This sounds like a mimetic desire thing where [field of practice] might actually be irrelevant to whatever is ticking away in your head and the social ladder game is what’s actually going on.
Yes, I didn’t want to deny that 😉. I just think being motivated by competition isn’t always a bad thing (Though there are definitely healthy and unhealthy versions). For some reason, I find trying to be the best in the world at doing X is actually pretty motivating, and how this is harder (and more prone to an unhealthy attitude perhaps) to do if you don’t have clear metrics. It is also not necessarily that unattainable.
If you have fun programming right now, how much do you care that John Carmack is better at it than you are?
You caught me right there! I don’t care in the slightest.
Yes, I didn’t want to deny that 😉. I just think being motivated by competition isn’t always a bad thing (Though there are definitely healthy and unhealthy versions). For some reason, I find trying to be the best in the world at doing X is actually pretty motivating, and how this is harder (and more prone to an unhealthy attitude perhaps) to do if you don’t have clear metrics. It is also not necessarily that unattainable.
You caught me right there! I don’t care in the slightest.