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> Therefore, every bar above 0 is impostor syndrome country, and every bar below zero belongs to its foulsome, overconfident cousin, the Dunning-Kruger effect.
by sushid 10y ago
> Therefore, every bar above 0 is impostor syndrome country, and every bar below zero belongs to its foulsome, overconfident cousin, the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Dunning-Kruger effect is attributed to "a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude." [1] Seems like a harsh accusation for being off by a single star.
And the author makes a generalization that the imposter effect is "better" than Dunning-Kruger effect. I don't clearly see why this would be the case for the interviewee.
- sushisource 10y agoI'm so mind-bendingly sick of these two terms (Dunning-Kruger and Imposter Syndrome). They're very much in-vouge as of late and it seems like an overwhelming number of /r/programming and HN posts have at least some reference to it. Pulling some piece of psychology jargon out of thin air doesn't make it immediately applicable or accurate. Presumably, the terms get used so frequently for the "look how smart I sound" effect, which serves only to piss me off. I would categorize these two groups as "overconfident" and "under-confident", at most. They're not suffering from some genuine long term psychological condition just because you think it sounds cool to use the terms. /rant
- Myrmornis 10y agoYep. You can pretty much tell when people use those terms that they're more driven by a desire to use those terms than out of having anything interesting to say.
- AstralStorm 10y agoIsn't a single instance not indicative of a syndrome? The syndrome presence or not can only be inferred if the same candidate heard multiple times on various interviews is consistently under- or overvaluing. And by a noticeable amount too.