When professionals of any profession reach a level in anything they are deemed qualified up to a certain standard. I do not believe that the people originally working on Atlas were the pinnacle of the programming world (that's not meant as a slur on them in any way either). For one it is a breakaway from an ark dlc, and for two if there was such a uniquely skilled programmer, they would probably still be working on Ark. Meaning they would probably still be available in some way. I have a relative who is at the top level in programming, when they applied for the job they have now, there were over 3000 other applicants with almost the same credentials.