That is precisely what I was talking about. "Do what you love" is fine, "expect to get paid for doing what you love" is not. If you love singing, for example,

That is precisely what I was talking about. "Do what you love" is fine, "expect to get paid for doing what you love" is not. If you love singing, for example, by all means do it, do it a lot, but don't let the market turn what you love into a grind by making it your profession if the market has 100 people trying to get that career for every job opening. Pick something you are ok with, that others want to pay for, and it's ok if what you love is a hobby. There is some programming I love doing; it's not generally the stuff I am getting paid to do. That's ok, as long as I realize that it's ok.