Passion has become a synonym for being in love with a career. As you said: "love of job". Mixing a complex sentiment like love with coding is frankly ridiculou

Passion has become a synonym for being in love with a career. As you said: "love of job". Mixing a complex sentiment like love with coding is frankly ridiculous and I would argue undesirable. Instead we should precise terms like drive, interest in technology, motivation to learn, etc. These make sense and don't bring any emotional baggage with them.