I'm always coaching my team "What is your passion?" because I believe if you work in your passion you don't work a day of your life. To me my goal should be to help my team find that passion, sometimes that is beyond the confines of my group.
What if the passion is beyond the confines of the job? Some of us work for the money, and despite that we do a great job.
It sounds like you're a great manager, but honestly, as an experienced developer, I'd rather my manager not try to align my passions with my work. That's my job.
Yes, some people can work on their passion and their job is not a vehicle for personal sustainability --but for a good many people work is work. They are good, they are great at their jobs, but ultimately it's a job they do well --however they may have passions --things they can suffer over, elsewhere. And I really don't see an issue there.
I think it's a great misconception management sell where it's sold that passionate people are the only true workers worthwhile. It really shows how out of touch some people are with the outside world.
What if the passion is beyond the confines of the job? Some of us work for the money, and despite that we do a great job.
It sounds like you're a great manager, but honestly, as an experienced developer, I'd rather my manager not try to align my passions with my work. That's my job.