I watched a really good TED talk on the "Happy Planet Index" (posted by my friend Sam Johnson http://asamjohnson.posterous.com/are-we-happy) and it got me thinking about how we as a society rate ourselves.  Especially right out of college, most people care about 1 number and that is their yearly salary.  It might be time to rethink that notion and think about what we actually love to do.  There is a great list of successful people that do their job because they love it rather than love the money (e.g. Steve Jobs and his $1/year salary).  It seems that while living in one of the richest and most privileged nations in the world with the infrastructure to reasonably employ any skilled worker, we should be able to enjoy our work.