A couple years ago, I was exactly like you. (I'm from the Champlain Valley myself.)

But in the 3 years since, I learned that people are infinitely more important than my technical abilities will ever be. My hubris brought me down.

Things like this just aren't going to win you friends. If you want people to invest in you, not your ideas, (a statement which is itself filled with hubris), you have to grow up and realize the world around is a lot more than code.