alt Hacker NewsOkay, so it seems like for the most part we agree in concept but disagree about the words used to convey them? Do I have that right?
I laid out what __I__ consider different forms of passion and while explaining yourself you met some of that criteria. So I'm not sure where the anger is coming from. I hope you're doing okay and I really hope we can have fewer abusive employers. I'm really empathetic to that, and have quit several jobs because situations like you mention.
It’s not anger. I get tired of employers taking advantage of naive younger developers who have “passion” and underpay them and overwork them, expect them to have open source contributions and as you said yourself, if someone is “passionate” money isn’t as important.
These are the people who don’t show “passion” unless when they get off of work they are doing side projects related to software development and usually end up getting burned out.
I’ve also avoided burn out, stress over work and I am able to survive in the industry for 30 years because I understand the transactional nature of the job and set boundaries.
Someone who does there job well doesn’t mean they are “passionate”, they are “professional”.