Complete agreement. You can't so much manage a passionate programmer as you can try to leverage (exploit is the word I want to use, but it holds so much baggage

Complete agreement. You can't so much manage a passionate programmer as you can try to leverage (exploit is the word I want to use, but it holds so much baggage) their passion in an aligned interest way. Every company can absolutely benefit from such people if used right, but woefully few know how.