I love the work I do. In the first few years of my career I thought to myself, many times, "I can't believe they're paying me to do this." I wouldn't have done

I love the work I do. In the first few years of my career I thought to myself, many times, "I can't believe they're paying me to do this." I wouldn't have done it for free, but man, it was fun. Most days it's still fun. I've been doing this since the late 1970s. Some days have not been fun. Hell, I've had a few years of that. It happens. The trap is that, when it's not fun and you have to push through the inevitable shitty stuff that crops up (an awful boss or co-worker, a project run by psychopathic and abusive managers, a series of layoffs or a company going down the tubes) you need to figure out whether to keep your resolve and keep plugging away and try to fix things, or throw in the towel and start fresh somewhere else. Doing what you love requires that you do the difficult stuff, while not being taken advantage of. It can be tricky. So yeah, follow your passion, if it pays enough and if you're not taken advantage of. If not, find something else.