Things I Don’t Know as of 2018
We can admit our knowledge gaps without devaluing our expertise.
Hasnain says:
Read in full, nodding along all the way.
Then got to the end, realized who the author was, went "holy shit", and re read the whole thing while being more enlightened.
"First, there is often an unrealistic expectation that an experienced engineer knows every technology in their field. Have you seen a “learning roadmap” that consists of a hundred libraries and tools? It’s useful — but intimidating.
What’s more, no matter how experienced you get, you may still find yourself switching between feeling capable, inadequate (“Impostor syndrome”), and overconfident (“Dunning–Kruger effect”). It depends on your environment, job, personality, teammates, mental state, time of day, and so on."
Posted on 2018-12-29T06:13:13+0000