> no one is asked to build a product that succeeds in the market Except startup owners and many others. Even in many large companies an unsuccessful product ca

> no one is asked to build a product that succeeds in the market Except startup owners and many others. Even in many large companies an unsuccessful product can lead to teams being let go or reassigned to do boring work. Also, stack ranking... > Being a writer, or a musician ... perennial anxiety That's the tradeoff for doing a really creative job. I love the creativity of development but nobody will read our code in public in 500 years from now. > I won't suddenly cease to be a decent programmer Burnout happens to do that.