the bills, I'd probably lose all enjoyment fast (or at least get to a point where the chore aspect would dangerously eat away at the enjoyment).

Right now I'm self-employed, doing something I like moderately but don't dislike at all, that causes me little to no stress and gives me - most days - enough slack to share indispensible nonsense on RC. Accordingly, I'm good.

 

[Ellestin]

This is what I would probably do with my life if I hit the lottery, tbh. I think about it sometimes.

How about we all chip in to fund a label and sign obscure, commercially hopeless bands we'll never agree on anyway?