ultimately, the goal in everyone's life should be to pursue that which makes them happy (obviously abiding by certain rules), gives you value, significance, meaning in your life and something you have a passion for....you love doing. Your job is a means to an end. Sadly it seems though that many of us settle with less out of fear. At least for me, I would consider life to be pretty empty and sad if I just spent it entirely slaving away at a job I didn't like, helping someone else build their dream while my own dies away as I age.