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I end up having similar conversations with college folks (interns mostly). I usually say something along the lines of:
Broadly, there's a passion, there's a career, and there's a job. There's nothing wrong with any of those, but people tend to be happiest in that order. I personally wasn't super passionate about anything, but liked computers, got a CS degree, ended up as a software engineer at a rocket company, and now manage the software organization there. There were other things I enjoyed, but I figured programming was the most marketable, and that's worked out for me.
What people tend to like or hate the most about where they work are the people and/or the boss, and that can be good or bad pretty much anywhere. Good to watch out for red and green flags when you're looking.
I should have mentioned what you just did: your passion doesn't have to be your job.
Tangentially, as I get closer to retirement, one of the things I hear from retirees is that they planned on doing a lot more of their hobby when they retired, but found that the hobby felt more like a job when they tried to do it all day. So sometimes it's better that you keep something you enjoy as something that you can just do when you want.
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