Just because you may be a programming genius doesn't ALWAYS make you a Super User, Gaming, Cooking or any of the other Stack Exchange sites expert. In order to have the privileges that you have on Stack Overflow you have to earn them here, just as any other user would have to on any SE site. If you really do know you stuff, which I'm going to assume that you do, then it won't take long really to get the same privileges.
If it's any help as well, you automatically receive 100 rep for linking the two accounts. This means that you do not have the limitations of a new user. You are respectfully appreciated for your hard work, while still forcing you to earn the higher privileges.