I think your point hinges on what you define as 'work' then. Because I so often hear the phrase 'if you do something you love you wont't have to work a day in y

I think your point hinges on what you define as 'work' then. Because I so often hear the phrase 'if you do something you love you wont't have to work a day in your life' yet in real life people seem to respect the 'work' you do for your employer way more than any 'work' I do purely out of passion. (And although I do very much like my job in software engineering, I like to have a balance for it, like going rock climbing, for which nobody would ever give me money though) I'm probably also biased by the culture I grew up in, but this always kind of irritates me when people praise working long hours: Which one is it, do you love what you do, so it isn't actually work for you after all, or do you just push yourself really hard and therefore create higher standards for your colleagues to be measured by? (which would lead to the general inclusion problem that this is simply easier to do for young white, childless, men discussed by the author)