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Under pressure of mounting evidence and upon consideration I confess that "passion for technology" is not a sufficient criteria.

I guess there is more nuance to this.

Among my friends the ones I emphatise the most with are the ones who do something. Solve coding puzzles, write code that's useful for others, tinker with new technologies just to satisfy their own curiosity or even only talk about doing these things (which I think is a precursor). This in contrast to those who spend their free time watching TV, doing sports or hanging out.

OTOH I can easily believe that there are people who can do these coding things yet wouldn't be much fun at all. Somehow I just don't meet them.




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