For Those Who Hate Their Jobs

I recently read an article that said most successful people in my generation have a common link. They all chose their future jobs based on their availability and not on personal interest. This method was always viewed as an option of course. I feel a lot of the Baby Boomer generation knew this was the ultimate choice and went into whatever position they thought would be the most lucrative. I always refused to go after a career that I would hate. Spending most of your life doing something you aren't interested in sounded dreadful. However, your dream job might not be the best paying. This logic definitely applies to entering the art field more than any other. Although, there are probably more artistic/art jobs now than ever before. It is still rare to have a "regular" 9-5 job in the art community. It's a field where you sort of have to be hustling the entire time. And thats what I've always thought of as the exchange for doing what you love. First, mainly having to work jobs that make you hate life anyway to pay the bills. You must sacrifice your comfortability and figure out your own schedule and way to make things work. A lot of videographers tend to save for the winter, where their jobs have very particular seasons. Painters and photographers often have no idea how much money they are going to make, especially starting out. But these are the prices for doing a job you find genuinely interesting. I was wondering what would happen if we reached a need for a large amount of design/art jobs? Would be people who are genuinely disinterested in doing art join the field just because it was guaranteed to have positions. And what kind of work would that produce? Would it become less artistic in general? Would those fields be thought of as less art oriented? I feel they are all very relevant to the direction the world is moving in technology right now and will be interesting to see what happens.