Your post is arrogant! That's okay though - I used to be arrogant too and assumed my code was "wizard like" while other people's projects were crappy and half-a

Your post is arrogant! That's okay though - I used to be arrogant too and assumed my code was "wizard like" while other people's projects were crappy and half-assed. Quality is often subjective. These days software is scratching an itch and is rarely done to the author's own standards of quality due to personal time constraints! I would rephrase your thought from: incompetence as encouragement to improvement as encouragement (the desire to improve something as encouragement).