I think he's being self aware and honest. I seem mean here but I'm more just trying to be honest.
The telling metric is his leet code performance. I'm positive he can be a good programmer in what he does but there are definitely smarter programmers then him in the world.
Faang companies will filter for this and despite that I still think he may be able to train himself to do better on leetcode. But performance on leetcode does correlate with IQ and general intelligence. You would be dishonest with yourself if you can't accept that.
The telling metric is his leet code performance. I'm positive he can be a good programmer in what he does but there are definitely smarter programmers then him in the world.
Faang companies will filter for this and despite that I still think he may be able to train himself to do better on leetcode. But performance on leetcode does correlate with IQ and general intelligence. You would be dishonest with yourself if you can't accept that.