It's not a contradiction. Many dream jobs tend to lose their luster by the time you can actually get one. The entire blog post describes their disillusionment.

It's not a contradiction. Many dream jobs tend to lose their luster by the time you can actually get one. The entire blog post describes their disillusionment. When I was a kid, I wanted to work at Epic because I imagined they'd just play Unreal all day. By the time I could write software, I'd ruled out the entire gaming industry as a place I wanted to be employed. If I got a job at Epic, it wouldn't be because of my childhood ideals, but it would still be my childhood dream job.