Of course for anybody entering this business a certain degree of passion for flying is required, but... also realism must be a part!
Which I feel I have found, and which is not entirely negative, as it gives me the wish to develop myself and my skills, not just within the flying part, as I feel there is so much more part of aviation that would increase my own personal ambition and satisfaction.
I personally besides flying, have great interest for management part, safety & incident analysis, CRM - training - but I know of to be able to go further I have to start at the bottom to learn the basics!
With a variation of airline-side and land-side job, I do see the advantages - is I personally feel it would give a richer life and career!