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but why must you be passionate about software development? What if you aren't really passionate but you are still a good programmer? What's so bad about that?
by johnward 13y ago
but why must you be passionate about software development? What if you aren't really passionate but you are still a good programmer? What's so bad about that?
I'm curious because I've never really been "passionate" about any job. In fact I've dislike or downright hated every job I've ever had. I still think I perform well because I have to. Jobs are a means to an end.
- ZoF 13y agoYep, I agree, I wasn't trying to say that the process of determining whether someone is "passionate" is the correct way of doing things.... For an intelligent person the system is easy to identify and cheat anyway... I was just pointing out that a bricklayer won't be vetted for "passion" whereas a programmer very well could be.... Whether a programmer should be(especially given that "passion" is basically an impossible to measure metric) is an entirely different discussion. My apologies for presenting my point in such a confusing manner.