It's a good thing that in our field there is no single winner and the rest are losers. As a programmer, I want to become as good as I can, be one of the few. I might never become better than Linus Torvalds (simply because he'll keep getting better too), but that won't prevent me from achieving my goal.
Our field is not a competition. There is plenty of room for a bunch of great programmers.
Our field is not a competition. There is plenty of room for a bunch of great programmers.