People (to make a sweeping generalisation) want to do stuff they’re interested in. Sometimes that’s a skill that happens to earn you money in the current system. But even if it is, turning your hobby into a job sucks the fun out of it pretty quickly. Since now you’re reliant on it to survive.
More than that, people want to be useful and valued, which really is the basis for a job (I’m counting parenting as a job here). Some people don’t care about that external validation and only want to do interesting stuff but a huuuuge number of people do thrive off that.
Nail on head. I happen to enjoy what I do for a living as a matter of interest and satisfaction, but having it lock me in to a narrow career path at this point sucks most of the fun out of it.
People (to make a sweeping generalisation) want to do stuff they’re interested in. Sometimes that’s a skill that happens to earn you money in the current system. But even if it is, turning your hobby into a job sucks the fun out of it pretty quickly. Since now you’re reliant on it to survive.
TLDR the issue is capitalism, as per usual.
More than that, people want to be useful and valued, which really is the basis for a job (I’m counting parenting as a job here). Some people don’t care about that external validation and only want to do interesting stuff but a huuuuge number of people do thrive off that.
Not me tho
Nail on head. I happen to enjoy what I do for a living as a matter of interest and satisfaction, but having it lock me in to a narrow career path at this point sucks most of the fun out of it.