I don't really understand, you keep repeating "Where on your resume do the passion projects go?" etc., when the answer is "on your resume". There is no unwritten rule or law anywhere that says you can't list your personal projects, hobbies, or write a block of text describing your passion in your work in your CV. It's more like the exact opposite, everyone should do that.
As an employer I absolutely value passion and talent more than years of expertise etc., and I actually rarely read CVs as such. The CVs are full of years of expertise and other useless information, and for your skills I mostly care about
1) how good you really are
2) how passionate you are, if programming is "just a job" and you have little skill, don't waste my time
3) how good are you at learning new things and adapting to changing situations
I generally attempt to find these out by first giving a practical programming test, and then having a 1:1 chat with the person to talk through their solution, and potential issues with it. I will check your CV for how many programming languages you have experience with, and links to GitHub or similar, the rest I will pretty much find out in an interview.
The cover letter I would generally use for specifying why exactly that place you're applying to is interesting to you, and maybe some special qualifications you would have specifically to work there.
Your CV should overall glow in a way that tells you are passionate about your work, if that's what you are. That you can do by adding a brief description of yourself and how you got interested in programming and learned your craft. If that is by modding your favorite game, great! Write it there.
There are a lot of different kinds of companies out there, if they do not want to hire you for your passion you probably wouldn't want to work for them anyway, just keep looking.
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I don't really understand, you keep repeating "Where on your resume do the passion projects go?" etc., when the answer is "on your resume". There is no unwritten rule or law anywhere that says you can't list your personal projects, hobbies, or write a block of text describing your passion in your work in your CV. It's more like the exact opposite, everyone should do that.
As an employer I absolutely value passion and talent more than years of expertise etc., and I actually rarely read CVs as such. The CVs are full of years of expertise and other useless information, and for your skills I mostly care about
1) how good you really are
2) how passionate you are, if programming is "just a job" and you have little skill, don't waste my time
3) how good are you at learning new things and adapting to changing situations
I generally attempt to find these out by first giving a practical programming test, and then having a 1:1 chat with the person to talk through their solution, and potential issues with it. I will check your CV for how many programming languages you have experience with, and links to GitHub or similar, the rest I will pretty much find out in an interview.
The cover letter I would generally use for specifying why exactly that place you're applying to is interesting to you, and maybe some special qualifications you would have specifically to work there.
Your CV should overall glow in a way that tells you are passionate about your work, if that's what you are. That you can do by adding a brief description of yourself and how you got interested in programming and learned your craft. If that is by modding your favorite game, great! Write it there.
There are a lot of different kinds of companies out there, if they do not want to hire you for your passion you probably wouldn't want to work for them anyway, just keep looking.