Supplementary Post: I Found My Dream Job

It's safe to say working at Walt Disney World would be my dream job.  I've known about the presence of Disney Imagineers for a while, but only recently did I decide to delve into their work descriptions to see what exactly it takes to become one.

First of all: Disney Imagineers are part of an exclusive group that designs the Disney parks.  They work on making every minuscule detail of Disney look as magical as it does.  Naturally, I immediately asked myself what it takes to become an Imagineer—and here are the answers.

This guy spent over six years making tiny drawings of Disney details (including the doorknobs at Disney parks) before he could land an interview.  Now, Don Carson is no longer employed by Disney, but he provides thorough interviews paving the path for those who want to follow in his footsteps.

Some of Carson's artwork—no wonder he became an Imagineer!

Considering I have no artistic talent, I researched some other pathways to becoming an Imagineer.  Luckily, I found an answer: this girl devoted her entire college career to Imagineering, majoring in Disney just so she could get her dream job.  Immediately after writing this, I'll start flipping through Duke Program II pamphlets to see if I can do the same.

Imagineering legend Bob Gurr also gave an interview about his early days as an Imagineer in the 1950s.  He distinguishes wanting to be an Imagineer from actually doing the work to become one.  It's certainly a good point—otherwise, every Disney fan would be working as an Imagineer right now.

Bob Gurr's concept art for Autopia.

So what have I learned from this research?  Imagineering, unfortunately, requires an artistic hand, which I do not possess.  I guess I'll have to resort to Plan B—becoming a skipper on The Jungle Cruise.  It's definitely not the worst thing in the world.