I agree that it's presumptuous to give yourself big ol' gold star, as a "top developer". I don't consider myself one, but if I had to define it, I would say th

I agree that it's presumptuous to give yourself big ol' gold star, as a "top developer". I don't consider myself one, but if I had to define it, I would say that they were within the top 10-20% percent of whatever arbitrary metrics are most important to you. If you want a "top Python developer", I would expect a nice Github (or whatever) profile with tons of relevant work. If you want a "top enterprise C++ developer", I would expect they have a long list of successful projects, and be able to walk you through the intricacies of each. To me, it's highly contextual.