Dream job vs actual job.

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  • hedgiie
    hedgiie Posts: 1,226 Member
    i'm currently living my dreamjob which is being a father and housekeeper, i've been like this for weeks since i lost my job

    but in few weeks i'll be back to my actual job, which is being a a software developer
  • theladyy
    theladyy Posts: 176
    Dream job: Housewife.
    Actual: Housedaughter.
  • JediMindfck
    JediMindfck Posts: 73 Member
    Actual Job: Public Servant (Law Enforcement)

    Dream Job: I soooo want Anthony Bourdain's job!
  • joe7880
    joe7880 Posts: 92 Member
    Dream Job: Lawyer
    Actual Job: paper pusher for ALJ's.... after leaving "dream job" for a few additional thousand dollars =(
  • Salamanda425
    Salamanda425 Posts: 358
    Real Job: Plans reviewer for a local government
    Dream Job: Snake Wrangling in the Everglades

    How I ended up as a plans reviewer: Not a whole lot around here for someone w/ a Geography degree!!!
  • Oliviamarie05
    Oliviamarie05 Posts: 528 Member
    Working on my degree in social work. It is a dream job for me as well as an eventual actual job.
    THE dream job: Zumba instructor and personal fitness coach.
  • lik_11
    lik_11 Posts: 433 Member
    actual job: personal care chemist

    Dream Job: COLOR cosmetic chemist!!!
  • OtekahSunshield
    OtekahSunshield Posts: 42 Member
    Dream Job: Disney Animator. I've wanted to draw for Disney since I was 6 years old. Given the switch to computer animation, I'd settle for Concept Artist/Illustrator.

    Actual Job: Data Entry for one of the Big Banks. Oh sooo much fun... =(
  • GabrielleZelda
    GabrielleZelda Posts: 190 Member
    Actual job: Customer service for an insurance company + Research Assistant in a Lab studying autism and learning disorders
    Dream job: School psychologist, guidance counselor.

    This current job is paying my way through an Ivy league school.. It is so hard but worth every second to get to my dream!!
  • JadedSouls
    JadedSouls Posts: 136 Member
    Actual: Paralegal for the Design Branch of the Dept. of Transportation
    Dream: Journalist for CNN..
  • Wonderwoman2677
    Wonderwoman2677 Posts: 428 Member
    Actual Job...Accountant.
    Dream Job... to be financially independant so I can be a doula full time. Can't make a living that way :(
  • mickey2txkids
    mickey2txkids Posts: 3
    Actual: Credit Admin for a steel company
    Dream: besides retired or SAHM; land manager/administrator or working with marine life (dolphins or rescuing sea turtles)
  • ashleab37
    ashleab37 Posts: 575 Member
    My dream for a long time has been to manage a large group of young people who are just starting their careers, and helping them develop into their desired roles.

    Right now I'm an IT service desk team leader with approximately 40 staff on the team, so doing well :)
  • louisel809
    louisel809 Posts: 335
    Actual....dental practice manager
    Dream.......air hostess but I'm too short :(
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    actual- office assistant
    dream- not to have to have a job.
  • kdz526
    kdz526 Posts: 210 Member
    Dream job: Pharmaceutical research chemist

    real job: stay at home mom....maybe some day I'll get to use my degree again
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    Actual job: Attorney
    Dream Job: General Manager for a professional sports franchise.
  • Boobookittyfq
    Boobookittyfq Posts: 454 Member
    Actual : Member Service Associate ( teller/open accounts/ loan apps) School for cosmetology , and Foriegn Language Degree for Interpretation
    Dream : Host for the Travel channel, (Travel , eat and drink for free!!! <3)
  • mattagascar
    mattagascar Posts: 708 Member
    Real: CFO. Dream: Brewpub owner/operator
  • Alisha_countrymama
    Alisha_countrymama Posts: 821 Member
    real job: office manager at a repair shop
    dream job: a missionary
  • srpm
    srpm Posts: 275 Member
    Dream Job: Zoo Keeper

    Actual Job: RN (Float Pool Supervisor at a hospital)
    Isn't that the same thing?
  • anumberger
    anumberger Posts: 7
    Actual Job: Pharmaceutical Engineer

    Dream Job: Retired...or rich housewife.
  • kali31337
    kali31337 Posts: 1,048 Member
    Current Job - Full-time grad student
    Dream Job - Epidemiologist with the CDC
  • sharibob3
    sharibob3 Posts: 180
    My dream job is what I am working towards---- Social Worker for hospice
    and my current job is a stay at home mommy/student
  • srpm
    srpm Posts: 275 Member
    Real Job: Accountant

    Dream Job: Something artsy and creative/crafty which I am not, therefore I would fail.
  • VCWildberger
    VCWildberger Posts: 35
    Actual Job: Paramedic

    Dream Job: The kind of Paramedic you see on TV - hahahahaha... oh wait - they don't exist!!


    I AGREE WITH YOU 100%
  • flying_inside
    flying_inside Posts: 67 Member
    Dream job: Someone who could magically create peace for whoever needs it.

    Actual job: Administrative Assistant for a mental health program that's trying to change the system.

    Both are things I firmly believe in, despite (but moreso do to) the idealism involved.
  • lovemykids58
    lovemykids58 Posts: 195 Member
    Dream job: nurse ( currently in school working towards it :))
    actual job: Claims adjuster :(
  • lovemykids58
    lovemykids58 Posts: 195 Member
    Actual Job: Pharmaceutical Engineer

    Dream Job: Retired...or rich housewife.
    haha. i like it:laugh:
  • waipepe
    waipepe Posts: 110 Member
    Actual Job: CFO
    Dream Job: Ski Bum and traveller

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