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That's an interesting perspective for not following your passion. Could you elaborate on the experience as to how following your passion seemed appealing but ac

• em-bee 8y ago
  the problem is that when you turn a passion into a job you get a lot of other things that you may not passionate about. i had a passion for programming in highschool. but i absolutely hated working 9-5 in an office environment. the problem was when i had that experience as an intern i didn't know why i hated it. it took me years to figure out what the real problem was and to find the kind of work that aligned with my passions and avoided the things i didn't like about it while also along the way changing my feelings about some aspects (9-5 looks less bad when other factors are good (i still avoid it though)).