There's definitely an industry bias towards "programmers as artists". If you don't love your work with a passion you're seen as less good. It's an alright prox

There's definitely an industry bias towards "programmers as artists". If you don't love your work with a passion you're seen as less good. It's an alright proxy for other things, but there's a ton of good developers that leave their ego at the door, and their work at work.