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"Do you currently work in the job you dreamed of having as a kid? If so, that puts you in the lucky minority.\nLinkedIn surveyed more than 8,000 professionals globally, and found that just 8.9% currently work in their childhood dream job, though another 21% say they at least work in a career that relates to their original dream job.\nIn the U.S. specifically, the breakdown is slightly worse: About 7% of those surveyed say they work in their actual dream job, and 21% say they work in a related career.\nNearly half of those surveyed who didn't end up with their dream job said it was because they became interested in a different career path as they got older. Another 16% said their dream job was either too difficult or too expensive to pursue.\nOf the workers LinkedIn surveyed in 15 countries \u2014 including Brazil, Australia, the U.S. and India \u2014 the most common childhood dream jobs fell in the creative and artistic category, which encompasses everything from writers and actors to chefs and acrobats.\nThe single most popular childhood dream job wasn't astronauts or superheros, but rather engineers with 7.7% of those surveyed worldwide listing it. The reason, according to\u00A0a LinkedIn spokesperson, is that engineering is particularly popular in India.\nHere are the top 10 most common childhood dream jobs based on the LinkedIn survey:\n\n1. Engineer (7.7%)\n2. Airplane or helicopter pilot (7%)\n3. Doctor, nurse or EMT (6.7%)\n4. Scientist (6.2%)\n5. Teacher (5.8%)\n6. Lawyer (3.9%)\n7. Writer, journalist or novelist (3.7%)\n8. Astronaut (3.2%)\n9. Veterinarian (3%)\n10. Professional or Olympic athlete; Actors (tied with 2.7% each)\n\nImage courtesy of Flickr, tecrekka."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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