[rvdginste]

> Because all the code I write is high quality…

That is a big claim to make…

I do follow you on the complexity of code and that good code should avoid unnecessary complexity (‘unnecessary’ being key here).

[Brian_K_White]

Given the rest was reasonable I was willing to grant that as "aims for high quality".

Because it wasn't about how good of a programmer they are, it was about their intentions and principles. "I try" vs "I don't try" already makes the significant relative difference regardless what the absolute values are.