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3. My Dream Job

 Is There Such a Thing As a Dream Job?

Like everyone else, when I was little I wanted to be a lot of things: scientist, astronaut, chemist and for a long time I wanted to study physical sciences (physics degree). The truth is that it wasn't until my third year of high school that I questioned the idea of studying physics, and my interests began to change. 

When I started my third year of high school, I chose to study the intermediate level technician in construction, which was one of the two technical career options offered by the school. The truth is that I did not want to work in the construction area as such, and even less in administration (which was the other option). I studied construction because I knew that there I could learn things that would be useful in life, not as a vocation or my future source of income par excellence. 

In this process of my last two years of my technical career I began to question many things, and to read about social and political issues. This led me to want to study philosophy at one point, but in the end, in that same third year of high school, I decided I wanted to study sociology. And so it was, unbelievably. 

At this point in my life, I hope to be able to work in the field of sociology, especially in research, public policy, statistics perhaps, etc. I do not imagine myself in a specific area, but I would like to leave the country at some point to investigate other societies or cultures, different realities that contribute to an instrumental knowledge, in the sense that what I do can be useful to at least someone. 

As far as salary is concerned, the truth is that I am satisfied with enough to be able to live on, with all that that implies.

In the event that I were to leave my career (or my career were to leave me), and I had to decide what would be an "ideal" job under those conditions, I guess anything that would provide me with what I needed to live and make my life in an optimal "non-academic" way. It could also be in a bookstore, library or a growshop perhaps. 

More "formal" things I would have liked to dedicate myself to are: psychology and psychoanalysis, maybe music and cinema. 



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  1. Hellen Contreras29 de abril de 2022 a las 8:20 a.m.

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  2. Hellen Contreras29 de abril de 2022 a las 8:22 a.m.

    I find interesting your perspective on work and how we idealize professions, when most of them enslave us.

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  3. Nicolás Zambrano29 de abril de 2022 a las 9:27 a.m.

    Hi Dorian, it seems to me that knowing other cultures is very necessary for our work as sociologists, your dream job is very interesting.

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  4. Agus5 de mayo de 2022 a las 9:12 a.m.

    hello dorian, I think that sometimes I also wonder if I should leave my career and as you say if the career would leave me. I think it's part of sociology, to be constantly taking a leap of faith.

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  5. TaliaPP23 de junio de 2022 a las 9:01 p.m.

    I still don't know what a sociologist do

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  6. Manuel Prieto2 de julio de 2022 a las 8:46 a.m.

    Hi Dorian! I hope sociology don´t leave yourself... That would be really shocking... But anyways, I think you did a grate job choosing what you wanted to study.

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