Good question. I graduated college and desperately wanted to work on renewable energy research. After scads of rejections I quit ignoring the expressions of interest in my programming abilities.

I still wish I were doing something that actually bettered the world, but I have bills to pay.

Then again, maybe ensuring people graduate in debt is a great way to ensure we as a society do what folks with cash want us to instead of what we feel we ought to be doing.

"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads" - original FB data scientist

And instead follow rules set by investors or corporate vested interests.

Spam, spam, spam, spam, cars, spam, and spam.

There's not too much spam in it.