How did you decide to enter your current line of work?

So I was at the dentist the other day getting my teeth cleaned and I’m staring up at the ceiling thinking a million thoughts as one does when they are getting their teeth cleaned and it occurred to me – being a dental hygienist must absolutely suck. Nobody likes going to the dentist, you don’t get paid the bucks of an actual dentist, you have to dig into some nasty mouths, I’d imagine, and there it is – dental hygienist. [No disrespect, it’s a vital job, I just think it’s brutal. Arguably more important than the actual dentist.] All I kept thinking from that point on was how does somebody decide they want to be a dental hygienist? And yes I could’ve asked but my mouth was being destroyed cleaned so it wasn’t easy to talk.

Anyway with Labor Day weekend coming up and all, let’s talk labor. How did you decide to do the job you currently do? Besides money what were the other factors? Are you doing something today that you never thought you’d be doing when you were younger? Do you enjoy your job?