You actually sound like you fall on both sides similarly to the way I (TFA's author) do, seeing that you did high-paid less lovable work and then more lovable work for less pay. (At the moment I program 3 days a week and during the other days I animate without any plans to get paid for it.)

My point was mostly that one could be equally valuable (or, conversely, pernicious) at both types of jobs having either sort of motivation.