[josephorjoe]

Oh, your understanding of what "passionate" means in English is perfect.

"Passionate" has nothing to do with taking satisfaction in performing an interesting job well and being fairly compensated for your efforts and having some appreciation for the opportunities you are given.

It has everything to do with feeling such strong emotions about something that you make decisions guided by emotion rather than logic.

Although I suspect the never ending abuse of the word will eventually change the meaning to actually mean "moderately enthusiastic about and interested in".

Sort of like how in English "awesome" has been degraded from "that inspires both fear and wonder that I do not normally experience" to "that pleases me somewhat".