Rich, definitely not, but I do pretty much as close to my dream job as I can reasonably expect.
I have a contract with Microsoft doing work for their education department. Ideally I wouldn't be a contractor (but I'm hoping to transition to a full-time MS employee in the next year or so), but the team of people I'm working for is fantastic, great sense of being on a team and they're all a treat to work with on a daily basis.
The other part I love is that I'm fully remote. Not having a commute anymore is absolutely fantastic, it has released so much stress from my life. It also allowed me to move to a totally different state and buy a house with my fiance down in San Diego.
And even when there are a lot of assignments due or big projects going on, it's never THAT stressful. The only stressful thing is that being on a contract means that ever 3, 6,or 9 months I have to worry a bit about my contract getting renewed. Thankfully my manager loves me and doesn't want to lose me so I'm pretty secure (but my most recent contract renewal took a while and I nearly missed a whole paycheck, but I thankfully was able to make up all the missed hours).
Took me about 5 years I think to get this job after graduating college. All the jobs between then and now were OK, but nearly all of them had issues (shitty boss at one, shitty work at another, boring work and a long commute at another). But those jobs built my experience with a variety of tools and eventually I got contacted by a recruiter and got this job and I've been here for over 2 years I think.
I have a contract with Microsoft doing work for their education department. Ideally I wouldn't be a contractor (but I'm hoping to transition to a full-time MS employee in the next year or so), but the team of people I'm working for is fantastic, great sense of being on a team and they're all a treat to work with on a daily basis.
The other part I love is that I'm fully remote. Not having a commute anymore is absolutely fantastic, it has released so much stress from my life. It also allowed me to move to a totally different state and buy a house with my fiance down in San Diego.
And even when there are a lot of assignments due or big projects going on, it's never THAT stressful. The only stressful thing is that being on a contract means that ever 3, 6,or 9 months I have to worry a bit about my contract getting renewed. Thankfully my manager loves me and doesn't want to lose me so I'm pretty secure (but my most recent contract renewal took a while and I nearly missed a whole paycheck, but I thankfully was able to make up all the missed hours).
Took me about 5 years I think to get this job after graduating college. All the jobs between then and now were OK, but nearly all of them had issues (shitty boss at one, shitty work at another, boring work and a long commute at another). But those jobs built my experience with a variety of tools and eventually I got contacted by a recruiter and got this job and I've been here for over 2 years I think.