I do think too many people believe that "do what you love--money will follow." That's BS. It's great if you can do something you love and make money from it.. in my case, I wound up pretty fulfilled because I learned that it so happened that I was able to make money using a couple of specific skills that wound up being useful to people. That alone was the source of satisfaction for me. It wasn't because I loved interviewing and synthesizing information... it was because those things proved to be useful, and that made me feel good. (I actually do enjoy interviewing people--not so much writing reports).

I think that's the part that younger people don't get. Service to others can be its own reward, especially if you are using talents that come a little easier to you than to others, and people benefit from what you do for them.

But mostly, work is work.