Career Question

When deciding on your profession, how important is it to factor in your god given talents and natural interests? Even when you are uncertain about what kind of results they will yield? What advice do you have for people who are caught between starting a career in something they are passionate and interested in but are unsure what they can do with it and starting a career that you think you can do well in because you are a hard worker and have seen people you know do well in it and believe you can do the same.

 

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  Michael replied on October 17, 2008 18:22

  I want to believe that you should do what you love and not just something you think you might be good at and comes with "prestige." Paul Graham wrote a really great and inspirational essay on the topic: http://paulgraham.com/love.html
  
  I think this essay inspired me to try and move to do what I'd love from a career path that I hated but was doing well in.
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