> You are probably going too far. You are spending a reasonable fraction of your waking life at your career. So you can make it a reasonable fraction of your id

> You are probably going too far. You are spending a reasonable fraction of your waking life at your career. So you can make it a reasonable fraction of your identity. I think there's some crossed wires there. You both could be correct, but arguing different specific points. You can make your skillset/vocation/etc a part of your identity. You should never make your position at a company a part of your identity. "I write software" is something that will be true even when I am no longer employed. "I'm a principle engineer at a FAANG" is a transient thing that is only incidental to my identity.