If two people say "yea I spent two hours on this" and one of them shows something that they actually spent 40 hours on, you're probably going to get the impress

If two people say "yea I spent two hours on this" and one of them shows something that they actually spent 40 hours on, you're probably going to get the impression that they are the better developer because their code should be better. Is that a useful comparison to make between the two of them?