Wow buddy, a
lot more experience will help you calm down.
"Maybe C is the best language for the software you are writing, or maybe exclusively programming in C is another manifestation of your out-of-control ego. First of all, what happened to using the best tool for the job."
You manage to argue with yourself in consecutive sentences.
If you met someone who crapped on your skills because they write code in C and you work in higher level languages, they're assholes, not "programmers". Assholes exist in every industry.