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<blockquote data-quote="GrimCo" data-source="post: 9612844" data-attributes="member: 7044462">+1I'we never been particularly passionate about my chosen career field. My passion was art history and literature. But i got degree in mechanical engineering. Not because i'm very passionate about it, but cause that art degree was worthless at the time (still is, best you can do with it is teach art in high school or if you are really lucky, become assistant/professor at university), i had affinity for mechanics and electronics, was good at it, and it offered solid career options. Same with jobs. Joined army cause it offered solid pay that was on time ( believe it or not, at that time in my country, regular pay was benefit), high job security (hard to get fired) and some other minor benefits. No passion, but i was very good at it. And on every job after. Even now, most of my job is boring, but it gives good pay and solid benefits and i'm damn good at it. I work to live, not other way around. Job is there to pay for things i really love.I reserve my passion for things outside of work. Things i'm passionate about, i'm willing to do for free, even pay to do them. When it comes to games and designers ( worked in product design), it's not about being passionate. It's about delivering solid product your customer base is willing to pay. If we go by the numbers, WoTC is doing it just fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GrimCo, post: 9612844, member: 7044462"] +1 I'we never been particularly passionate about my chosen career field. My passion was art history and literature. But i got degree in mechanical engineering. Not because i'm very passionate about it, but cause that art degree was worthless at the time (still is, best you can do with it is teach art in high school or if you are really lucky, become assistant/professor at university), i had affinity for mechanics and electronics, was good at it, and it offered solid career options. Same with jobs. Joined army cause it offered solid pay that was on time ( believe it or not, at that time in my country, regular pay was benefit), high job security (hard to get fired) and some other minor benefits. No passion, but i was very good at it. And on every job after. Even now, most of my job is boring, but it gives good pay and solid benefits and i'm damn good at it. I work to live, not other way around. Job is there to pay for things i really love. I reserve my passion for things outside of work. Things i'm passionate about, i'm willing to do for free, even pay to do them. When it comes to games and designers ( worked in product design), it's not about being passionate. It's about delivering solid product your customer base is willing to pay. If we go by the numbers, WoTC is doing it just fine. [/QUOTE]

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