Can you point to relevant non-trivial public work of yours that has zero CVE's?
The more you learn and know, the more you refrain from making such statements. This is universally applicable, and not limited to C or programming. And that's what makes your "story" suspect.
Or maybe it's a reading comprehension issue.
^I^ ^used^ ^to^ ^write^ ^non-trivial^ ^C^ ^code^ ^myself^ ^btw.^