Not sure why so many people are offended by the fact that the interviewed person says he was no Einstein. There's also quite much context added as to why his co

Not sure why so many people are offended by the fact that the interviewed person says he was no Einstein. There's also quite much context added as to why his contributions were in some ways not comparable to the likes of these other scientists. I mean, if you have a great developer who's even better as a manager because he has both the ability to manage and understand technical problems, is it an offense to say that "he wasn't John Carmack?".