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by hguant 1775 days ago
>Now, more often than not, I work with teams that have been copy/pasting git commands not knowing what they do, that have never, ever looked the source code of their framework or don't know how to use a debugger.

Thank you for reminding me that it's about time for my yearly reread of Pro Git. It's amazing how many people look at you like you're a wizard when you just...read the documentation.

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Or can enter the proper key words on Google.

It feels like cheating, but I put my imposter syndrome in a trash bin years ago.

It is amazing to see how so many so-called programmers can make a living without even reading the freaking documentation. And when I cide the docs on some topic they look at me as if I was performing a magic trick.
You did do a magic trick. You found docs complete enough to cite.