I’d be in their lab, reworking customer reference boards, working directly under one of their engineers. I never got the chance to go to college, and to get to this point is amazing. I’m deeply passionate about tech, and I’m super excited about this opportunity.

Nah, there are dream jobs, reality just has this unfortunate habit of imposing itself on your dreams. The result being that even dream jobs can suck because of the bullshit that goes along with them.