[roflc0ptic]

Yeah, I think identifying into roles is unwise in the long term. In addition to the benefits author cites, it also tends to distort one's thinking in bad ways: if you identify into something, threats to your status in that thing matter. It's obvious in political identities, but more subtly true in other ways.

[cutemonster]

I think so too, and, sounds like:

"Keep your identity small", http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html

I wonder if you've read it