It doesn&#x27;t read that way to me, it just reads as an adjective to make the article more &quot;shocking&quot; and illustrate the role of a webmaster to appear more against the grain of our little IT&#x2F;startup world.<p>I think the rest of the essay does a great job of explaining why and how webmasters were so important and how they were&#x2F;are the ultimate problem solver. No ego boosting qualifiers necessary.