Everyone thinks they're exceptional. After all, 70% consider themselves above average.
You can test how good you are by taking a job where you are expected to be a senior person: project or team lead, architect, technical expert. The newer the better: new industry, new programming language, new tools, new responsibilities.
Now, how long does it take for you to make a contribution to the team, to go from being a net receiver of information to a contributor, or, said another way, becoming someone who answers more questions than asks? How long does it take to generate unique insights about the application or the team's problems? How long until you become the go-to person in certain areas? How long before things emerge that only you can do?
If you have truly exceptional skills, the answers to all these questions will be "very quickly" or thereabouts.
Sometimes, you find out that what made you strong was just having been in your previous position for a long time or you've just been doing it longer, not that you were particularly gifted. Nothing wrong with that -- that's highly valued by any manager.
But keep that in mind when new people come, and they need your help or they don't seem to be as quick as you are.
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