[pc86]

I have such mixed feelings about healthy competition in this context. I really enjoy it. If I do something a little more performant, or a little faster, I feel good. If I don't, I legitimately look forward to learning what I could have done better (sometimes it's just "be faster" and there's not much you can do in that respect). But honestly I think I'm in the minority in that aspect. I enjoy doing LeetCode even though I'm not particularly good at it (50/50 shot at solving a medium on the first couple tries, at best). But I know a lot of people who are great developers that would crack if they thought they were constantly being compared to someone else, and these are people with the benefit of a decade+ of experience.