I agree. I couldn't understand what GP was talking about and I had to re-read the first three paragraphs to see what they meant when they said "snob-factor". On a second read I see where they may be coming from, but I still read it more as "I used to make mistakes, I now recognize those mistake and am a better writer because of it, here's the mistake I noticed, you can fix them too and become a better writer" than "I'm great. Wanna be as great as I am? Do as I do"