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Although these are all qualities of good devs, they are qualities of a lot of middling devs too. Reading the documentation and understanding the tooling isn't that rare.

Although I will say the "Status Doesn’t Matter" thing is a symptom not a cause. If there isn't any question you're one of the best then status doesn't matter - people know you're the best and there is no need to remind them. The people who fight strongly for status are the insecure ones who think they need to remind people otherwise they'll lose their place in the pecking orders. Typically people who are a few steps shy of the best - silver medallists if you will - are the ones who need to spend a lot of time reminding people they are almost the best.




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