I'm really glad that someone is raising this issue. This 'rock star worship' culture is rampant in Open Source communities. What's worse is that many of these '

I'm really glad that someone is raising this issue. This 'rock star worship' culture is rampant in Open Source communities. What's worse is that many of these 'rock stars' don't do anything except blog and give talks at conferences - Their main goal is self-promotion. They don't give a shit about the actual project or the community. You rarely hear about open source developers who focus on one project and produce amazing work over many years - These developers are too busy actually writing code and promoting the project to care about promoting themselves - Because they understand that their project is more important. A good open source developer sees themselves as a servant to the project, not the master. I think a big problem in the tech industry in general is that there is too much focus on people - I'm sick of hearing investors say "We invest in people, not products" - I think this sends the wrong message and attracts the wrong people. The product should always be more important than the people who built it - People who agree with this statement are the ones we should invest in because they're the ones who will actually create value for society (as opposed to merely capturing value which others have created).