Who here hates the "what's your DREAM job?" question?

<p>To be honest with you all, I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Because of this, I tend to be more pragmatic in my search for future job possibilities, and often ask what the job makes as one of my first questions. Sometimes, people criticize me for this, saying it is not about the money, it's about what your DREAM is. It used to be that when people asked me what I wanted to do (as a career), I said I don't know. Then they would ask me "What is your dream job? " and try to narrow it down for me. I finally just decided to tell everyone that I was majoring in biology. Because if I answered the "dream job" question honestly, my response would be something like this:</p>

<p>"Well, I would like a salary of one million dollars per year, but since I don't want to be greedy, I'll go with $500,000. A large chunk of this would go to various charity organizations, including local and national organizations. My job would start at 10:00 in the morning, and be at my house. For my job, I would be researching various things on the Internet, sitting on my couch reading great fiction books, and playing minecraft. Oh, and I would also ride my bike around the neighborhood at times, for excercise. After work, I would go to play practice t a local community theatre or help pack groceries at a food pantry."</p>

<p>I'm sure if I answered the question lie this, I'd get a lot of stunned looks from adults, and responses like "But there aren't any jobs like that!" Duh, that's the point. There aren't any jobs like that. I don't mind working and all, but there is nothing that stands out to me as being the best job ever. What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>Lose your pessimistic attitude, bro. There’s definitely some field you enjoy researching or working in, and is at the same time lucrative. Do you not want to be an engineer in any specific field? You can be a communications engineer, electronics engineer etc. It seems that you’re interested in computers? How about computer science? If you’re good enough, you might get a job at Google or Microsoft. If not, how about literature? You stated that you enjoyed fiction books, so why not consider writing in general? You can be employed at a news agency, or simply write for magazines whether part-time or full-time. Hell, you can even write scripts for fiction movies. Be creative. Look for what you enjoy the most, and consider a career in that field.</p>

<p>And please, do not underestimate this advice: You will never be successful in a field of work that you are not interested in and/or passionate about.</p>

<p>The options are endless, and you only need to look.</p>

<p>My dream job is to be a screenwriter or a story editor, but my more realistic goal is to major in biology and have a career in genetics. I would be interested in both careers, I just think genetic research is a more stable ground. But who knows where I’ll be in 10 years. I just hope one or the other works out.</p>

<p>I think it’s important to have more than one option and that each option is centralized around a passion f yours. I love Biology, particularly Genetics and I love writing and editing, so that’s where I got my ideas.</p>

<p>helloel- have you ever thought of being a journalist? Sounds right up your alley.</p>

<p>Yeah I have, a little bit. But I’m more into creative writing. I might look into again though when it comes time to pick a major.</p>

<p>best job-
Being an NBA scrub getting paid 850,000 to a few million for 15 years
Getting to watch games from the best seats
Travel around the USA in private jet and sleep the best hotels
All you have to do it play a few minutes in a real game every month and work you butt off in practice
that would be my dream job</p>

<p>If there was like a story telling job(not writing or reading), I would make one up right away. But that something I could easily be doing in my free time. I also see myself as a respected person in the near future but not sure what my “dream job” is but that why I hate this question.</p>

<p>Your dream job has some merit, but you can’t forget to work annual ice cream bonuses into the contract.</p>

<p>People can dream :stuck_out_tongue: And usually it’s that “dream” or “goal” which motivates many people, and therefore drives their passion in this area to pursue their desired field.</p>

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I second that.</p>