I guess that could still depend -- suppose the individual in question made lots of money by selling a software product, and develops a passion for it due to the

I guess that could still depend -- suppose the individual in question made lots of money by selling a software product, and develops a passion for it due to the payout. Does it matter if he was initially passionate, or only after making the money? A friend of mine hated piano as a child, only after many forced hours of practice (from his tiger mom) he became really good and started to win state championships for his ability. After a few more years, he developed a passion for it and played piano for fun. He never liked piano to begin with, but when he became good at it, he developed that passion. So I'd argue that a bad programmer, after making some decent money, can become passionate at it when the initial driver started as money.