In the past I've been in job interviews where several questions were pointed at showing if the job matches my passion in life. Even with the law of numbers and the variability of our species taken into account, I imagine there couldn't be a single human soul that could honestly say that some of these jobs are somebody's dream job.

I suspect that not only do most people not work at their dream job, but on the other side of the equation, not much effort and thought goes into structuring a job that someone would be happy in. Often a job gets created because a work flow is identified. Next thing you know, the organization seeks someone to complete the tasks with perhaps not even a single thought for the (arguably) immortal soul who might have to occupy that job. Then the occupant watches his/her immortal soul begin to shrivel down to the size of a parched pea. We blame the occupant because in a capitalist system, they agreed to it.

It would be encouraging to think that jobs themselves, specifically in our sector, are continuing to evolve into positions that are increasingly more sustainable and rewarding. Perhaps some of you have seen evidence of this evolution. Maybe there will always be a very limited supply of these great jobs and only the top echelons will get them.

I think that jobs will only improve if that's demanded and expected by the sector as a whole. Anyway, that's where I'm at. My dream job might be a literature professorship or science journalist or something. I make a living in the tech sector and don't plan to change that. However, I push to improve the rewards and sustainability of my job and perhaps sometimes use up several of my nine lives doing that on occasion.