There is a subset of confidence that will make you a better programmer: self-reliance (i.e. Confidence in your being). Self-reliance sticks around even when yo

There is a subset of confidence that will make you a better programmer: self-reliance (i.e. Confidence in your being). Self-reliance sticks around even when you lose everything. You lose your house, money, job, partner, career, etc. and if you can still build yourself back up, you are self-reliant. Most confident people are confident in something they have. Money, fame, house, looks, diploma, knowledge, etc. The self-reliant, however, lives from the first car of his very own train of life — money, fame, or anything else do not precede him. Even when he loses everything, he is still in the front, navigating. Those confident in external things will falter when they lose those very things that are leading them. Perhaps lack of confidence can make you a better programmer. But lack of self-reliance bodes fear of the unknown.