Hadley Wickham has done a lot of really cool stuff, but how would you know whether he's exceptionally productive? You're probably thinking "well, what we see in

Hadley Wickham has done a lot of really cool stuff, but how would you know whether he's exceptionally productive? You're probably thinking "well, what we see in terms of visible artifacts must only be the tip of the iceberg, he's probably killing it at work, at home and academically too." But you don't really know that. Nothing wrong with role models, but you're not going to help your work-life balance by comparing yourself to only their best and most visible output.