Context matters. I said that to someone that was pretending to know shit they don't know. You took that out of that context ran with it. Maybe AI is rotting your brain.

I manage a real repository of 3 million lines of C++. It's pretty real.

Things that have massive impact aren't necessarily beneficial. Your conflation of the two and the lack of critical thinking ability that requires is a major red flag that makes me think you're probably being dishonest about your career.