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Join a field that draws lots of passionate people and you will have low pay and poor working conditions. It looks like the market monetizes passion.
by praptak 8y ago
Join a field that draws lots of passionate people and you will have low pay and poor working conditions. It looks like the market monetizes passion.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoYup. Passion can substitute for paycheck to some extent ("I don't earn as much as I would at $mundane-job-X, but at least I'm doing what I love!"), at least for the first couple years - and by then, it's much harder to change your career path.
- sizzzzlerz 8y agoExactly. After the passion wears off and you're left with a young family that needs food and clothing and medical care and you can't afford to buy a decent house, doing what you love isn't enough.
- cyberpunk0 8y agoThat just sounds like it wasn't as much of a passion as you thought.. you could always choose to not contribute to the overpopulation problem.
- tormeh 8y agoThis is the true lesson of the economics of career choice. Cleaning toilets can pay surprisingly well because no one wants to do it.
- Pamar 8y agoI am not sure that your example is really appropriate.