THE VIDEO SHELF · workplace passion
Passion | David Mitchell's SoapBox
David Mitchell's Soapbox rant on employers who demand passion and enthusiasm from workers, using satire to skewer fake workplace passion.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people share it as a funny and apt take whenever job postings or recruiters demand passion.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- David Mitchell's Soapbox
- Topic
- workplace passion
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2017
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Can we also add "Ninja" and "Genius" to the list of abused recruitment buzzwords? And don't even get me started on "passion". (David Mitchell's take: [VIDEO] )
jmagoon on Hacker News · 2014-04
In How to be a great software developerThe "passion" thing is not unique to the software industry. David Mitchell had a very good take on it. [VIDEO]
lacampbell on Hacker News · 2017-02
In You don't have to be a passionate programmer
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