Article published by IEEE Spectrum
How a B student landed an A+ job in the toy industry.This is part of the dream jobs yearly seres of the Spectrum magazine of IEEE, Feb 2009.
- Age: 38,
- What he does: Evaluates toys for reliability and safety;
- For whom: Wild Planet Toys;
- Where he does it: In an office cluttered with toys, old and new, in San Francisco's financial district;
- Fun factors: Gets to play with all the latest toys made by his company and competitors, works with children to evaluate product designs.
Shannon Bruzelius graduated from mechanical engineering in 1995, but it was not until 1999 that he got his 'dream job'.
Throughout those four years he had 'boring' jobs, on engineering but which were not really fulfilling, mainly because he was seriously looking for his job at a toys company.
It took him many daily 'cold calls' to all companies which manufactured toys, getting no response. Until one day he met somebody by chance in a flight who gave him the right contact. After a few months of dealing with that contact, he finally landed the 'dream job', which he loved from day one.
Other jobs may pay more, but this is the right one and he would not change it for anything.
Throughout those four years he had 'boring' jobs, on engineering but which were not really fulfilling, mainly because he was seriously looking for his job at a toys company.
It took him many daily 'cold calls' to all companies which manufactured toys, getting no response. Until one day he met somebody by chance in a flight who gave him the right contact. After a few months of dealing with that contact, he finally landed the 'dream job', which he loved from day one.
Other jobs may pay more, but this is the right one and he would not change it for anything.
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