No, if you learn more about him, its really more work ethic. I think he is smarter than an average person, but not smarter than the average programmer by a whole lot. Just robotic like work ethic.
There's a bit at the end of Chuck Yeager's autobiography, where he takes to task the idea of test pilots being men who have "the right stuff" (specifically addressing the book by that title).
"And in the end, the one big reason why I was better than average as a pilot was because I flew more than anybody else. If there is such a thing as 'the right stuff' in piloting, then it is experience."
"And in the end, the one big reason why I was better than average as a pilot was because I flew more than anybody else. If there is such a thing as 'the right stuff' in piloting, then it is experience."