I don't think it's just software engineers. In every discipline, there's a pareto distribution of people's time management ability. My take away is that being

I don't think it's just software engineers. In every discipline, there's a pareto distribution of people's time management ability. My take away is that being in that caliber just requires a wide range of attributes, and put bluntly, most people just don't have them. In order of necessity, and probably the order in which people screw themselves out being that way: energy, curiosity/purpose, discipline, and maybe above average IQ. The example I gave the person, and I'm reminded of when I read your description, is dhh. Probably the most public example would be Musk. Joe Rogan is another good one. There seems to be a group of people for which one life is not enough. I'm endlessly fascinated by this.