
I'm an archaeologist. Don't make much money, but love the work. |
Professor-love, love my job. Minuses: relatively low pay, a difficult job (tenure track) to obtain, and requires geographic flexibility--but on the plus side: incredible flexibility, great work environment, amazing benefits, lots of good conversations, intelligent, quirky colleagues, great books, intellectual independence, etc. |
Love my job - lawyer - internal investigations. |
I'm a SAHM, but the job I had previously that I truly loved every single day, year in and year out, was a crime beat reporter for a daily newspaper. |
My husband loves his job. He's a lawyer. He is naturally drawn to complex puzzles and his work seems to speak to that interest/need for him. I am a WOHM and I also posted in the other thread that I love my job. I work in the biomedical sciences and feel like I am making a contribution to society while still being able to attend to my family. I like that my daughter says she is going to be "a mommy and a scientist who helps people". I think all children benefit from seeing their parents be happy in what they do (regardless of SAHM/WOHM, etc). |
I LOVED working at a zoo, but quit that job to attend law school. |
What did you do at the zoo? |
I work in the education field and LOVE my job. |
My cousin also worked at the zoo and loved it. I'm not sure what she did there, but now she is an ecologist and really into nature conservancy. She loves being outside all day studying plants and animals. |
I LOVE my job. I have an engineering degree and worked for a Navy lab for several years. I've moved into program management and love my job even more now. I just came back a few weeks ago from maternity leave with baby #2. The pay, flexibility, stability, coworkers, actual work are great. Plus, I telework 2 days per week |
Although I love my job, I think I would also love being a childrens' book illustrator. That's my next career goal. |
I'm a professor too, and I absolutely love it. Changes all the time (different students with different needs and thoughts so every week is something new, even if I am teaching a topic I have taught before); smart colleagues; very flexible hours; projects I work on are entirely up to me; great mental stimulation. Of course downsides are that it never stops (I'm tenured but I still feel the "publish or perish" pressure to go up for promotion, win another grant, advance to full professor, etc), administrative duties take time away from research and teaching, and pay is very low for my level of education/expertise (I'm at a private institution so no need for the school to publish salaries). Overall, though, I can't see doing anything else! |
But is the work not dreadfully dull? Tell the truth. |
DH does federal criminal work and LOVES it because it is not boring like corporate litigation. |
Anonymous wrote: I work as a government lawyer and do love my job. A big reason for that is that I work reasonable hours, make a decent salary, have a lot of autonomy and am appreciated. I imagine I could like just about any job that offered me these things. "But is the work not dreadfully dull? Tell the truth. " I think boring depends on your personality. I do a lot of detailed tedious work, but I like that. My job would be boring to lots of people though. |