Even that test has limits though. Competive gamers all start off playing hours of video games a day, but playing competitively means sacrificing fun for grueling practice, formulaic tactics and very little experimentation; basically all the fun is sucked out of it.<p>Theres a moment in the show &quot;Silicon valley&quot; when a programmer looks at an Agile deliverables chart and says &quot;This just became a job&quot;.<p>I think that would be the test. Can you endure the drudgery of daily grind and constant challenges and still want to go through with it? You won&#x27;t know unless you try.