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by magarnicle 1080 days ago
The attitude of my bosses. In two separate jobs, when first starting out I worked on some simple projects that led me to 'fixing' some other problem I encountered. Both times that problem was well solved in some other way I was ignorant of, but they gave me a "well done" and didn't make me feel silly for being proud of my 'fix'.

I was just learning the relevant languages and jobs, so their response gave me confidence to keep trying things and learning.

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>The attitude of my bosses.

This is absolutely IT! Everything else is secondary. Nothing boosts a noob's confidence as the fact that his boss trusts him to deliver on the project and gives him the responsibility and positive support needed to do so.