I didn't get that from the article. It felt like the author was emphasising experience, not superiority. We all went through these stages, the author acknowledges that.

The article doesn't say anything negative about novice programmers, just that these are the things we go through when we learn. I certainly went through the stages described, and I'm hitting the near-million-line projects now and wonder what happens next.

As a novice programmer, I found this post extremely helpful! It's given me insights on a problem I wasn't even aware I had.