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I feel this article is confusing "passionate" with "willing to work crazy overtime", or "lacking any hobbies beside software". I would argue that most good prog
by sparky_ 10y ago
I feel this article is confusing "passionate" with "willing to work crazy overtime", or "lacking any hobbies beside software". I would argue that most good programmers _are_ passionate about what they do, in the sense that they enjoy their work and care deeply about the quality of the work they do. They genuinely find fun in solving problems and writing code. This, to me, is on an independent axis from "amount of life-time consumed by coding".
- sidlls 10y agoI agree. But I think in this industry those two items are generally what employers mean by "passionate". "Passionate", "have a GitHub profile," etc. are all signals that an employer wants someone who's life is consumed by coding and, ideally, coding for them (while being willing to tolerate tedium or terrible working conditions).
- wapz 10y agoI think a lot of people confuse passionate with "coding during your waking hours." I would say I'm very passionate about the code I write and enjoy solving problems, however I barely do any coding on my own. I've had prospective employers turn me down (probably) from my lack of a repertoire of side-projects. When you commute 2 hours each way to work, go to work 6 days/week, and have a family at home there's a point when I prefer to just relax instead of code. I don't know how to convey that though.