My daughter got out of school at 26 and went to work for a practice immediately. She's 31 now and about to marry another vet. I bring that up because she said she'd never marry until she was debt free.
So I guess it depends.
I think you should pursue whatever you're passionate about. There's nothing better than getting to do what you genuinely love for a living.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.