One thing, like you said, accept yourself as your are, do not compare with people on HN, on Linkedin, wherever. There will always be people better then you, the

One thing, like you said, accept yourself as your are, do not compare with people on HN, on Linkedin, wherever. There will always be people better then you, the reasons are in genes, nurture, connections, luck. There are lots of people who are less smarter than you as well - will you advise them to keep comparing themselves with yourself? Or rather work with what they have? Ease your anxiety, find joy in self-development, do not just push yourself harder. You cannot replace your genes, focus on being better then yourself a year ago, not someone else. Another thing, 10 years of experience - you may be around 30+. It's time to take care more about your physical and mental health, start a family, reflect. You may become more efficient if you start doing diverse activities: build connections, create, write, connect to your emotions. You may regret in future that you spent so many hours on consuming technical literature. Critical for you is to create rather than consume - you may see it after many years of book reading. In the end, you will have a lot of knowledge in your head, but not much to show the world. You will have a lot of wide knowledge, but will lack the depth. So pick a topic, do not go deep into research - start building naive stuff, then read more, improve, write about it. Any topic you are passionate about. Connect to people in industry who you like, ask for advice or collaboration.