It's very easy if you Do it.
Don't think too much. Just start. Everything will fall in place.
Most people fail because they don't do it.
How do I know if I am good enough?
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Re: How do I know if I am good enough?
#32I felt this way before taking my current job, but I took it anyway. It turns out that you can learn way more way faster when you're working in a team on a real project. There's _a lot_ of stuff that your teammates can teach you in five minutes that would take a day of Googling and experimentation to learn yourself, especially when you're a beginner.
What if there was not a team? Just one person.
You can always ask your questions online (StackOverflow and other forums).
People are always ready to help.
Re: How do I know if I am good enough?
#33Just dive in, take the opportunity. What's the worst that can happen? When I started as a junior html developer I'd written exactly one website, a really poor 1997-era personal homepage. I didn't even know what a html table was, I'd never done forms, etc etc. It was a really junior role, but I figured I could learn what I didn't know on the spot. I stayed at that company for 4 years, and left with the job title "Seni…
Upvote. At least in Australia, it's pretty hard to actually get fired (generalisation, but holds up pretty well). There's no harm in jumping into something, taking a hit with the learning curve and busting ass to get up to speed. If a year down the track you're embedded into the process / team and performing, nobody will give a shit that you spent the first three or five months building up your skill / role.
It's a better model then getting into something you know you're fully capable of and having no incentive to perform like hell. Comfortable but mind destroying.
Re: How do I know if I am good enough?
#34How do I know if I am good enough? You never will. Ever. That's the difficulty: doing well despite constant uncertainty.
You should add "that's the challenge: also doing well despite constant uncertainty"
Re: How do I know if I am good enough?
#35I've learnt two things when facing those questions myself.
* Only compare yourself to the worst people getting paid to do something when figuring out if you are good enough.
* You can do what you can learn.
Re: How do I know if I am good enough?
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