I'm a patient care tech on a cardiovascular interventional unit. I work on a small unit (11 beds) and most of our patients are just 1-2 day stays. It's very fast paced. I'm very over paid for what I do, and it's a wonderful learning experiance.

I'm in school for my dream job, which is nursing. I've worked in health care long enough to have a VERY realistic view of how demanding this job is. But, there is nothing else I would rather do. I love taking care of people and helping them through a really hard time in their lives. I also LOVE cardiac care, it's very interesting.


Shannon

i am a teacher's assitant in a Spec Ed class. NOT my dream job. I am studying to become a Doctor of Audiology.

but my secret dream since i was 4 years old is to be a sucessful dramatic stage actress. i've done acting in the past, but it doesn't feed my family.

I'm unemployed! And I love saying that! Well, I'll be unemployed as of next Friday...my job *was* working in Athletics, Events, and Recreation for a division I school. I recently quit to finish my education in Music Industry & Entertainment Studies (hi Jill!). Otherwise, I will be doing a few internships to figure out what *exactly* I want to do (which is much easier said than done in this field), starting with a local tour manager and continuing at BMI in Nashville (crossing fingers) this summer.

I work for Public Partnerships, LLC, LACIL, State of VA. I am a personal assistant to my Mother. She is in bad health, and I have had this job for almost two years. The pay is awful, but I do it to keep my Mom out of a nursing home. And that's all that matters to me.

Also, I work for Spencer Gifts, Inc. I work there whenever they need me. Floor moves, stock, inventory, holidays.

Im a sign maker and a t-shirt maker. Dh and I own our own business. No more working for someone else. After my last job I swore I would never work that hard for anyone else ever again.

This new gig is working wonderfully

Awesome website, Robin! I might have to get some vehicle graphix from you one of these days!

Thanks muzikjunky I love it, being able to use creativity, and then seeing it driving around town, or sitting on a store sign is pretty cool.

I'm a corporate lawyer. Luckily I have a lovely sweetheart of a boss who does not work me that hard at all. We have small but successful ($$) practice and its like a little family. Since I had my baby, I don't have to work on Fridays anymore (with the same pay) and I get to work from home often. I started there as the paralegal in 1995 after hearing about the firm from the attorneys at a law firm I worked at in Bermuda for about 1 year. After working as the paralegal for a year I went to law school and worked part time at my job while going to school. When I graduated I was offered a job at my firm and have been there ever since. My days are quite stress free, which is highly unusual for a NYC corporate lawyer! Funny thing is, had I not moved to Bermuda, I would never have landed my wonderful job nor would my sister have followed me down, stayed an extra 10 years, met her British husband, had a lovely little boy, and moved to the UK (and now back to the US). Funny how life goes

Wow! I've never had a thread that I started go to 2 pages before. I'm lucky to get two responses.

The correspondence photography school sounds very interested. I may have to look into that.

We sure are a diverse bunch of ladies. It's great! I've had a couple admin jobs which I've loved, but I'm definately stuck in the "It's my job, not my life" stages right now. I had one job where I worked for a half day but paid for the whole day, was well over paid for someone who finished all the work before lunch and it had nice, nice perks. Concert tickets, football tickets, computers, etc. Unfortunately, it couldn't last. See, it was a non-profit that I still don't believe is on the up-and-up. They closed my office. Being over paid is sooooo nice while it lasts, but it makes it so hard to find a comparable paying job.

Keeping your mom out of a nursing home is a VERY honorable thing to do. If it ever comes to that for me, I will make the same choice. My mom had knee replacement in October. The hospital didn't have the room in their therapy wing for her to continue her therapy on-site so she had to go to what they called a rehabilition center. NOT! It was an awful nursing home. We checked her out against doctors orders, she couldn't take it anymore. Caring for someone that you love is a very demanding job and you should be applauded.

The music business stuff fascinates me as well. I'm a huge music fan and it sounds like such a great industry to work in.

Well here's to all of our dream jobs coming true some day.

