In the recent "Who's hiring" thread[1], there are several job posts describing "passion" as related to the subject matter (machine learning, or aviation, or imp

In the recent "Who's hiring" thread[1], there are several job posts describing "passion" as related to the subject matter (machine learning, or aviation, or improving literacy, etc). Yes, some of the other job posts do use the generic "passion for excellence" and/or "passionate inspirational working environment". These might be HR doublespeak for "please give up your life for us to exploit". I understand the skepticism from listings like that. My point is that "passion" mislabeled in my 2nd paragraph does not invalidate the fact that there are people genuinely passionate about topics and that companies are genuinely trying to find them. This is one reason why the word "passion" persists in job discussions. If we were a new company trying to recruit a "passionate industrial designer" like Jony Ive what word would we use instead? What word besides "passion" should we substitute in this Jony Ive article[2] ? [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9127232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9127232 [2]http://www.businessinsider.com/how-apple-design-guru-jony-ive-discovered-his-passion-2015-3 http://www.businessinsider.com/how-apple-design-guru-jony-iv...