In addition to hiring people passionate about coding, I have found out that anyone who is really passionate about something (music/surfing/rock climbing etc) is

In addition to hiring people passionate about coding, I have found out that anyone who is really passionate about something (music/surfing/rock climbing etc) is a good programmer. Some of the best programmers I worked with were either crazy about programming or passionately followed through with something else in their lives. The key being that they followed through with their passion. Has anyone else seen this? Or is my data too limited to my personal experience