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Ask HN: Self-doubt, inferiority complex is killing me. How do I fix that?

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Re: Ask HN: Self-doubt, inferiority complex is killing me. How do I fix that?

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My advice is to code more. You will get more accustomed to the thought process that goes into writing code, more accustomed to your editor, and more comfortable with coding overall. One thing that I did that helped me code more was challenge myself to code every day. Using GitHub helps because you can check your streak. My friend and I did this for about 2 months and we felt very productive. This is his blog post abo…

This is the best advice given based on my experience.

I am also suffering from low confidence and inferiority complex. What actually helps is coding more and pushing to github as much as I can. Especially if I think it is still not good enough. This makes you inclined to work more at it. So gradually you get better with time.

Another thing which I could associate with is pair programming which just juggles my process. There are at least 6 things that I am thinking then the guy next to me says that is should be done this or that way, and I already lost what I thought. And you need to rebuild your entire modeling over and over and over again. Its demoralizing and energy consuming way overboard. So long story short people are different and the entire point of pair programming is talking about the problem and getting better with problem-solving by communicating.

I quote one of my latest interview where the guy said "just don't sweat over it there is no best answer". Which he was trying to say that the only thing they were interested in that I could use "lego" to build and reason about my building or not.

And I could give more and more advice. But it's okay if you feel that way, Proves that you care . And there are some quotes about being human and all.

Re: Ask HN: Self-doubt, inferiority complex is killing me. How do I fix that?

#52
How can you be inferior when you are multilingual? Bilinguals are great but you are greater. :) But if you really need a little boost, try to learn English from native speakers at http://preply.com/en/skype/english-native-speakers . A little practice won't hurt. And when you feel like you're getting better at it , I guess your confidence goes with it.

Re: Ask HN: Self-doubt, inferiority complex is killing me. How do I fix that?

#53
How can you be inferior when you are multilingual? Bilinguals are great but you are greater. :) But if you really need a little boost, try to learn English from native speakers at http://preply.com/en/skype/english-native-speakers . A little practice won't hurt. And when you feel like you're getting better at it , I guess your confidence goes with it.
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