When Did I Do Something Hard

I believe industry is full of people solving really hard problems with little financial reward or internal recognition and zero public recognition. I've worked with such people and I've been one myself.

It is definitely frustrating to read about the SV "rockstar" programmer mindset and realize that all of the companies complaining about so called lack of talent are restricting their hiring interests to a very specific mold which seems to focus on age, educational pedigree, geography and some ill-defined social sense that allows certain individuals to be considered "rockstars" or geniuses for accomplishments which in many other environments would be considered average.