Software engineering as an industry generally lacks professionalism. Particularly amongst startups. Being a professional means doing what you say you’re going

Software engineering as an industry generally lacks professionalism. Particularly amongst startups. Being a professional means doing what you say you’re going to do, doing it well, and doing it honestly. In my experience, expecting passion for the product instead of professionalism for the work has always turned out to be a badly managed company. The best companies I worked for expected professionalism, not passion.