I think this rings home. I work as a software engineer in Western Europe: programming is my hobby I and love it, but I only show "passion" on personal projects.

I think this rings home. I work as a software engineer in Western Europe: programming is my hobby I and love it, but I only show "passion" on personal projects. I do my 9-5 at my work because it just doesn't make much sense to me to give all my "intellect" to my employer.