This is a great question, and it made me think it would be interesting to hear everybody's answers!


I worked at a non-traditional University while I earned my degree at night.  I completed both a bachelor's and master's degree there, and I was able to move up the ranks from a part-time accounts payable assistant to the executive asst. to the Provost for that institution (over the course of the 9 years I worked there).  Once I got my MBA a contact from my job lead me to work at a traditional University.  When I made a job change last year I had the experience I needed to work at the research institution where I now work, but I also had a childhood friend who works here and let me know about the job, gave my name to the right person, etc.

What a great question!

my job quest has gone in a lot of different directions.
Following college I thought I'd be a writer, after working at a newspaper I realized that was not my parachute.
then I thought sales might be fun but I was horrible at it - almost, but not quite, as bad at it as I was waitressing
Then I got involved in web design and realized it was such a passion, then I got involved in advertising and realized how much I love delving into the psychology of people and what makes them react.  Marketing was the next step for me and I now run a team of web developers and graphic artists so I can implement a lot of different marketing campaigns.  I LOVE my job. It's not always perfect but what I do is always so exciting and there is a world of learning open to me.

But I got lucky with a lot of different moves to different jobs and different bosses that saw natural talents in me to give me the opportunity to find all of this out!

What do you feel passionate about?