Dream jobs are an evolving concept.
I remember growing up, looking up at my parents, who used to work with IBM hardware and software. Every now and then a technician or sales men would come to their office and I'd be left amazed by them. IBMers, a selected few who worked for this prestigious company and were always up to date with bleeding edge stuff.
I was further hooked up on the whole IBMer concept with the marketing campaign they launched for their centennial.
If people asked me what my dream job was, I would have answered "to be an IBMer" without skipping a heartbeat.
Time went by, I started college, deviated heavily from the tech industry by studying industrial engineering and never revisited this old dream of mine.
I eventually ended up working in the tech industry, but never really cared for or remembered this IBM dream, up until a recent conversation I had.
I was encouraged to pursue this old dream of mine and apply for a position at IBM. I gave it a quick thought and realized I would not want to work there anymore. The reasons? Unkown.
Maybe it is because I know more about the company's culture now. Maybe it is because I have grown up to better discern what I really want, from what is being sold to me.
But most definetley, it is because I am no longer the same person that I was when I first envisioned this dream.
All of that reminded me of this tweet, which I 100% support.
I don’t plan long term because I want to do what I think, not what I thought.
— Jason Fried (@jasonfried) February 19, 2021
Everything just leds me to one conclusion:
Dream(s) jobs are an evolving concept.
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