You gotta remember you aren't reading one guys' everlasting fame but a long series of average Joe programmers' 15 minutes of fame one after another. If they ar

You gotta remember you aren't reading one guys' everlasting fame but a long series of average Joe programmers' 15 minutes of fame one after another. If they are lucky they pop up again a time or two more but between those is a lot of work and struggle. Hang in there, do what you can now, and plan on what you can't right now. Reading HN does that, mainly because all the shiny stories float to the top. Also stuff you work on never seems as shiny as something new you hear about (even if if yours really is cooler) mainly because you live your stuff 24/7 and all you see most of the time are the bugs you have yet to squash.