"once you get the message, hang up the phone." terence mckenna
that alone made me quit all that drug stuff.
i still respect that other people need it for their own causes, but i have strong opinions on safety especially on addictive ones. i still find myself lucky i didn't got into addictive downward spiral with the things i got my hands on.
i do enjoy programming, working with other devs, but as soon as i stepped into a product management role it's a hellishly different set of problems. you're in the middle of the tech, the developers, the problems, and the customers. lots of lessons in there. tiring, but worthwhile.
Imo zloirock should work for himself and get rid of the core-js project (or make it least of his priorities). It's a liability to him at this point, just making himself look like a fool desperate for handouts.
His freedom is on the line and not one company seems to care.
If the open source community turns its back at you, turn your back at them.