Tangent, but I realized the same thing about competitive gaming. Games can be a lot of fun when you’re playing with noobs and you’re a noob yourself. But when y

Tangent, but I realized the same thing about competitive gaming. Games can be a lot of fun when you’re playing with noobs and you’re a noob yourself. But when you get good and start playing with good people then there’s all these things that you need to do all the time and that you need to be aware of. It demands a lot of focus, and rigor, and poop shoveling type of redundant tasks (e.g. always zigzaging when you walk to avoid snipers) that a lot of the fun is lost. But of course, competing at a high level is something that’s also much more rewarding, and in that sense shipping a serious product that’s used by many people is much more rewarding to fucking around. Doesn’t mean you can’t do both. Maybe that’s why I have so much fun when I discover a new language or framework.