[isoprophlex]

That has nothing to do with being a sports geek however, and everything with maturity and sensitivity to business needs.

"Millions of users expect this to be X so we should build X"

"Okay makes sense"

I'm still not convinced that you'd need anything else besides a general passion for building useful things.

[chongli]

Yes, exactly, and the game Slay the Spire is a strong example. Primarily made by a two-person team. The designer is super passionate about the game (and card games in general). The programmer doesn’t even like card games!

But it works great (it is such a successful game that it spawned a new genre) because both are really good at what they do!

[skeeter2020]

so couldn't you answer that? "I'm very passionate about building useful things, and I can see how your product BLAH can be applied to valuable areas like ..."

[Jcowell]

I guess it’s a sense of why do I need a PASSION for it. I’ll do it , but my passion more so lies in say not starving to death while enjoying my hobbies rather than caring more than I need to about YOUR product

[s1artibartfast]

>I guess it’s a sense of why do I need a PASSION for it

I think at the end of the day, an employee with passion is always better than one without, if everything else is held even. I think this is a tough pill for a lot of people who arent/dont want to be passionate about their work to swallow. It impacts every attribute an employer cares about.

[nasmorn]

I do work for an esports company. Something a lot of devs are passionate about. In the end after a downsizing they kept the most competent developers even when they cared zilch about esports. Because your passion doesn’t make you write good code. Just makes you happy while writing bad code

[s1artibartfast]

I think you missed the part where I said holding everything else even.

[exe34]

they just want a faster horse!