And it goes beyond "somebody gotta make the fries". Someone has to do the internal audit. Someone has to be the HR generalist.

Most people will never monetize their passion, and that's okay. They will find their fulfillment outside of work. "Do what you love" devalues work as a means of survival. Career as self-actualization is the domain of the most privileged few and tacitly shames those who can't achieve it.