I love that it starts off with "I've worked with some of the best engineers in the world" — do they really need that much pampering, or is there a ranking list that I missed on?
I dunno, personally I enjoy working with Matt and like that he feels this way about us. FWIW I don't really believe it's even possible to rank people based purely on talent. I worked with some incredibly talented engineers in my time at Mozilla and I came to realize that we all have our specialties and we work best by using our individual skills to work together. (I was a little fanboy-ish about working with Brendan Eich when I started but had my "aha" moment when he started asking me toolchain questions. :)
I am happy to hear that: maybe I am just too much of a cynic and appreciate more "real praise" (for particular accomplishments) vs "empty praise" — I understand it could be just me, even in establishing what's real or empty, so whatever works for you :)