[Nasrudith]

Passion seems to be an effect judged as a cause. If you work with pure pointless tedium for boxchecking, are micromanaged, have your inputs ignored and are 'not paid to think', or have to print and physically file a TPS report with a cover page for every Git revision the pointlessness grates which leads to not expressing passion. Cynical exploitation aside employers prefer peo

Someone offering a salary reduction for passion clearly isn't going to provide motivation any more than a suitor who just asks about how much money you or your parents make and how much is willed to you would love you.

But "work on a small team without the bueracracy on something neat but we can't pay AAA salary" does pull experienced employees from the big guys who want a change of pace.