I wouldn't take it too seriously. At the risk of sounding pretentious, the skill level of developers on HN and proggit seem to be much higher than average. For every guy who writes a sweet project in meteor and shows it off to everyone there are 1000 Enterprise Java programmers who do it as a 9-5 and scoff at the idea of hobby programming.
If you're passionate and put forth an effort to keep a relevant skill set you're already doing better than most imho.
If you're passionate and put forth an effort to keep a relevant skill set you're already doing better than most imho.