Mike Rowe: Don't Follow Your Passion

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Hi all.

I usually hate PragerU with a burning passion, but I think that they might be right about this one thing.


^^^
This is pretty much conformed by my personal experiences.

I've never heard of Prager before but this is a great video and Mike is a pretty smart guy.

I happen to do work that typically requires a degree, but I do so without it. I approach it much like a skilled tradesperson. The work I do today is nowhere near what my passion was. My passion was music, and I DROVE it into the ground so hard that it broke my heart. To a point that I used to claim that music was evil and caused cancer jokingly, but bitterly. Later I started to notice because I had skills with computers and software that I could learn just about any software program that I took the time to work with. This led to me eventually working in analytics and more with data. Later I piled on other skills that have led me to being a competent leader. All of those skills I learned with an aspie enthusiasm for special interests. We've very suited for skilled trades! Or at least I think we are...

Great advice.

(Also yay Roostre )