It seems like the majority of posts I've read about "passion" in programming are aimed at discouraging people from becoming programmers. Or to put it another wa

It seems like the majority of posts I've read about "passion" in programming are aimed at discouraging people from becoming programmers. Or to put it another way: encourage people whose motivation for becoming programmers is mainly to get a well-paying job to pursue a different vocation. The article might've been more interesting if the author had discussed it in terms of discipline being more important than passion.