>Saying "I wrote an awesome program recently" ... makes people think your dishonest. Not only that, but it's an insult to my intelligence. That's no biggy to m

>Saying "I wrote an awesome program recently" ... makes people think your dishonest. Not only that, but it's an insult to my intelligence. That's no biggy to me in itself, but it's not a sign of something good either. To me, a self promotional sentence like that implies you think I can't evaluate your work myself. Apparently you thought I had no thought of my own to add. I want to say subtly and civility is on the decline (particularly online) but I doubt that narrative. But I can't deny that it sometimes feels that that's true.