IMO when people say "dream job", what most people really want is something that isn't minimum wage service work, hard-on-the-body blue-collar work, or "bullshit jobs"-style corporate work. It's pretty difficult to find work that isn't one of those three categories, especially one that doesn't require a bunch of credentials. I think the closest the average person can get to something like a "dream job" is some sort of compromise: teacher instead of service-work for people that like people, a lighter trade like carpentry instead of a heavy trade like HVAC, working at a corporation that does something you like instead of a bank, or the modern favorite: the side-hustle.<p>Maybe I'm just a jaded pessimist, though.