I'll pass this on to my college roommates. While I got a degree in Engineering, they finished with degrees in Wildlife Managment and Art. Neither one of them have a lot of happiness in their jobs, and neither one of them have a job that has any relation to their degree, either. Some degrees do not have a very good career path (Romantic Literature, Black Studies, Wymen's Studies, Home Economics, Political Science, Journalism, Foreign Language, Medival History, Philosophy and more). Money may not buy happiness - but a meager amount of money sure can buy a lifetime worth of misery.
The very lucky among us do what they love; most of us do what we can tolerate and live for our weekends/vacations/holidays. But, at the end of the day; the person who has an adequate income can do whatever they 'want' to do; because they want to, not because they 'need' to.
-—The very lucky among us do what they love; most of us do what we can tolerate and live for our weekends/vacations/holidays. But, at the end of the day; the person who has an adequate income can do whatever they ‘want’ to do; because they want to, not because they ‘need’ to.——
You have to balance vocation and practicality, particularly if you have a family. Sacrifice is a fundamental aspect of Christian life that is incomprehensible to modern pagans.