I'm a nurse too. I work in a very small rural hospital so I get to do LOTS of things. I have worked part-time for 27 years and it's been great. I was able to be the primary giver for my children (and husband) but I got to go out to work a few days a week too. And here, nurses are very well paid. A nice little bundle for someone who is mostly a mom.
Mind you, I just got home and everyone here is sleeping but ... there aren't many downsides.

Losingme;

Hmmmmm, I understand all to well of being out of a job with no control over it whatsoever. I was a firefighter for almost 10 years, until the fire truck accident. Then, 60 lbs later, three years of surgury and rehab and the doc said "no more firefighter" I was devastated. Now I am looking for another restaurant manager job. I used to work for a large chain restaurant . . . can you say soup, salad and breadsticks. Good company, but no room for creativity. Today I finished my 3rd and 4th inteview for a company, MUCH smaller (30 restaurants) where in the restaurant you have a set menu, but they do catering, weddings etc and you can develop your own menu for these affairs, they actually encourage you to experiment in the kitchen . . . which I am sooooo excited about . . . I'll know by Monday . . . but dream job was a firefighter . . . nothing better.

I love photography too, I don't know if I could do it for a living . . . but that correspondence school definitely sounds like a good idea

Thanks, losingme. I appreciate your comments. I have been told that it's very honorable, and other people are saying that I should go to college & do this, and do that. I am putting my dreams on hold for a BIG reason right now, and I am glad that someone supports me other than a good handful of my friends & my partner. My Mother has had 6 surgeries on one knee. She had a knee replacement also, and it failed 2 or 3 times. The Quad Tendon kept rolling up, and her kneecap would go to the side & sink in. She recently (Nov 28th) had a transplant surgery. She got a 20 year olds kneecap, ligaments, muscle & cartlidge (sp?). My partner & I have been living over here with her since her surgery, and probably won't be able to move back to our house until Mid to End Feb. She also broke her hip in mid 2005, and she had a total hip replacement. It's a rough job, yes. And the pay is crap, but...I love it. heh.

Right now, I'm the Chief Deputy Appraiser for the Appraisal District of the County we live in. Basically, I'm head honcho #2 here, which is pretty good considering I had no experience when I started 11 months ago. I really love my job, but I wouldn't say that it's my dream job. I definitely feel like it's my last job, though. I'm content here and feel challenged every day. I see myself retiring from here. I know that I make a salary that not many in my position would make without the wonderful opportunities I've been given. I live in a small, secluded town (nearest "city" is 2 1/2 hours away) with a pop. of about 5800 and a very small job market. I'm halfway to a degree in teaching. I was fully expecting I'd be working at McDonald's when we moved here for DH's job. Not so, and I love it.

My dream job is to be a housewife and mother.

I'm a geek... I went to school to become a geek and I am..

I work in Information security for a large corporation. My job is varied which I like. I didn't go to school for this initially, I went to school for Computer Science with an emphasis in artificial intelligence. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do then, maybe be a programmer? I don't know. I do like writing computer programs which I actually get to do occassionally in my job but it is a small portion. A large portion is working with people, figuring out how to solve problems that we have and doing a lot of other varied things. I started out working as a network administrator and then becoming a network security administrator. I liked both jobs but I wanted to do something where I could be a bit independant and I am. DH would like to start his own information security based company so we may do that sometime in the future but who knows?

Also, I doubt we will have kids because DH already told me that if we did, he'd like one of us to stay home with them and I'm not sure he met himself. So I guess my dream job is to be working, to be working with people and to do various things. I like to do things that involve critical thinking and problem solving. I do all of those in my current job but I'm not sure I'd describe it as my dream job. Currently, I am going to school for information security which is pretty fun.

I'm the most dreaded and hated person here...I'm a debt collector. But really, I'm nice and good and my job is to help people make their payments or make arrangements when they can't. I absolutely love it. I have the benefit of helping people who need it and want it, without the stress of dealing with anybody face to face. And honestly, for those people out there who are mean and generally unpleasant... it's kind of nice to NOT be helpful to them. *LOL*

Maybe that's because of all the years of retail I've had to endure. I feel vindicated in being less nice to someone who is mean to me over the phone. Is that wrong?!

My dream job would be either teaching English and creative writing... or to be independently wealthly due to the success of my best selling novel.