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This is really frustrating because I feel like the culture is constantly spamming two contradictory memes. Lumifer even explicitly gave me both of them upthread.
But in my case (and probably a substantial majority of people) I honestly think that the venn diagram between one and two might have literally zero overlap. Like, isn't the whole point of a job that it isn't fun, and that's why they have to pay you to do it? I tried to compromise by double majoring in something I am genuinely passionate about (art) and something practical (comp sci), but I feel like this is still not enough somehow...? Sometimes I think the only winning move is to get lucky and be born the type of person who has a natural burning desire to become an engineer.
I don't have a good answer for you: I struggle with this problem myself. The best I can suggest is to try out a lot of things, to see if you'd find something that was practical and which you did enjoy.
Not necessarily: even if a job was fun, you would still need money to live, so your employer would still need to pay you.