All I'm saying is to think about what you want to do, and understand that in the context of employment, business goals, and so on. Don't just take someone's task list, and work on it from top to bottom. Make the task list something you own and want to work on.

Also, if you decide you don't want to try that hard on "anti-counterfeiting" protection, that's fine with me ;)

If you fuck up your goals, yup, you could be fired. Supply of programmers is much lower than demand, so I bet you'll find more work. Or you can retire and repair bicycles for a living. You'll do fine.