It's risky to tie up your ego, or sense of self, with being anything other than yourSelf. When I started out coding in my career I had a huge chip on my shoulde

It's risky to tie up your ego, or sense of self, with being anything other than yourSelf. When I started out coding in my career I had a huge chip on my shoulder. I needed a popular project on github, I needed to be given that big new project, I needed the recognition and praise of others. I didn't realize I was setting myself up for a lot of angst. And I'm ashamed of some of the things I did or said trying to protect my ego, which was now bound up in being seen by others as a genius programmer. Took me 7 or 8 years to figure it out and let go.