This is so refreshing. Kudos to Dan Abramov for putting countless cases of imposter syndrome to rest, at least temporarily.
Things I Don’t Know as of 2018
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#12I don't know anything about the person who wrote this, but I know almost everything they don't know. Am I a much better programmer/engineer than I thought?
You're either way more knowledgable than most, or there's a bit of Dunning-Kruger in play. Hard to tell. What you know is only a small part of the game anyways.
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#13There's three kinds of article you can write:
1, things you know about
2, things you don't know about (this article as an example)
3, things you don't know you don't know about (hackernoon and medium are full of this kind of c*ap, people creaming their pants over switching their computer on for the first time)
There's absolutely zero value in the last two, they add so much noise and worse they make the author look like a complete idiot, even if they're not. I genuinely don't understand why people are so insistent on broadcasting their ignorance/stupidity though?
The only article of worth is the first kind, writing about your subject area, that adds value and is how people learn.
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#14This has always felt to me like an inconvenient truth most people are too uncomfortable to voice aloud. Maybe we all fear that we're the singular hapless fool adrift in an industry of savants?
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#15There's three kinds of article you can write: 1, things you know about 2, things you don't know about (this article as an example) 3, things you don't know you don't know about (hackernoon and medium are full of this kind of c*ap, people creaming their pants over switching their computer on for the first time) There's absolutely zero value in the last two, they add so much noise and worse they make the author look li…
It's interesting and notable because of who wrote it. The author created one of the most-used programming frameworks, yet there are a lot of things he doesn't know. This type of article can actually be super helpful for people with impostor syndrome, as it shows that you don't need to be an expert in everything to create work that millions of people use and love.
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#16I don't know anything about the person who wrote this, but I know almost everything they don't know. Am I a much better programmer/engineer than I thought?
He's one of the main developers of React, and created Redux and Create React https://github.com/gaearon
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#17I don't know anything about the person who wrote this, but I know almost everything they don't know. Am I a much better programmer/engineer than I thought?
You're either way more knowledgable than most, or there's a bit of Dunning-Kruger in play. Hard to tell. What you know is only a small part of the game anyways.
To be honest, this article scares me from using react/redux, because the author don't know how types works.
(I can't be the only one)
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#19This is so refreshing. Kudos to Dan Abramov for putting countless cases of imposter syndrome to rest, at least temporarily.
Totally agreed. I feel many engineers feel this way but can't say it. Really impressed to see the humility here.
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#20There's three kinds of article you can write: 1, things you know about 2, things you don't know about (this article as an example) 3, things you don't know you don't know about (hackernoon and medium are full of this kind of c*ap, people creaming their pants over switching their computer on for the first time) There's absolutely zero value in the last two, they add so much noise and worse they make the author look li…
It's interesting and notable because of who wrote it. The author created one of the most-used programming frameworks, yet there are a lot of things he doesn't know. This type of article can actually be super helpful for people with impostor syndrome, as it shows that you don't need to be an expert in everything to create work that millions of people use and love.
> The author created one of the most-used programming frameworks, yet there are a lot of things he doesn't know.
There are far more accomplished people in the world who know far less about far more topics. This case doesn't seem particularly extraordinary.