Let’s discuss your dream job, and we can see if there are any surprising twists on this common aspiration. What’s yours? A user asked, “What’s your dream job? No matter how cliche it sounds.” Here is what people shared
1. Author
![Teenage student with stack of books standing by bookshelf in college library](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/library.jpg)
“Author. I want to disappear into my bedroom, write a book, publish it, disappear again, and watch people enjoy it.”
“I want to be a best-selling fantasy writer.”
2. Photography
![Travel hiker taking photo of Lake Braies (Lago di Braies) in Dolomites Mountains, Italy. Hiking travel and adventure.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/travel.jpg)
“To travel the world and be a wildlife/landscape photographer.”
“That’s actually fairly doable if you could grow a following online. You could then sell prints and have fine art shows at galleries.”
3. Blacksmith
![Portrait of handsome man in suit](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cufflinks.jpg)
“I want to be a blacksmith.. live a simple life. Wake up with the sunrise, make a cup of coffee, head out to work shack on my property and crack some hot iron/steel, make some cool stuff.”
4. Pilot
![Rear view of ground worker signaling to airplane on wet runway](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/air-traffic-controller.jpg)
“My childhood dream job was to be a pilot, but I get very sick on airplanes so yeah. No bueno.”
“I wanted to be a pilot but went through college first at the advice of my parents. Got a job and after a few years finally decided, I’m going to do it. At 27 years old, with a bachelor’s degree in hand, I called an air force recruiter and asked what I would need to do to sign up to become a pilot. I was told that I was “too old” to join the program.”
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5. Voice Actor
![Senior grey haired man holding bunch of fifty dollars banknotes over purple background with happy face smiling doing ok sign with hand on eye looking through fingers](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/miser-old-man.jpg)
“Voice actor for cartoons.”
6. Race Car Driver
![1. autocross](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1.-autocross.jpg)
“Race car driver, for as long as I can remember. But there’s an old joke: How do you make a small fortune in racing? Start with a large one.”
“I wanna work for an F1, MotoGP, or IndyCar racing team. Strategist or pit crew. Traveling, competing, and watching races sounds like a hell of a time!”
7. Not Need A Job
![Photo of unhappy upset sister brother dressed denim shirts biting fists hand arm isolated yellow color background.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shocked-couple-1.jpg)
“My dream job is not needing one. Something like that. It’s not that I don’t want to work, or that I don’t want to contribute, or that I don’t want to add value, or that I don’t want to help others, or that I don’t have ambitions – I most certainly do… I just don’t want to feel like I need to slave most of my life away from being profitable for shareholders to “earn” my right to exist.”
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8. Psychologist
![Close up portrait of disappointed, shocked, pretty, charming, stylish woman with wide open mouth and eyes, looking out glasses, holding eyelets with fingers, isolated on grey background](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wtf-woman-1.jpg)
“Consultant psychologist that sits in on high-end job interviews to assess applicants. Like 500K plus jobs.”
9. Re-doing Old Houses
![Simple house exterior with tile roof. Front porch with curb appeal](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/house.jpg)
“Realistic dream job would be rehabbing old houses. Not like a flipper using builder-grade stuff to make a quick buck but really taking the time to bring old house charm back using my own hands. Throw in there a side gig of teaching older kids how to do some work, and I’d be super happy.”
10. Selling Retro Videogames
![annoyed man](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/annoyed-man.jpg)
“I want to have a shop selling retro videogames. Old Nintendo, Sega, Atari, PlayStation, etc. Also, some newer stuff, but mostly the old classic games”
11. Film Director
![Closeup portrait of angry young man, about to have nervous breakdown, isolated on gray wall background. Negative human emotions facial expression feelings attitude](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jealous-man.jpg)
“Film Director. I want to make historical films.”
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12. Archaeologist
![The famous Plymouth Rock, the traditional site of disembarkation of the Mayflower pilgrims in the New World.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/plymouth-rock.jpg)
“Archaeologist. As a kid, I always wanted to be just like Indiana Jones.”
13. Detective
![](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cunning-woman.jpg)
“My dream job is being a detective”
14. Board Game Designer
![Me Crazy? Frustrated woman gesturing with finger against temple and other hand pointing at her self looking at camera telling Am I crazy Isolated white background Negative emotion face expression](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/am-i-dumb.jpg)
“Board game designer. I have prototypes of several games already, but haven’t yet made one that sings.”
15. YouTuber
![Milenial people sharing content on streaming platform with digital web camera - Modern lifestyle concept with smart millenial guys and girls having fun vlogging live feeds on social media networks](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/youtube.jpg)
“YouTuber or Twitch streamer. I love the thought of getting paid for my hobbies. It does feel like a pipe dream, though, everyone talks about how difficult it is to stay consistent with your content and get a large enough audience to support yourself financially.”
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