Getting a job as a programmer certainly doesn't require either talent or passion. Even when you start to compare programmers, the better ones are generally the

Getting a job as a programmer certainly doesn't require either talent or passion. Even when you start to compare programmers, the better ones are generally the ones who've spent more time hacking, regardless of how much talent they have or if you would describe them as passionate. I guess you could say that if someone spends so much time doing something, they must be passionate, but I feel the term is overused in this context.