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by hu3 1080 days ago
What boosted my confidence as a new programmer?

1) Ignorance. Knowing just enough to be dangerous was great against analysis-paralysis.

2) Positive feedback from clients. Clients didn't care about my spaghetti code. All they saw was a solution to their problem. That was very rewarding and made me confident. Well, at least until a senior dev took a look at my code and rightfully destroyed my confidence with not-so-polite suggestions.