Excellent point. Another to add to the list is that you may easily have been hired under a higher standard as the team lead or "working/programming manager".

I have been fortunate to never work with a bad programmer, but I have worked with inexperienced programmers that were learning as they went. I was not hired under the same standard or for the same reason they were.

I agree with your sentiment, and although I generally agree with the parent, I also disagree with the statement that "[t]hey where hired under the same standards as you". Few companies look for programming talent and I've seen this being hand waved away by statements like: "good programmers don't necessarily make good employees".

But on the whole, the article also leaves a sour taste in my mouth due to the superiority complex that cuts through it.

Good programmers won't effect much change at companies that have broken hiring practices. Rather move somewhere where your skills will be appreciated.

Being recognized as a good programmer when you focus on the "bad programmers" around you is both unfortunate and counter-productive.

Being a good team member who improves the process of your team by working to everyone's strengths is ... excellent.

Oddly enough, I think that at least some managers are more likely to recognize the latter than the former and often rightfully so.