I think the article was also implying that "passion" is often used as employer-code for "willing to work grueling hours". To the extend that is true, I think th

I think the article was also implying that "passion" is often used as employer-code for "willing to work grueling hours". To the extend that is true, I think the article is right about it being a bad thing. I'm not sure about the rest of your argument either, particularly "Passionate people are happier to wake up in the morning, come to the office, and do work that others don't enjoy." In most people, passion blows hot and cold over periods of time (because other aspects of their life affect their mood), but that doesn't mean they don't come to work and do their jobs. In my experience (more than two decades of work as a software dev), curiosity might be a better indicator than passion.