I honestly hate this post. Glorifying this kind of hustle and obsession is getting to be a major faux pas in 2022 because while it is certainly great to build side projects and pursue hobbies, it can be extremely detrimental if one feels that it is necessary to excel at work. Not to mention, the two "1%" programmers you mention...great engineers yeah, but are they great leaders? I already know they're not. Obsessing about being in the top 1% of anything is bad if you're not well-rounded enough to be good at other things too (this is the difference between Buffett and your friends, or for a better analogy, between Buffett and say Jeff Bezos. It's the difference between Johnny Carson and Jay Leno).
I honestly hate this post. Glorifying this kind of hustle and obsession is getting to be a major faux pas in 2022 because while it is certainly great to build side projects and pursue hobbies, it can be extremely detrimental if one feels that it is necessary to excel at work. Not to mention, the two "1%" programmers you mention...great engineers yeah, but are they great leaders? I already know they're not. Obsessing about being in the top 1% of anything is bad if you're not well-rounded enough to be good at other things too (this is the difference between Buffett and your friends, or for a better analogy, between Buffett and say Jeff Bezos. It's the difference between Johnny Carson and Jay Leno).