And regardless of the naysayers, who I will say have been beaten down by the industry for a long time and have the right to be negative, this is a good time to be getting into the industry especially if you're young. If you stick to it you will eventually get on with a Major and have a pretty good life. I personally wouldn't throw out all of the hard work and the investment already made at a time like this to go chase some other dream that will inevitably let you down as well.
Life isn't about work. It's about what you do outside of work.