My survival job was as an employment counselor for ex-offenders. I was also an employment counselor in a welfare-to-work program. I never sought these jobs, I just somehow 'ended up' there.
Anyway, my goal was first to be a school teacher, then a college professor at a research institution (I didn't want to research about teaching without experiencing it to some degree first).
I completed the first goal & I'm in the process of acheiving the second (look at GOD!!) . I'm a doctoral student now and an adjuct professor.