>>102457319
Being good at one thing is categorically better, well trained dog can do the bare minimum. The world's best trained dog still couldn't repair an ibm typewriter within a reasonable timeframe. One is actually useful to people and society and one is just tolerated, choice is easy.

>>101641047
It's not about doing a job for money, in this case the equivalent of that would be being a producer for other people which I think he did do for a while. He's doing a job most people see as a largely artistic endeavor with all the passion and creativity of a regional manager for Target. The shame would come from how little he actually cares while still making slop pop, most people would feel at least a tiny bit of guilt for making self described low effort garbage for radio hits and nothing else