The word has definitely been abused. Employers use it to mean work 80 hours a week. That's not what I meant. I meant what I said in the post; you really like d

The word has definitely been abused. Employers use it to mean work 80 hours a week. That's not what I meant. I meant what I said in the post; you really like doing it and have a lot of interest in it. I couldn't think of a better word for that, or I would have used it. Most people do work in jobs they don't have any passion for and I think that's fine, but some fields are really hard to do well at without that extra level of enjoyment. More extreme than programming would be music. Pursuing a career in music without passion would be truly horrific, as it is so hard to build a career in that field.