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by zackmorris 1454 days ago
Ya that was my feeling too. I love most aspects of Clojure and especially ClojureScript, but his post feels like projection to me. When someone calls someone entitled, it just means that they feel a lack of entitlement in their own life, probably because they are being taken for granted.

To truly transcend in programming or any other discipline, we must first conquer ourselves. Which might mean letting go of expectation, especially from others. If bug and feature requests are piling up to the point that they distract from the work, then maybe their piling up has value. Being mindful of that doesn't mean solving it. It could be more about delegation, or communication, or setting boundaries, or any number of things.

I sympathize with him tremendously though. I don't even have a public body of work to showcase, or a way that leads to fame or fortune. Yet I still feel tremendous pressure to perform some days. His post doesn't read too terribly in the face of that kind of pressure.