I hope I wasn't one of those your felt put you down ... and I think if we were sitting across the table, we'd probably reach an agreement on what we thought about your skills. I think today's article is an argument for being honest with yourself about your skill level. I'm never going break a 3 hour marathon, but that's not why I run.

On the other hand, the paragraph "When I graduated high school, I was an okay programmer. Last year, I was a good programmer. After a lot of work, I’m a great programmer, or at least pretty close to it. I don’t think I’ll ever become an amazing programmer or any other superlative; I’m not that talented." came so close. What I'm interested in hearing from any candidate is what follows that thought ... "Tomorrow I'll be better than today".