Contrasting anecdote - the credential signalling was useful to provide context, else on JS topics it's rational to assume there is a fair to middling chance the writer really doesn't have a grasp of the wider industry body of knowledge, which quite evidently is fairly common for JS topic writers.

I value the additional factual information over removing useful information to try and avoid upsetting anyone at all. I wish more people realised how much real value is lost when everything is filtered.