First, how do you define success? Is it making a lot of money? Is it being happy doing what you do? For me it is to eliminate the need of working for someone else 8h a day and invest my time completely into myself and the things I want to do. And for that, passion is something that drives you to this success. But even more so: You need to work your ass off - and that is the hard part.
To go home after a long work day and STILL work on your own ideas, on your own business or similar. And if it fails and you crash, you continue with the next idea and push yourself up. Maybe you gave up your job to pursue your idea and it fails? Find a new job, get money, get up and keep trying. That's why you need passion - to keep you going and bear with the stress.
Sure there are lucky people who make the big hit in their first try but for most of us that won't happen.
I am nowhere near successful. I was almost there with my first project but not anymore. But I love what I'm doing and I love coding on interesting concepts and ideas with friends even though it eats a ton of time and pushes stress. If I didn't have passion for it, I would have probably already burned out and given up.
That's the important difference in my opinion: Are you someone who has the will to succeed and willing to keep trying and trying again? Or are you someone who is happy to rely on someone to give you money and hope to get successful through that? (Be it stocks, big paycheck, buyout, etc)
First, how do you define success? Is it making a lot of money? Is it being happy doing what you do? For me it is to eliminate the need of working for someone else 8h a day and invest my time completely into myself and the things I want to do. And for that, passion is something that drives you to this success. But even more so: You need to work your ass off - and that is the hard part.
To go home after a long work day and STILL work on your own ideas, on your own business or similar. And if it fails and you crash, you continue with the next idea and push yourself up. Maybe you gave up your job to pursue your idea and it fails? Find a new job, get money, get up and keep trying. That's why you need passion - to keep you going and bear with the stress.
Sure there are lucky people who make the big hit in their first try but for most of us that won't happen.
I am nowhere near successful. I was almost there with my first project but not anymore. But I love what I'm doing and I love coding on interesting concepts and ideas with friends even though it eats a ton of time and pushes stress. If I didn't have passion for it, I would have probably already burned out and given up.
That's the important difference in my opinion: Are you someone who has the will to succeed and willing to keep trying and trying again? Or are you someone who is happy to rely on someone to give you money and hope to get successful through that? (Be it stocks, big paycheck, buyout, etc)