![]() STEVE JOBS: I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. In 2005, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs crystallized the message in his commencement address to the graduates of Stanford University. ![]() Where occurrence of the phrase "dream job" has grown more than 10,000%. It's plastered on coffee mugs, office plaques, in job postings, in high school and college counseling sessions and in books. In fact, in the past 50 years, the exhortation to find your dream job has thoroughly permeated how Americans talk about - and believe they're supposed to think about - working life. It's one I'd been hearing for virtually all my life and maybe your life, too. And alas, I did not become an astronaut or a career engineer, but that message about finding your passion in your work really stuck. I have a hobby that I love and I just happen to get paid for it." And let me tell you, 14-year-old Meghna was sitting in that audience, mesmerized thinking, "Oh my God, yes, that is exactly what I want when I grow up." He was an engineer though, who had stars in his eyes when he talked about his work and he said, "I don't really have a job. And it's funny now because I don't remember his name or his specific job, but I do remember exactly what he said. And when I was in ninth grade, that year, they brought in a guest speaker from NASA. MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: My hometown of Corvallis, Oregon used to have a summer science and art festival called Da Vinci Days. Excerpt from “The Good Enough Job" by Simone Stolzoff.
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