I understand the reasons for doing so: a paycheck and health insurance. 
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^ the only reason to be a clinical dietitian. Lol. Though I have been in the ICU more and really enjoy that.
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It’s the reason why most Americans keep their positions.
I think some people here, particularly very young people, or who I assume to be very young people–and don’t get me wrong; I don’t want to be some wannabe learned elder talking down to people and I am not old anyway–are not looking at life with various factors and views in mind.
They don’t quite understand that people could have dream of any career path–and perhaps the field they chose is indeed a field they love–but the position they received is a position that is certainly not a dream position-for whatever reason!
Let’s look at the example of a common middle class position, such as education. One could have dreamed of being a teacher since a young age and loved studying education in college. But, but… some of those people, when they get out of college, realize the slots for positions in the suburbs in which most of the students are well behaved, peaceful, and rule- and law-abiding; the streets are safe to walk on a lunch break; and the parents are gainfully employed, intelligent themselves, and paying $15,000 to $20,000 or more in property taxes just to live in the town, are taken, will indeed wind up with positions they hate and in which they will be dreaming to leave in the future!
I refer to the hated positions in which the students are misbehaved, illiterate despite being taught to be literate, indisciplined, rule-breaking, disrespectful, anti-authority generally, indolent, drug-using, or even criminal and violent; the towns are not the sort you would be sipping on a latte outdoors on a spring day’s lunch break with co-workers; and the parents are simply the aged forms of the students they are teaching!
Similar examples go for people in healthcare, law enforcement, or whatever field that deals with the public at large, or so-called “real life”. They might love their fields and what they studied, but the people they must work with and serve have made them hate their jobs!
It also might not be people that make one hate a job or be bored out of their skulls! It can simply be the nature of modern-day work, in which many people’s duties simply consist of pushing information and papers from point A to point B, doing stupid things with stupid people, and being in hours upon hours of worthless meetings!
But why do they keep these boring, unfulfilling positions? Again: money and health insurance! As time goes by, and people take on different anchors in life–you know, living quarters, a wife or husband, kids… uh… BILLS–they can’t keep “upping their skill set”, “adding to the resume”, and going from one job to the next until one job satisfies their dream. Sure, they can switch jobs a few times and one certainly should if he or she does get a break, but let’s get real here. People have and need stuff–like, you know, a home, clothing, foods, car, a phone–and people to support, including themselves, and they’ll be damned if they are not going to have a satisfying life outside of their boring job simply because it is a boring job!
If some people have found or made their dream jobs, hats off to them! But I in no way consider people with boring, unfulfilling jobs in a negative view if they are making an honest living and doing their jobs correctly, whatever the heck are the jobs. I highly doubt the porters at my job are fulfilled. In fact, some of them look as if they are about to fall asleep at any given moment, likely because cleaning toilets, windows, and floors is not exciting. They also don’t have a cool job in which they can sip on a Starbucks concoction during their breaks while they are letting their batteries recharge and stir their creative juices. But… they get paid (which is what work is for) and are part of the 1199 Union from which they receive all sorts of benefits, excellent healthcare coverage, tuition reimbursement if they choose to further their education, overtime when available, and whatever else comes with being a member of a union. Same goes for nurses, foodservice workers, and CNA’s who are also part of the 1199 union.
Yes, they all have boring or unexciting jobs, but they actually receive more than some dreamers.
And what’s a person to do? Put life on hold until the dream job is gotten, like I spoke of before?
It sure is fine to dream, be ambitious, and to get a dream job. But let’s talk reality for the vast majority of Americans. @The_Mighty_Stu
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Which makes me think a “dream job” isn’t necessarily a job at all but instead is a set of conditions that when met, leads to a high degree of satisfaction and fulfillment.
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I really like this
Once I got past the youthful notion of what a fulfilling dream job should be and realized I enjoyed what I had, life was better.
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I’d think of terrible things that made me lose faith in the world.
Like Milli Vanilli.
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aw come on that blame it on the rain song was alright!
I dated a chick whose childminder when she was growing up did all the vocals for Milli Vanilli. True story.
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Played pro rugby for a while, but that ended with a knee injury at training.
Worked as a nightclub bouncer, drove trucks and got the shits with it so went to med school. Hated the stuffy holier than thou arsehats I was forced to work with and am now an electrician studying to be a P.T. I love the electrical work too btw, but also enjoyed coaching rugby so figured I would give the pt a go as a sideline to see if I like it.
I have pretty much just done whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. Life has been good.
Worked as a bouncer for a year…was one of my favorite jobs besides being unable to eat on the job:(
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I’m a police officer in the US. If you’ve seen the news over the past few years then you know this is not a popular position. I work for the largest agency in my state so I get to see everything.
@libanbolt I highly recommend completing your internships. Police work is not like TV.
@BrickHead thanks for your posts. Your longer one is spot on IMO. My wife teaches here and both of our jobs would be cake walks in a rural community.
@Yogi1 From my police experience a large number of those sad people coming into your pawn shop stole the items they were selling… typically to get $ for their drug addiction.
In regards to dream job I think it depends on the person. I hope to contribute to the world which is why I find myself in public service. But to me it’s just a job. I try not to take it home with me (not always possible). My dreams include my wife and children. If it doesn’t concern them then I don’t care. We’re middle class and own everything but our house (no credit cards either). If you learn how to manage your money and be patient (ie save money for 5 years and then buy a car instead of buying today and paying for 5 years) then you can be happy regardless of the job.
My dream job was to be a college strength & conditioning coach. I could’ve done that by now but the path to successful coach was different than the path to successful husband and father. I chose family and have no regrets. I’m now working to become the CSCS and TSAC-F for our department so I can merge my dream with my job. God knows cops need help with their fitness.
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Dunno which country you’re in but it’s not as bad as you would probably think here in Scotland, mostly because the laws have evolved to be VERY strict on who can sell what.
The thing that used to bother me most was the junky (or jakey) parents selling their kids’ things. That used to fill me with murderous, murderous rage.
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The grand 'ol United States. Here, we can charge a thief with 30 home burglaries, he’ll agree to plead guilty to 7 burglaries and get probation if it’s his first time. The thieves are smart and steal stuff that can’t be tracked like lawnmowers and tools. A lot of folks don’t record the serial numbers for that stuff so we can’t prove it’s stolen. It’s infuriating.