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What its like starting my career as a programmer... (cdn.discordapp.com)
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i just made this right now, after trembling at my first professional correspondence with an old highschool friend.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are five levels of competence

  1. Incompetent and doesn't know it.
  2. Incompetent and does know it.
  3. Competent and doesn't know it.
  4. Competent, and knows it.
  5. Expert, but still often feels clueless.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have 20 years experience, just cracked a project I've been working on for almost three years, and I still hesitate to consider myself an expert.

Now, I'll tell any lay person who will listen that I'm an expert, but man, some days I just feel clueless.

I find the biggest issue I run into is lack of a peer group. I work in a large IS department, but other than one guy at my last company who works with a different language, I have no one to talk shop with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Once one gets to a high level of expertise, it seems there are fewer peers around - people who can teach something new, or give a perspective not already explored.

It all depends on where you work, and whether there are any user groups frequented by veterans.