Bad advice. Most people are not deciding between coding and some other great job that they’re passionate about. I’m not passionate about coding at all and never have been but I can’t imagine anything better. Pay and work life balance are way too good
I agree with the other guy in this thread. Loving your job is a luxury that most people can’t afford
My argument is that you had a harder time of it than someone who was passionate about it. I said it wasn't impossible. And I trust you wanted it enough to get it.
Edit: I've seen many students who apparently have better things to do with their time than study CS. I'm not judging. Like I said, I have better things to do with my time than study to be a CPA.
I lost most of my passion for coding when I started doing it for a living. It pretty quickly became just a job. Still one that I like doing, but I don't think about code outside of work very much.
Every once in a while I'll hear about something that sounds interesting and get into it. I taught myself Erlang/OTP but have never used it professsionally, for example. But that's like a once-every-5-years kind of thing, and it's been more than 5 years already since I did that.
Yeah, I think it's a form of self-flattery or gatekeeping for programmers to say that you need passion or drive to have a career in tech--outside of the upper echelons, you clearly don't. In this respect it's a mundane occupation like most others, and I wouldn't expect coders to be any more passionate about their work than nurses or plumbers or accountants.
I agree with the other guy in this thread. Loving your job is a luxury that most people can’t afford