I agree, which is why it drives me crazy to be on HN and see people be like "if you want to work as a programmer you must live breathe eat sleep code and have a resume of Github commits three miles long."

It's a job, not a religion.

Seems like an unrelated (maybe even opposite direction) complaint. Plenty of autists are obsessed with programming and technology.

For some people it's a job.

For others it's a calling.

Nothing wrong with either - I just think it's worth being aware that people have different motivations.

Boy, that's a straight shooter with upper management written all over him!