Working hard for money, or even recognition, doesn’t always end well. The generalization of what he said from my perspective is that one should work hard to bet

Working hard for money, or even recognition, doesn’t always end well. The generalization of what he said from my perspective is that one should work hard to better themselves and do things they want to do, well. It can be math, biology, coding, music, woodworking, anything. If you’re convinced that you’re quite good at what you’re doing and you only work 9-5 on your skills and projects, then it means you’re either developing crud apps, or you’re ignorant of what you actually don’t know. Again both are perfectly fine if that’s all you want from your career or hobby, but if it comes to questioning working hard in a generalized sense at the least you should preface it with your choices in this regard.