Zed, I think you're making the same mistake I did when I started reading hacker news. Passion means willingness to work your hands to the bone for the startup.

Zed, I think you're making the same mistake I did when I started reading hacker news. Passion means willingness to work your hands to the bone for the startup. Nobody here actually gives a shit about the craft itself. The only aspect of a professional discipline worth being passionate about it its ability to deliver the pie in the sky.