Isn't the point of the passion advice that people would wish to put more time into their passion (and find what their passion is to begin with)? So your comment boils down to "it isn't your passion unless it is your passion", which is not very useful.
No, I think there's a valid point. The difference between a mild interest and a passion is precisely how much attention and effort you devote to it.
When I was young, computers at home were quite rare. But once I was exposed to them I was hooked. I rode my bicycle to the Radio Shack and stood at the display model writing programs. I saved and bought a Sinclair ZX-80. Almost all of my free time went into programming.
Then there are all the people I've known that say they want to learn to code. People who grew up with a computer, and went to school were there were programming classes, and work alongside programmers. They think they'd like to learn programming, but really they're not interested enough to bother.
Yes, but you didn't need any advice to find your passion for computing. Presumably people looking for self help advice are less "self aware" than you are/were.
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Isn't the point of the passion advice that people would wish to put more time into their passion (and find what their passion is to begin with)? So your comment boils down to "it isn't your passion unless it is your passion", which is not very useful.
No, I think there's a valid point. The difference between a mild interest and a passion is precisely how much attention and effort you devote to it.
When I was young, computers at home were quite rare. But once I was exposed to them I was hooked. I rode my bicycle to the Radio Shack and stood at the display model writing programs. I saved and bought a Sinclair ZX-80. Almost all of my free time went into programming.
Then there are all the people I've known that say they want to learn to code. People who grew up with a computer, and went to school were there were programming classes, and work alongside programmers. They think they'd like to learn programming, but really they're not interested enough to bother.
Yes, but you didn't need any advice to find your passion for computing. Presumably people looking for self help advice are less "self aware" than you are/were.