Aid to Evaluating Your Accomplishments

Compare yourself to these four ordinary people who were selected at random:

Madras Clerk Srinivasa Ramanujan After failing his school examinations, Ramanujan obtained a position as a clerk in the city of Madras. Before his death at age 32, made fundamental advances in mathematics including Riemann series, the elliptic integrals, hypergeometric series and functional equations of the zeta function. (more)	Stoic Philosopher Marcus Aurelius Ruled the entire world as it was known in his day; was the only Roman Emperor to refrain from disgracing himself. (more)
Child of 16-year-old single mother LeBron James Three-time National Basketball Association most-valuable player. On track to earn $1 billion prior to age 35. (more)	Judean Carpenter Jesus of Nazareth Told young women he was God and they believed him. (more)

Programmed by Eve Astrid Andersson and Philip Greenspun back in the mid-1990s. If you're a nerd, you might find the source code useful.

Original Inspiration: How to Make Yourself Miserable, by Dan Greenburg