Thank you for stopping by Interview Chatter! You ask an excellent question. My post is written to the whosoever that has something in their heart – a vocation or career that they quashed, for some never to be resurrected. To others it still burns in their unconscious “maybe, one day file.”

My post will never be realized for everyone because most people error on the side of unbelief. They error on the side of believing they “have to” rather than on the side of “I get to”. There will always be people to do those “Senior J2EE Consutant” position or the “Assistant Vice President of Technology”. Not to worry. My post is for those “Senior J2EE Consultants” who are willing to believe that their “pipe dream” is possible. It is for the “Assistant Vice President of Technology” who still has a enough gumption to believe that if they are willing to let go of the reigns of their vice presidency they might become the President of their dream corporation. It is for senators who dare to believe that in 2008 in the United States of America they could WIN the presidency of the greatest country in the free world.

I AM saying do what you love – whether it is a vocation or a career. I get to do what I do everyday and I get paid to do it. But I don’t see it as a job – though it is – it is what I desire to do for the rest of my life. And for that I am eternally grateful.

Is it difficult to live your dreams in the world we live in? In a word – “Yes!” But the beauty of it, is that it is POSSIBLE!

How is it possible you may ask? Because it will only be those willing to RISK that will see it come to fruition. Most will present an argument as you have for the reasons they can’t do it. My purpose is to challenge the RISK takers. For everyone else, they are welcome too. Understand there may not be a security boat around you. The RISK takers will step out of te boat on a word and dare to believe they can walk on water.

C’mon Rahul, the water is great! Even if you find yourself sinking, the dream is still in sight if you are willing to try again until you make it happen.

I have a question for you – if everyone ended up doing their dream job, and everyone thought of their dream job as you describe it (something you wake up wanting to do every morning or have wanted to do since you were a kid), then who would do jobs like “Senior J2EE Consultant” or “Assistant Vice President of Technology Strategy in the Mortgage Backed Securities Division”?

Would the world be the same without these jobs?

What you’re saying is, don’t do a job – do what you love. And that’s what people did, when all they had to do was farm to put food on the table. That wasn’t what took up 5 days of their week from 9-5 or 6 or 10. They farmed, and then, they did what they loved. In the society we live in today, that is not impossible, but very difficult. Don’t you think?

Darlene