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It depends.
I went into IT because I'm fascinated by computers, and my years in the trenches with zero managerial support as the whipping boy for every annoyed and ignorant customer has turned me into a bitter and jaded person.
Yes I still love computers, but also now I have a burning and deep-seated resentment for fools.
I don't think I would have had that if at any time in my management had been supportive or even slightly interested in my well being.
On the other hand, a high school friend of mine got into Marine Biology and has spent the last few years on a study group at what remains of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. She is one of the most serene, happy, and fulfilled individuals I know.
I would say that working with things you love is not the same as doing what you love.
If you loved customer support, and helping people with their problems, it might be a more apt example.
I'm not the person you replied to but their experience sounds like mine. I agree 100% with that. I really enjoy making my own tools and figuring out things for myself but what I find interesting and useful is rarely what other people care about.
I'll lose myself for hours making and axe handle with hand tools or cobbling together my own Linux desktop for the hell of it but creating yet another form to validate on a web app I have no need for is like pulling teeth.
I wish I could be someone's garden hermit and just grow flax and contribute to open source projects
Then you've got a leg up on me. 25 years (mostly in corporate) and I can barely stand to turn on my own box to pay a bill or something. Like I'm supposed to be doing right now. >_>