It warms my heart to read this blog post. I have been programming pretty much continuously since 1974 except for a brief two year foray into management. I int

It warms my heart to read this blog post. I have been programming pretty much continuously since 1974 except for a brief two year foray into management. I intend to keep on programming for as long as I can. I would like to make a brief remark about passion. Leaving aside the fact that the term 'passion' is sometimes overused, I think that a lot of --especially younger-- people confuse passion with a kind of frantic, frenzied intensity. That kind of passion typically does not last very long, I think. It either burns itself out or it mellows into a deeper, more mature, kind of devotion to one's craft.