I like my work, and I like tech, but if I loved it, I wouldn't need to be paid to do it. Cut off my funding for it, and I'll probably continue to do it, but at a totally different path and pace as to what I get paid to do.
There's no need to love what you do, or try to get people to commit out loud to doing so.
Amen, I've often joked I'd program 40hrs a week if basic income was a reality I'd just work on open source/projects that benefited people directly instead.
I don't love what I'm working on (or even like it) but I love programming and so on balance I get to do something I love for money - not a bad deal most of the time.
I've done the minimum wage thing (did it for 8-9 years in my late teens-mid twenties) and the other side of the coin is pretty horrible.
This makes no sense to me.
It's "natural" to feel how you feel about your work, whether positive or negative (or oscillating). There's nothing un-natural about loving/liking your work either, which makes statements like this meaningless and unhelpful.
While this may be common or anadoctal and not everyone can be so lucky. But I legitimately enjoy, like, and even sometimes love my job and work. Major parts of it I'd likely be doing as a side hobby for free and even after a days work I toy with the idea of doing a similar side personal project similar to my work.
This might not be true every day for me but more days than not.
Though I do fully acknowledge these types of jobs are extremely rare and it's unlikely most won't ever find. But they do exist for some.
The only other option is self-medication. That is only advisable if you truly have no other options but to keep your head to the grindstone, and you will have to deal with the inevitable fallout of self-medication, which ain't pretty. So only turn to that as a last resort, like if you're compelled (by legal or financial obligations) to continue, where the consequences of stopping outweigh the major drawbacks of self-medication.
This is why it's so important to achieve a low cost of living and some savings, as it expands your options when you face serious burnout (i.e. you can quit your job without having another one lined up, or take a much lower paying job, etc.).