> Do people regularly run into coworkers like me during their career and simply ignore it because they find it too awkward to criticise them? Yes. I definitely

> Do people regularly run into coworkers like me during their career and simply ignore it because they find it too awkward to criticise them? Yes. I definitely run into colleagues that are underperforming so much that it's obvious they don't work at all. But more common even is to bump into people that might work a bit but overall don't really care at all and don't put any effort. We simply say nothing. I never share my opinion of said colleagues with anyone else. That's why they have managers. It's on them to figure it out. If we share the same manager I might give a hint or two but would never bring it up directly. Now this is coming from a person who is not a workaholic. I try to do my job well because I enjoy being productive but I very rarely work more than 6 or 7 hours a day and that still puts me in the higher percentiles of productivity. I do think a lot about the problems I'm solving outside of work hours so I guess that helps as well. EDIT: And when I mentioned I work 6 hours a day, I'm obviously not programming more than 2 to 3 hours on average everyday. The rest of my time is spent syncing, driving things, answering people, doing discovery work, helping, ...