[jimbokun]

"you only need to apologize if you aren't following your love and passion."

Or maybe you are trying to stay alive in a war torn country, or figure out how to keep your family from starving.

Let's all keep in mind that the possibility of "following your love and passion" is only available to a privileged minority of human beings on this planet.

(Not directed specifically at you, but to point out an unstated premise behind the article and many of the comments here.)

[dsifry]

Of course, that's completely true - and all the more reason to follow your love and passion if you happen to be privileged by luck of birth, family, and genetics. I think that this is true of many HN readers and certainly describes me. I'm incredibly grateful for being born into that lucky circumstance.

And I don't mean to put down people who can't do that because they have to figure out how to stay alive in a war torn country, or figure out how to keep your family from starving.

Thanks for your excellent point.