Anyone Truly Love Their Job

[Anonymous]

Anyone truly love what they're doing that's personally rewarding regardless of pay or with no monetary implications. If so, list occupation and description.

For me I was an Graphic Design major in college and wanted to do something creative but somehow became an Analyst in the Science field as a Fed. I don't like my job, I don't hate it because it pays well with benefits so I'm thankful for that. In hindsight, I studied something that interested me back then although not pragmatic in the real world. It would've be hard to feed my family in that field.

Anyone chased after their dreams and ideals and end up loving what they're doing for a living?

[Anonymous]

I do....I'm a pharmacist in a non-traditional setting

[Anonymous]

I'm in house counsel at a large corporation. I'm not curing cancer or anything doing anything to further humanity, but I love my job. I get to work on interesting challenges every day and love my colleagues. I never thought I'd love working as much as I do.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I love being a stay at home parent of elementary schoolers. I'm on the PTA board and volunteer a lot. I accompany the children to their activities, we do fun things in the afternoon, we walk to the library weekly and I supervise their daily music practice.

I do miss my academic field, but unfortunately it doesn't have much part-time work or flexibility.

[Anonymous]

I do risk analysis for a large corporation and I love my job. It really helps people make decisions, shapes the business, and I get to see a lot of interesting patterns and ways people try to abuse our products and then stop them, which actually helps people on the ground. Plus it pays well and it's 40 hours a week and my boss is the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Yes. I love being a stay at home parent of elementary schoolers. I'm on the PTA board and volunteer a lot. I accompany the children to their activities, we do fun things in the afternoon, we walk to the library weekly and I supervise their daily music practice.

I do miss my academic field, but unfortunately it doesn't have much part-time work or flexibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do risk analysis for a large corporation and I love my job. It really helps people make decisions, shapes the business, and I get to see a lot of interesting patterns and ways people try to abuse our products and then stop them, which actually helps people on the ground. Plus it pays well and it's 40 hours a week and my boss is the best.

What's your background / how did you get this job?

[Anonymous]

I am an IT Project Manager and I love my job. I like to solve problems and I love the variation that my job has day to day. I work from home so I have no commute and my schedule is flexible 75% of the time, which means I get to go to the market in the middle of the afternoon during the week and I am home before and after school for my kids or if they are out of school for breaks or sickness. With a laptop and a phone I can do my job anywhere, and I have. As far as the job itself, I work with a group of people on a project and then a different group on the next project so if there is someone who I don't personally work well with chances are I can avoid having them on future projects. I also get to see and help bring to market technology that does not currently exist or that is an improvement on what does exist, and that is pretty cool. The things some people don't like about my job I actually enjoy. It can be isolating - I am super productive and maximize my time because I am not spending time chitchatting with coworkers or commuting. You are responsible for other people's work - It's all in how you look at it... I am responsible for managing a project and the process not the people, therefore I hold people accountable for what they do with the process. It can be stressful - If you are a good project manager in a good organization there is occasional stress, but I may have 10 stressful days out of 100 and I am OK with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do risk analysis for a large corporation and I love my job. It really helps people make decisions, shapes the business, and I get to see a lot of interesting patterns and ways people try to abuse our products and then stop them, which actually helps people on the ground. Plus it pays well and it's 40 hours a week and my boss is the best.

What's your background / how did you get this job?

Interesting! I'm also curious about your background and how you got into this

[Anonymous]

Yep, I'm a publicist in the entertainment world (sports, celeb, fashion) and I love my job. It comes with its own set of headaches, but I truly love what I do, and I wouldn't change my job for the world. No two days are the same, my clients appreciate and value my work, and the perks are to die for.

[Anonymous]

I'm an economist turned artificial intelligence programmer. I know weird.

I love it. It pays extremely well too.

[Anonymous]

So much bs on here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am an IT Project Manager and I love my job. I like to solve problems and I love the variation that my job has day to day. I work from home so I have no commute and my schedule is flexible 75% of the time, which means I get to go to the market in the middle of the afternoon during the week and I am home before and after school for my kids or if they are out of school for breaks or sickness. With a laptop and a phone I can do my job anywhere, and I have. As far as the job itself, I work with a group of people on a project and then a different group on the next project so if there is someone who I don't personally work well with chances are I can avoid having them on future projects. I also get to see and help bring to market technology that does not currently exist or that is an improvement on what does exist, and that is pretty cool. The things some people don't like about my job I actually enjoy. It can be isolating - I am super productive and maximize my time because I am not spending time chitchatting with coworkers or commuting. You are responsible for other people's work - It's all in how you look at it... I am responsible for managing a project and the process not the people, therefore I hold people accountable for what they do with the process. It can be stressful - If you are a good project manager in a good organization there is occasional stress, but I may have 10 stressful days out of 100 and I am OK with that.

IT Project Managers don't do any of the actual work. They track other people doing work. They thrive in large organizations.

[Anonymous]

my husband runs his own consulting business - he LOVES it. I'm a federal government lawyer and I quite like my job - I work on interesting issues with smart, likeable people, and I make good money and have job security. Looking to take a break though; I'm burning out on being a litigator with small kids at home.

[Anonymous]

I like my job most of the time. would I do it for free? no. do I love all my colleagues and employees? no. Would I rather do something else like travel and eat the world if I was being paid the same? Yes.

Work is work.