> ...passionate about the tech stack and frameworks they are using or plan on using... I usually lean towards the pro- side in arguments about passion for one'

> ...passionate about the tech stack and frameworks they are using or plan on using... I usually lean towards the pro- side in arguments about passion for one's career but even I would have to say that's a rather dubious viewpoint. Tech-stacks/frameworks are the among the least important parts of a software engineering career; they're the means to accomplish the craft, not the craft itself. (And that's even if frameworks didn't go into and out of style almost as fast as the fashions in the clothing industry.) It would be like asking master chefs to be passionate about spatulas and whisks instead about creating great food.