I don't think this is fair to you. Contrary to what Ayn Rand might think, society isn't a competition. Someone doing something impressive shouldn't detract from

I don't think this is fair to you. Contrary to what Ayn Rand might think, society isn't a competition. Someone doing something impressive shouldn't detract from what you're doing, especially something like this which is (imho) a couple of sigma above the mean. Nobody, regardless of talent or repute, will have any trouble finding people and achievements to be amazed by (if they're honest with themselves). This obviously doesn't diminish their work and their worth as a person. This all goes double for industries like this one that are all about self-promotion and trying to wow investors and employers by displaying technology-indistinguishable-from-magic. Even if you did have an objective and rigorous measure of programming acumen, the fact that someone scored better than you should hardly be surprising, let alone disappointing. There's plenty of room for mediocre coders in the industry, I work with many. In fact I outshine them in mediocrity every day, but I still get paid and have a good time. In conclusion: there is no time to feel sorry for yourself, there are too many cool new technologies to learn and use.