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I think this is part of a larger issue of people making programming their lives. Our profession encourages obsessiveness more than most - and making your work your life is something people seek out! (just look at startup culture)

I find it makes finding professionalism a lot harder. Most companies expect you to be friends with your coworkers/boss/etc. and then leverage that to exploit their workforce.

I like the artist alternative he proposes. With github you can now take ownership of your work/contributions. You can go into an open source project and make a contribution and then never touch that software again - yet your accomplishment is something that's tracked and stays with you