“What is learned without play is qualitatively different. It helps
   with test taking and mundane exercises, but it does nothing for
   logical thinking and problem solving. These things are separate,
   and you can’t get here from there.”

This is the core of what people mean when they — legitimately — talk about ‘passion’. Did you learn computing (or any field) for fun, or alternatively because you thought it paid well, or your parents wanted you to do it, or whatever.

(Not to be confused with ‘passion’ as mbaspeak for ‘naïvité enough to work ridiculous hours for peanuts’.)