You take a break for some years come back and see who was your peer sometime back is now your boss. How would you feel? The feeling of underachievement especially when you know you were helpless to prevent that, hurts!
It would hurt me atleast. If I knew I would face a such situation I will rather take up some other profession.
This is exactly the senseless obsession with competition that the article is complaining about.
My boss is a woman who was my peer in school and has children now. She is one of the best techies I have ever worked with and I love having her aboard.
It would hurt me atleast. If I knew I would face a such situation I will rather take up some other profession.