This seems to be a case of the Dunning-Kruger effect where an unskilled worker has the cognitive bias to overestimate their skills. it is easy to write code. it is easy to write code that works. it is hard to write good code.
Couldn't agree more. He is no objective information to believe he's a great programmer at all. He also seems to toss around the word "great" a lot as well; I've never heard anyone refer to UT Dallas as a "great university".
