pursuing one's dream vs. advancing one's career theme

A character must decide what is more important to them: their career or some other personal ambition such as galavanting around the universe.

Examples

Picard was mightily tempted to leave his post as captain of the Enterprise-D in tng6x20 "The Chase" to do space archaeology with his old mentor Professor Richard Galen.

3 total · 1 major · 2 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
as1985e1x16 major The story explores the consequences of Jonathan giving up on going to medical school in favor of living the free-and-easy lifestyle of a drifter.
talesfromtheloop1x02 minor Jakob had a mind to pursue his passion of drawing in a professional capacity, but his parents weren't having it.
tng6x20 minor Should Captain Picard leave the Federation to go on an archaeological adventure for the ages with his old mentor Professor Galen?