In my opinion, you have to balance that position with the realities of the work force: what is in demand, what the compensation is, etc. To give an example, tw

In my opinion, you have to balance that position with the realities of the work force: what is in demand, what the compensation is, etc. To give an example, two of my passions can be said to be writing code and playing music. Of the later passion, it is really difficult to make a career out of it that is anywhere comparable to any coding job, and (knowing what it's like in a local band) it's actually more work than a coding job in most cases; the best bands execute a lot on the sales / marketing / promotion side in any case, a side that I'm personally weak at. So music has becomes the "hobby passion", while the "code passion" pays the bills. (Granted, in some cases it is actually possible to combine the two and do even better. DSP engineers for instance are in pretty high demand as far as I know.)