Creating Work, pt 2 (or, what's my dream job?)

Gloomy hard at work

by dollie_mixtures on flickr

Way back in August of 2006 I posted an entry called Creating Work in which I talked about a possible ideal job. That was only one possibility, though. Now, two years later, I can think of many, many other ideal jobs. In fact, it seems like I can’t even scan the job ads without seeing at least one job that makes me do a little jig. (I’m not qualified for many of these jobs, but someday…) So I’ve been thinking about what my ideal job would be. In all honesty, there is no one perfect job. There’s no one thing I want to do for the rest of my life. There’s lots of things I’d like to do for 5-10 years, though. Luckily, I have time to try out a bunch of different things and see where I really fit.

Since job searching is on my mind a lot lately, I’m going to do a series of posts on dream jobs- jobs I think I would really enjoy. Please note that not all of these jobs are things I would be immediately qualified for, but they’re things I can aspire to. I think the exercise would be useful in narrowing down what it is I’m really looking for.

By the way, I’d love to hear about others’ dream positions- maybe you’re already living the dream!

First up is a totally fantasy position that combines my Fine Art background and my love of digital humanities: Artist in Residence of a Digital Humanities Center

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2 Responses to Creating Work, pt 2 (or, what's my dream job?)

  1. Clair says:

    It’s not bad to aspire for those jobs ;) Go for it. You never know. Maybe you’d eventually find yourself in those jobs somehow :D

  2. Andrew says:

    this is a cool idea! I see some of those job postings as well and don’t have the experience (or tech skills) yet, but at least know what I need to work on.