This Week's Assignment:
Tell us your stories about pursuing, attaining, and seeing the other side of your "dream job".
This week on This American Life: stories of sudden fame, quick riches, and the downside of the dream job. Broadcasting March 21-23 on This American Life.
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I don't know if this is on topic or not but I am currently working at my anti-dream job, and really loving it.
My mother worked in book publishing. She met my father while he was the managing editor of the publishing house. I was brought up to appreciate literature and books. I love to write. I graduated from college as an English major. I tried to get into publishing, and couldn't. I went back to [a University] and get an additional degree, to see if maybe that could help me get into publishing. But then I took a class on business writing, and found that I was really good at it. So on a whim, I asked my professor if I should apply for jobs at the University's Business School. He said I should, and he'd recommend me. And I got the job. Now I work with a team designing courses for visiting executives who want to further their education. My mother is horrified. How could I sell out to corporate America?
But, I have to say, I love my job.