That's a very broad statement, explicitly covering all types of code and all kinds of coders. Are you really confident enough to make such an assertion?

Yes. It's not just me: I'm a professional staff engineer, great.

Andrej Karpathy is one of the best engineers in the country, George Hotz is one of the best engineers in the country, etc.

My question was more rhetorical, the point being that it's very bold (read: foolish) to make a claim that extends well outside of any conceivable amount of experience you may have accrued or ability to know how others may operate.

> Andrej Karpathy is one of the best engineers in the country, George Hotz is one of the best engineers in the country, etc.

You have citations of them explicitly making this claim on behalf of all SWEs in all domains/langs? I'd find that surprising, if so.

Edit: just came across this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395714, to me this sounds like Karpathy's sentiment is contra to yours.

What are the achievements of these people that make them "the best engineers in the country"?

They're also people who have founded AI companies, so of course they would push for it.

It feels like you're taking all the claims of the AI hype bubble at face value.

Tbh I also really don't get what the parent-commenter is trying to say in general, I'm not sure they do either ¯\_(ツ)_/¯