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I take great pride in the quality of my work. That's exactly why I stop working when I go home. That's why I demand an excellent work-life balance from my employers.

If what being "the best" gets you is no life outside of work, then I'd rather be bad at my craft and retain the ability to pursue multiple interests.

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Just to clarify that I didn't imply that being good at your job and having a life are mutually exclusive.

What I meant is that if you want to be the best in your field or you want your startup to succeed, then you do have to sacrifice some other things.

(The article mentioned "Top", not just good)

I have the same sentiment: I take great pride in what I do, and I love doing programming. For the same reason, I also want a work-life balance.

But for me, it's not about actually having a life. It's about having time for my own side projects, because I want to grow both professionally (where the project may have code that I can't talk about) and personally (where I can completely gush about everything that I've done).

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