How to Get the Job of Your Dreams

Why he loves it: What's not to love? Clash describes his job as "living out all my boyhood fantasies." And of course, he gets paid to do it all.

His career path: Clash's interest in travel and far-off places began with his childhood experience as a ham operator in the 1960s, which allowed him to travel virtually by talking to people from around the world. His first job out of college was as a writer for a D.C.-based aviation magazine called Airline Executive. After a range of experiences, which included business school, dabbling in music -- his band The VP's gained quite a reputation for satirizing the business world -- and spending a number of years in advertising, Clash landed a job at Forbes as a reporter and fact checker through an interview set up by a friend. He went on to start his own column, The Adventurer, six years later.

His advice: Clash suggests that if you're pursuing a high-risk idea, keep your day job. And find "a point of business that can be leveraged -- a niche that makes you different." He also recommends taking a proactive approach, maintaining that you can create your dream job if it doesn’t already exist, just like he did at Forbes.