For the past 30 years I got good at programming but never really did graphics because I didn't like games. I now view it as a massive oversight and have been trying to catch up for over a year.
So hard.
So hard.
Basically the same reason pet veterinaries and teachers and nurses and musicians and artists still attract plenty of candidates despite a comparatively low pay.
(Playing games is more fun than working with CRUD apps. But writing games and writing CRUD apps seem about equal in their probability distributions of fun.)
Gramsci's pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will can be a tough motivator but I'm trying.
Not mocking, it's a tough ambition at times.
Just recently one of our security experts dropped dead over the weekend. When everyone heard about it they were sad for about 5 minutes, then 5 minutes later everyone was talking about their kids, parents, family, vacations or what they're going to have for lunch.
I don't mean that to be condescending, your life is important to you. Build your future, technology will take care of itself.