If you had $1 billion in cash but you still had to work every day, what would you do?

[sir pball]

95. Well then the entire exercise is fundamentally flawed and totally invalid.

I get the point, "do what you love", "getting paid should be secondary", &c. But what you may love to do the most may not be the most marketable skill you have and unfortunately there's bills to be paid.

Example, see my reply #94...it's true, if I never had to worry about money again, I would ride motorcycles on a track all day. Doing it for a living would be downright lethally dangerous to myself and every other racer out there because I lack the immense skill that the "professionals" have. Ditto the people on here who want to be photographers or musicians...I'm sure they realize, and hope nobody takes it as a slight, that they don't have the talent to pay the bills doing it. It's a fun thought experiment, and it can be a good starting place, but practically speaking...I'll leave you with this quote:

-Our high school guidance counselor used to ask us what you'd do if you had a million dollars and you didn't have to work. And invariably what you'd say was supposed to be your career. So, if you wanted to fix old cars then you're supposed to be an auto mechanic.
-So what did you say?
-I never had an answer. I guess that's why I'm working at Initech.
-No, you're working at Initech because that question is bullshit to begin with. If everyone listened to her, there'd be no janitors, because no one would clean shit up if they had a million dollars.

- Office Space