Absolutely. Different pathways to the same scathing critique of the organised louts who masquerade in the public best interest, but end up serving their own, or the lobbies of nepotism that come out of the cracks like insects, eager to devour the structure; might they get the grant to rebuild it.
My technical ability is limited compared to the prowess of other witnesses. I do not see myself in direct competition with them, because, on a technical skill set, I would be bested considerably.
But I can hold my hand up with pride and say, "here is a node", "it is mine", and only enhance, learn, and grow my skills in operating a piece of software that allows this place to continue functioning.
It's not a competition to secure the chain. While there is clearly competition for higher rank, it's a cooperative effort to secure Hive, and I am aware that Marky, for example, whose chops are significant, has provided node monitoring software he provides to witnesses. In that cooperative effort interpersonal chops matter as much as technical prowess, because enabling all nodes to provide the best security depends on mutual effort. No witness can do it alone. If they tried they'd create a fork.
I will shortly be using the very same software that Marky has available on github to monitor my own node. Their help was instrumental in me getting the node up and running.