Passion | David Mitchell's SoapBox

David Mitchell's Soapbox · 954.3K views · 2009-11-23 · 3:42

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Overview

David Mitchell's Soapbox rant on employers who demand passion and enthusiasm from workers, using satire to skewer fake workplace passion.

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HN people share it as a funny and apt take whenever job postings or recruiters demand passion.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2014–2017

Topics

Satire & parody Management, leadership & organizations Stand-up & sketch comedy

What people said

lacampbell · 2017-02 · Recommendation
The "passion" thing is not unique to the software industry. David Mitchell had a very good take on it. [VIDEO]
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jmagoon · 2014-04 · Recommendation
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] )
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Terr_ · 2015-01 · Joke / meme
> "we're looking for people who are passionate about [thing that literally no-one has ever been passionate about]" Relevant satire clip: [VIDEO]
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