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Re:Ask HN: First hire offered to work part-time – what shoul... by harel on Monday March 02, 2020 @03:51AM (#22462762)
My passion is to my family, my craft, and to my own personal projects and ventures. If you hire me for money you'll get my talent, my time, my undivided attention, my friendly demeanour, and you might mistake a display of excitement or passion here and there because a juicy problem was solved with elegance, to passion to your company but it's just the passion to my craft. Passion (and I agree - ninja and rockstar) should be removed from the hiring lexicon.
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Re:Ask HN: First hire offered to work part-time – what shoul... by 1337biz on Monday March 02, 2020 @03:57AM (#22462789)
I would go even further - passion is the promise to stuff an employee's life with emotional bullshit.

Some people actually need this from work, in particular those who have very little interests outside work. That's why it works best for the young and restless.

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