[codingdave]

Agreed - passion is great when aligned with the business direction, but can be downright toxic when in conflict.

[masklinn]

I can only concur, having someone who's extremely passionate about a project but whose vision diverges drastically from the project's leads is hell all around.

Given GP seems to indeed have quite divergent opinions about the product's focus:

> What bothered me about the platform was that I didn't know or connect with my teachers. I wanted to connect with members of my community and learn from them, instead of just digesting information from a black box.

then it's probably a better thing that they went and created their own version focused on what they think is important.

[samstave]

Its where "mac fanbois" or "BOFHs" come from...

I worked with a guy who was so mac focused he was blind to other tools/perspectives and it was often a friction point between team-members...

[rpmisms]

So many people like this just need a little dose of pragmatism. It helped my worldview immensely.

[q-big]

The problem is that this kind of idealism is often what kindles the passion for various programmings topics in quite some people.