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by bpatrianakos
4406 days ago
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If you want to be super technical, sure. But in the context of this article that quote rings true. The masters really are surprisingly few in our field. At least the sort of masters I think you're talking about. In my experience most programmers have a sense of imposter syndrome that is very tough to crack so including that quote in the article was something I liked and think is important for other developers to hear. The amount of knowledge and experience needed for true mastery is so deep and wide that in practical terms I would agree with that quote completely. |
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Contrary to what some readers here might expect, most highly competent developers don't have blogs or start their own companies. Most of the talented and experienced engineers who work in the bowels of Google optimizing search algorithms, or at Boeing writing avionics software or at Oracle designing database systems pursue their craft in obscurity and anonymity. I work with master programmers every day who nobody has ever heard of.
Having been on HN for a few years, I've recognized several of the people here as being masters of their craft based on the depth of understanding and experience that's evident in the words they've written.
"In my experience most programmers have a sense of imposter syndrome..."
I think that the Dunning-Kruger effect, in which "incompetent people will tend to overestimate their own level of skill" and "fail to recognize genuine skill in others"[1] is much more prevalent in our field than impostor syndrome (the opposite phenomenon).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect