His reputation doesn't come from a few hundred questions that get crazy upvote counts. that Gordon achieves this without going crazy. What I honestly find the most interesting aspect here. This also assume that Jon won't 'wake up' at some point and become more active again. This gives x = 3.21 years, implying early November, 2023 as being the point when Gordon will eclipse Jon, assuming 2019 levels of performance. We can actually calculate, using Gordon and Jon's 2019 performance, when their rep levels will cross: 1000195 + x*139649 = 1202588 + x*76664
While Gordon's feat is certainly amazing, what is also very interesting is that at his current pace, Gordon will not eclipse Jon Skeet for at least another 3 years or so.
But, besides offering congratulations, I would like to focus on another obvious question which this milestone brings up: when will Gordon pass Jon Skeet and move into the #1 all-time position on the site? Consider the following table of total annual rep from 2017 until the present year 2020: year | Gordon rep | Jon rep | deltaĪll-time | 1,000,195 | 1,202,588 | 202,393 I have been something of a silent cult follower of Gordon's over the years, and I have learned more about SQL from him than any other user on this site.
