Don’t Pursue Programming if You Aren’t Passionate About It
The discourse on &quot;passion&quot; in the context of CS has gradually been poisoned by commercial interests.<p>It started as a way of describing great programmers. Those who are at the top of the field probably are very passionate about it. Once &quot;the best programmers are passionate&quot; became established as a common meme, it was co-opted as a hiring signal since everyone only wants to hire the best. In response, all job-seekers are now obligated to being passionate, because after all thats what the companies are looking for and why wouldn&#x27;t a company choose a passionate candidate over one who&#x27;s not? Not to mention &quot;passionate&quot; is now abused as a euphemism for &quot;60 hours of work at 40 hours pay! lucky you!&quot;<p>The truth is the same as always - the majority of people have no passion for their jobs. That means they won&#x27;t be as motivated as someone who loves the job, but they can do a good job nonetheless. If you do love your job, count your blessings.