Lots of companies manage to impress lots of incompetent, arrogant people. Your initial comment sounded like such a person and mothing you've said since has done anything to disabuse the reader of that. "The rules say you're not supposed to reply with sarcasm! Flagging your comment!" says the person that Jane Street would totally love to hire.

Like I said, you're just annoyed someone is criticizing your arrogance. If you weren't being arrogant, then my initial reply is utterly unobjectionable; it's only unkind or sarcastic in response to the arrogant interpretation of your initial comment, and is inert to the "best possible" interpretation by the rules you don't follow but want others to.

Way to double down on being a dick, dude.

Calling me a dick seems to violate the kindness rule you are about so much. Don't the guidelines say you should not comment and move on?

Doctor, heal thyself.

As a sometimes arrogant non-hypocrite who has that self awareness, I feel I am well positioned to help you notice yourself in the mirror.

https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/

Look, dude. At this point two of your most aggressive comments have been downvoted and killed. That is additional community feedback you should be paying heed to, and it’s clear that you’re just not getting the message. Instead you just keep doubling down.

Take the L and move on. If you think you’re still in the right, show this thread to your spouse (if you have one), parents, manager, and trusted friends who will give you unvarnished feedback, and see what they say.

Consider also that of all the replies to my original comment, yours is the only one that responded acridly out of a belief that I was humblebragging.

I’m through with this discussion.

I've encountered an asshole. It doesn't happen often, but it does sometimes happen. I'm sure I'm just one of many assholes you meet