You really have to go for where your passion is. I mean, it's great if you can find a way to dovetail the two, but a career/job without any passion is just depressing. My stepmother really tried hard to push me towards writing because I was very good at it, but I just didn't feel any pull towards it, and instead went into IT. I regret NOTHING. I still read voraciously and write periodically, but I'll likely never write a novel and never publish anything else beyond what I did in school. And I'm fine with that.. I know it still to this day bothers my stepmother, but I'm happy with my career and my life.
