Recently I’ve been hearing and reading a lot of career advice from people who try to bash the whole ‘do what you love’ idea.
And because I’m curious, I’ve spent some time reading and listening to what they have to say (just google ‘do what you love is bad advice’).
But I don’t buy it.
The whole argument is that you should become good at what you do, and ultimately you will learn to love your work because you’re good at it.
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