Don't follow your passion

Mike Rowe from Discovery channel series Dirty Jobs is on a mission to make "Dirty Jobs" cool again and encouraging youth to not follow their passions. I was a youth that need a guy like Mike Rowe in my life because I too had this mind for fixing and solving problems, tinkering, devising, innovating in this "dirty job" space. I was a son of dad who had a workshop and having a workshop full of tools only made problem solving that much more achievable. However stigma and the need follow my peers and guidance of my parents and teachers (bless their souls) "sent" me the academic route. My journey,career and work experience has been amazing and throughout my life I found myself saying yes to the jobs and tasks (within the office environment) that required me getting my hands dirty.

I am now quite interested in the type of future work that'll invite a blending of the academic and the "blue color" worker to create a type of "dirty academic" to enter the work place. The kind of Jack of all Trades our parents warn us not to become. The type of worker that has a passion for following opportunity.

Have a listen to Mike Rowe and let me know your thoughts on how we can make dirty jobs more attractive?

Mike Rowe- host of Discoveries "Dirty Jobs" has this to say