I felt the same pride I used to feel from writing elegant code, maybe more. Because I wasn't proud of how it worked—I was proud that it worked. Real people were solving real problems, saving real space on their computers, and the feature felt effortless to use.

I'm still technical. I understand systems, architectures, and trade-offs. I can debug cod

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Although doing great work takes less discipline than people think — because the way to do great work is to find something you like so much that you don't have to force yourself to do it — finding work you love does usually require discipline. Some people are lucky enough to know what they want to do when they're 12, and just glide along as if they ... See more