Living the dream?

I’m sure we all have days like this.

Sat there at work (if you work of course) and wondering “Why am I doing this?”

I don’t know how most people choose their career, but personally, I just fell into this line of work.  At school I never really knew what it was I wanted to do, but by the time I’d got to the end of secondary school I’d started a part time job in a call center for a chain of car dealerships.  I think the original plan for me was to become some kind of salesperson, though it was soon apparent that sales were not my forte, but I did seem to be rather good at administering the computer systems in the department.

With a strong interest in computers, I decided to follow up secondary school with a couple of years at college studying IT to further my knowledge of computer development, and so when a few years later the call center was shut down, I was moved to the IT department of the head office to develop new systems for the company.

After that, my career in software development was clearly my calling in life.

But what if things had turned out differently?  What if the money and glamour of software development was not important and I could choose any career I please?

Archeology always seemed glamorous

I’ve often mused over what else I could do in life to make a living, and what my dream job would be.  If I had even the slightest maths skills I may have chosen the career of a scientist, as physics have always held a particular interest to me, and was the one other subject in school I was good at.

Then there’s other dream jobs which have always sounded exciting in my mind; such as archaeologist, architect or actor, none of which I have the skills for, but I can always dream.

So, do you have your dream job already?  Doing what you always planned you’d do?  And if not, what would be your dream career?