The way you present it, everyone has one thing they enjoy and it's a crap shoot whether it's marketable.
I do not agree with this viewpoint. I have so many things that I enjoy doing... I find it very difficult to believe people are born with the capacity to enjoy only one thing.
Those who find themselves out of work because they chose to pursue a tenuous line of work are in that position because they chose, for whatever reason, to pursue that particular work- not because it's the only thing in the world they can enjoy.
Lastly, on the subject of luck, I subscribe to an old adage; "Luck favors the prepared".
I have incidental stuff I also enjoy now and then, but only one calling, and I consider myself lucky that it's writing code (and that the market value of my work has increased so much in twenty years) rather than something like http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/100000-toothpicks-u.... Some people have a deep-seated need to do things society hardly values at all, and terrible advice like "follow your bliss and money will take care of itself" would only compound their tragedy. I think the key is to find the smallest gap between what you need to do and what our civilization wants from you, because that gap will be the measure of your dissatisfaction.
I do not agree with this viewpoint. I have so many things that I enjoy doing... I find it very difficult to believe people are born with the capacity to enjoy only one thing.
Those who find themselves out of work because they chose to pursue a tenuous line of work are in that position because they chose, for whatever reason, to pursue that particular work- not because it's the only thing in the world they can enjoy.
Lastly, on the subject of luck, I subscribe to an old adage; "Luck favors the prepared".