[Dylan16807]

What you described is not the best programmer. It's some kind of superhuman programmer that you get when you combine the best attributes of every single programmer on the planet and spends five thousand hours a day doing computer science research so that they always think of every idea first.

I'll go point by point in a situation where you're just 'the best' and not some kind of demigod that steals ideas before they are conceived.

1. Every library has room for improvement. Even the libraries you make can be improved by average programmers that focus on specific aspects of it.

2. Do you honestly only ask people that are better than you for help? Everyone that can understand a problem can potentially provide insight.

3. Blogs will still have new information, new insights that you haven't gotten to.

4. Same as 3.

5. If the only standard for role model is who is the best programmer ever, then this can be a valid point.

6. Same as 3.

So sure, being a demigod might be boring, but I would be perfectly content being the best at something.