## Metadata - Author: [[Joe Reis]] - Full Title:: Status Games - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://joereis.substack.com/p/status-games - Read date:: [[2026-01-11]] ## Highlights > I encounter this with my data modeling book. There’s always someone who wants to nerd snipe me with some obscure data modeling trivia or approach. And if I don’t know about it, or don’t acknowledge it in my book, then I’m inferior and failed the status game. It reminds me of hipsters who always find some flaw in your music collection or knowledge of some tidbit about a band. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kenxa6zsmws6v6zhwex816w6))