Some professions could go the way pro-cycling has been for much of its history: you have to take the drugs to just keep up with everyone else. If we assume 'mi

Some professions could go the way pro-cycling has been for much of its history: you have to take the drugs to just keep up with everyone else. If we assume 'miracle drugs' with no side-effects then there is the small matter of money. Drugs are expensive, market forces tends to keep it that way. So, to be a 'rockstar programmer' you might have to fork out $100K a year in pills, therefore making entry into 'the sport' cost prohibitive to outsiders that aren't on the drugs and able to ride with 'the pack'. Lance Armstrong and co. were selling their sponsor provided bikes on eBay to pay for the pills and riding old bikes, things got so desperate for the drugs slush-fund. Even if we assume legal status for pills (so they don't have to be paid for with unaccounted funds) and affordable pills (supply exceeds demand), the money spent on pills means money not spent on other things such as the mortgage, the pension fund, fruit and vegetables etc.