Guess you didn’t read to the end

No, I did not.

The question is ill-posed imo. I would invert the question and ask: "How not to suck at your work" as that would lead to similar conclusions, and is more actionable.

The essay is about something different than "how not to suck at your work".

Many of us feel this way about his essays. He bloviates often as if on a pedestal without realizing how transparently arrogant he sounds. Many of his ideas inherently contradict his other ideas, or are simply vague and shallow. But he’s rich, so of course he must be an astute philosopher.

The comment above was fair criticism. This one is needlessly mean. Pay attention to the community guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Thank you for your note, and for all you do to help moderate HN. Moderators like you help keep the site honest.

I have reviewed the link you provided. I agree with the guidelines noted therein. I asked some of my peers to give an objective read of my comment and they found it truthful and an accurate reflection of how they too responded to the posted essay. I cannot identify anything about it that was contrary to what is observed and expected by members of this community.

I do apologize to you though if you read it differently.

I'm not a moderator, just a fellow user.

I think he knew, and he just labelled you.