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You probably aren’t any more terrible than most other developers in the workforce. You really can’t be that bad because you are actually capable of some level of self-reflection, which is completely counter to the following.

I frequently observe that so many developers are experts, but they are experts in the way that my children are experts. They talk a big game to hear the sound of their own voice: Dunning-Kruger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effec...

This is evidenced on HN right now where the top thread on the front page is a security anti-theory with many clueless comments full of conjecture not based on any form of experienced security practice. Information security jobs require certification and education while software jobs only require passing an interview. That said it’s easy for any software developer to believe themselves to be a security expert when in reality actual security experts won’t have anything to do with them.

Worse still is that since this is all vapor with ego and self worth riding on it people quickly become hostile on any discussions of the subject. That completely brazen emotional insecurity isn’t something common to actual qualified professionals.