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by wenham 2607 days ago
I don't think the post is say that you CAN be the next Jeff Dean, Norvig, Linus, Stallman, Carmack, Wolfram etc. etc. by not coding outside of work. I think they are saying that it's OK not code outside of work, its OK not to be in this very top percent of the profession.

What is a 'True Professional' in the context? I don't think you can compare the top 0.01% of any profession to the rest and say this small percentage are the 'True' professionals and the rest are not. Pretty sure my accountant is not doing accounting in his spare time, he is no less a professional for not doing so.