Passion or money ??

Well,the discussion again,more or less,pertains to the same question,which perplexes most of us all through our life.

Passion or Money ?

Some careers are intrinsically more promising and paying than the others.Should one's choice be based totally upon which career is more paying.

--- I had a friend of mine,Hari(name changed) whose only aim in life was marketing.He was the one,who was really crazy about it,could go upto any limits to market out things--a salesman,by instinct.

Now,as it happens with most of us,he never knew what his real USP was, when he was at 12th and so had nothing better to do ,except to opt for a Btech or Medical entrance,opted for the former,ended up in a Btech institute of repute and finally ended up in IT.He worked there for an year , quit after that and went for an MBA(again to a very good institute).This time,he had made up his mind,to pursue marketing ,no matter what.

But ,soon after he entered the college,he discovered ,that most of the fat salary jobs were centred around finance.

Now he had two options

A) to stay with his passion,wait for a couple of years to try out his hand at marketing and find out how much it pays in the end.

B) to Pick up finance,obviously, because it seemed much more lucrative to him(in terms of the huge moolah and foreign offers)

He turns back to his seniors to have their opinion, who come up with different opinions about the same and finally taking the more lucrative course ,he ends up picking finance.

Now,fortunately ,he lands himself in a good investment bank,is able to make a big buck for himself but that longing for marketing still pesters him.....

Now the questions is :--

How radical was his choice ?? Well,keeping in mind all those financial returns,his friends always said he had made the right choice.But,somewhere deep down his heart,he still craves for his passion...........