I think this is part of a larger issue of people making programming their lives. Our profession encourages obsessiveness more than most - and making your work your life is something people seek out! (just look at startup culture)<p>I find it makes finding professionalism a lot harder. Most companies expect you to be friends with your coworkers&#x2F;boss&#x2F;etc. and then leverage that to exploit their workforce.<p>I like the artist alternative he proposes. With github you can now take ownership of your work&#x2F;contributions. You can go into an open source project and make a contribution and then never touch that software again - yet your accomplishment is something that&#x27;s tracked and stays with you