0. Be suspicious of the term "passionate": http://www.virtuouscode.com/2014/02/10/the-passion-gospel/ http://www.virtuouscode.com/2014/02/10/the-passion-gospel/

0. Be suspicious of the term "passionate": http://www.virtuouscode.com/2014/02/10/the-passion-gospel/ http://www.virtuouscode.com/2014/02/10/the-passion-gospel/ 1. I find it very helpful to work on something I think is actually important. Lots of companies are working on stuff that... isn't. My personal list is here, yours will no doubt differ: https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/08/07/do-something-useful/ https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/08/07/do-something-useful/ 2. Align all your goals together. Getting paid, and working on something you care about, and not just going helter skelter, and so on. Lots of programming work is necessary but boring, or necessarily slapdash; you need to fully understand why you're doing it, and make sure you really believe it's necessary, or yeah, it doesn't work. More on that here: https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/08/03/stay-focused/ https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/08/03/stay-focused/