What fuels my passion for technology & writing code

Worth reading just for this paragraph:<p><i>I began having difficulty finding people to discuss ideas and thoughts with. When I did find someone who I could brainstorm and bounce ideas off of it was a very surreal feeling. I loved every minute of it and did not want to stop. Even today I have very few of these conversations but cherish the people I can have these conversations with. I enjoy my ideas being challenged. I enjoy being challenged, period. My level of excitement in these conversations are off the hook.</i>

This is a great story and i think sums up the feeling about programming for many people on here. That said it also shows a typical human behaviour. We like new stuff, we get excited about stuff we havent really done before and want to work on it immediatly with unmatched passion and will power. However on the other hand, if we are working on stuff for a long time already, have to deal with the "not so fun" stuff of running a project for example and the big hit is still alot of work away, keeping this passion up is the really hard part which might be one of the key factors to startups that hit big or fail.