I would agree with it being tongue-in-cheek. The wording could be chosen to not include the negative connotations though. These two are quite different: I fol

I would agree with it being tongue-in-cheek. The wording could be chosen to not include the negative connotations though. These two are quite different: I followed my dreams and got demoted to software developer I follow my dreams and got promoted from Development Team Team to Software Developer