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Comment by LKAndrew | Hacker News Reader

As someone who makes a great salary on doing what I love to do, I don't think it's all bullshit. Following your passion doesn't have to mean that you want to be a rock star. It's ridiculous to think that you can't find something you're passionate about in your work.

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I think this is a bit of a tightrope walk. It's very important to be grateful, thankful, and appreciative of the work you do. For most of us posting on HN, our jobs are what most would consider luxury jobs. Collectively, we've got it pretty damn good.

I'd wager _most_ of us would not continue working these jobs if we had the option not to. If someone plopped <sufficiently large amount of money> into my bank account, I really don't think I'd continue working at my job, regardless of how much I appreciate it today.

If you're finding something in your work to be passionate about, are you "following your passion"? I always read that expression to be about changing your life, not adjusting your passions to fit it.

Yet the latter seems to be the only reliable way to accomplish it. I often wonder, if those people writing about "following passion" actually found a work that fits their passions, or made their passions fit their work...

I think you're misunderstanding. If being able to support means stocking shelves or being the assistant janitor, then do that, and screw passionate. You have a responsibility. That comes before passion.

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