Not an "exultation", sure, but it did definitely feel (in every case) like they were more impressed by knowledge of programming as an esoteric art, whereas knowledge of whatever their specialty was seemed more common to them. The scientists I know have no self-esteem issues, or anything, but (like the advertising people and the steel door people and the ad people and the rest) they don't usually even hear the complexity in their own jargon anymore.

They are secure in their own expertise and can recognize expertise in others. Their jargon makes their conversations more concise, like ours does for us.