"Do what you love" is one of the worst pieces of advice ever. amirite?

Follow your dreams until the rent is due.

by corkerygreta 2 days ago

Following your dream and succeeding requires maturity. An overwhelming majority of people aren't equipped to do that. So they stick to safe career options.

by Ready_Locksmith 2 days ago

I'm with you part of the way there. But it feels like you're saying "jobs are not for doing stuff you like doing. Jobs are supposed to suck! How dare you enjoy what you do!!!!!" I would agree that sometimes pragmatism needs to rule the day, and/or sometimes your "dream" needs to face the reality of rent/food/whatever. But it is ok to try and find a job you enjoy doing. I mean, c'mon

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Its almost never the task itself that makes a job terrible, its dealing with management, deadlines and arbitrary rules that make a job miserable. I love playing video games but I always said that if it was structures like a job in that someone tells you what to play, how to play and when to play it would get miserable pretty damn quick, oh and you also have to stand the whole 8 hours you are playing because sitting down "doesnt look good"

by Ok_Revolution_1304 2 days ago

With employment love and like are different and like makes most people a lot.more imo With love there comes bias in important decisions that can be detrimental

by Johnsonmurray 2 days ago

It is entirely possible to love your job and use that job to fund hobbies you love.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I do something I'm passionate about as a job and it definitely doesn't make it a chore. I even have hobbies outside of work along the same lines that I also do regularly. My job does require some much less interesting tasks that go along with the fun stuff. But I would much rather that than it all to be uninteresting to me.

by angelokuneva 2 days ago

Liking a job and being good at it aren't mutually exclusive. It's much more preferable to be in a job you at minimum tolerate to actually have the motivation to not just, y'know, bed-rot or dread work. There is of course a line where money is too little to pursue a certain job offer, but you can at least work in a field which is prefered.

by Ignatius10 2 days ago

It's a fine piece of advice. The issue is that it needs to be followed up with the addendum that not everyone will get to do that.

by Kennedi91 2 days ago

Like almost all general advice it's incomplete

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I actually agree with this one. I don't know why it's taboo to tell people their passion might not always translate into success. It's great to keep doing it but it's rational to make it a side project if your bills are due. I have craft projects I love working on but I know feasibly it wouldn't work if I just dropped everything for it. Realistically you should get a job you despise the least and try to make it fund your passions. If you're 31 still trying to be an inspiring artist, still go for it but you should attempt to pivot to a backup plan if it blows up in your face.

by Agitated_Safety 2 days ago

No you can enjoy work so every moment in your life every activity you do is something u like

by chynarosenbaum 2 days ago

why do you have to be good at what you do?

by zanderstanton 2 days ago

Who wants to keep an incompetent employee?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Being bad at what you do doesnt fare well for advancement or continuing to be employed

by Anonymous 2 days ago

No matter what it is, work will eventually become work. If you love something, do you want it to become work, or keep it as something you love. I always say do the job you can tolerate and excel in. Keep the things you love as your hobbies.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Much better advice: Find a way to love what you do

by Terrible_Average 1 day ago

Agree. I had an older coworker tell me this when I was in my twenties and wanted to quit my secure job to do something that wouldn't have been secure at all. I am so glad I listened to him.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The problem has more to do with people overestimating their potential while underestimating the risks and opportunity costs. And most people don't really love their things to a point they want to give up their weekends with friends and families.

by Hairy-Effective 1 day ago

Unpopular opinion. Dream job is an oxymoron. No job is a dream job. It's why they're called jobs. If we wanted to do them, they wouldn't be called jobs.

by pagacvirgil 1 day ago

But I live liberal arts /s

by Anonymous 1 day ago

If you are going to do something for 40 hours a week for the rest of your life, it really helps to enjoy it.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I found out the hard way that the best way to start hating something that you love is to try making it into a career.

by Swimming-Salad 1 day ago