The job market totally disregards the passions and aspirations of any generation. There is nothing special about the current generation except that they have b

The job market totally disregards the passions and aspirations of any generation. There is nothing special about the current generation except that they have been given unrealistic expectations by their parents. The job market is all about doing things that other people are willing to pay for. They are willing to pay for that work to be done for a variety of reasons like: (1) they don't have the skills to do that job or time/capacity to learn; (2) they could do that job, but would prefer not to and are willing to pay to avoid doing that job; or (3) they could do that job, but their time is better spent earning more money doing some different job. None of these three reasons makes any guarantee that the job will match the passions and aspirations of those in the job market. Throughout history, doing a job that matches your passions and aspirations is a rarity and it continues to be a rarity to this day. Furthermore, lots of people tend to share passions and aspirations and there are only so many jobs for all those people, so typically even if you do try to land a job that matches your passions and aspirations, there are a million other people doing the same and that depresses prices because of a glut in supply. Ultimately, the real problem is that expectations were not tempered and realistic. You're far less likely to have regrets if you had more realistic expectations going in.