As a young software engineer.. I had an insane amount of passion right until I got into the workforce. As a kid hacking around was great and I thought that's wh

As a young software engineer.. I had an insane amount of passion right until I got into the workforce. As a kid hacking around was great and I thought that's what the job would be like. As soon as I entered the workforce it was pretty apparent that it's not about creativity, curiosity and being passionate and knowledgeable. It's about being agile and delivering quickly, quantity over quality, being good at talking, socializing and networking. And all the older people in the jobs I've worked with were definitely not passionate, they struggled along trying to do what they could to somewhat do the required tasks of the job. I'm still passionate about it but now mostly on weekends when I can use the two days to work on my own side projects. But i think an important point is also, we younger people have a pretty bleak outlook and seemingly uncertain future ahead. With covid lately and other challenges like AI and whatnot there may just be no time to be passionate because it is time spent worrying.