My own opinions as a mid-level web-focused SWD. I think about it sometimes. It is an ego/attention thing imo if you need other people to say "great job". But y

My own opinions as a mid-level web-focused SWD. I think about it sometimes. It is an ego/attention thing imo if you need other people to say "great job". But you can't live in a vacuum either. I mean part of it is personal interest, I was watching people reverse engineer an s-band transponder from the Apollo missions like cool but what is the point. I guess just because you won't be an Einstein doesn't mean what you're doing isn't worth it. Personal satisfaction. I used to love building/flying model airplanes until I got into social media. Then everything I made I had to post online/get upvotes. I lost the passion in it overtime because I was more interested in impressing people. Nowadays I will build things even if it's a piece of a crap because I had fun figuring it out from scratch. This other thing I ran into is ego-satisfaction where I would share a fantasy/idea/sketch before it was real/work done for the upvotes. I also am aware there is just an innate capability/caliber. Like I am not a math guy. I get the "place in the world" thing in another way eg. being poor but I think I can change it. Oh yeah the other field I think about this is regarding physical attractiveness/relationships ha. I'm not killing it in that department. To be fair I still post my crap on a blog, whether or not someone reads it is something else.