It makes me smile when someone starts off a complaint with something similar to "I've been programing in C++ for x decades. I have y qualifications that should

It makes me smile when someone starts off a complaint with something similar to "I've been programing in C++ for x decades. I have y qualifications that should impress you. I worked at z company which should impress you further. Yet, despite this, I cannot write safe C++ code". The author's post, in particular, is excellent as it follows this token introduction with "I don't know anyone else who can write safe C++ code, either". This is further strengthened by "people I know to be skilled programmers (based on what, I don't know), have never professed that they can write safe C++ code, and therefore people who do, are obviously suffering from some psychological effect". I mean, really? You can't do it, and your friends can't do it, so no one can do it? Even though there is a world of software out there that does exactly what you say can't be done? And further, anyone who says they can do it must be less-skilled and suffering for a form of illusory superiority complex? Get over yourself. How ironic that he knows about the Dunning-Kruger effect, but fails to apply it to himself.