My opinion is probably tainted by my own working experiences. I've run into various mediocre IT pros who have been at it for a while and possibly are trying to

My opinion is probably tainted by my own working experiences. I've run into various mediocre IT pros who have been at it for a while and possibly are trying to appear smart for purposes of job security. I've only had the pleasure of working with a handful of what I considered truly great programmers. I don't think a single one of them considered themselves to be "great" even though I thought they were.