> You shouldn't concern yourself with how high you rank in this hierarchy. I find that many people commonly believe themselves to be a >1x programmer who is si

> You shouldn't concern yourself with how high you rank in this hierarchy. I find that many people commonly believe themselves to be a >1x programmer who is simply misunderstood, which is damaging. This leads to them thinking they deserve more, and therefore can make less effort to compensate this delta, or imagining that those above them who disagree with their own characterization must be idiots.