- To build confidence: work on personal projects. Set achievable milestones and meet them. There are a lot of new posts on hacker news, but most of them won't a

- To build confidence: work on personal projects. Set achievable milestones and meet them. There are a lot of new posts on hacker news, but most of them won't apply to your projects and you'll be able to ignore them. - Concentrate on problems and how to solve them. Ask questions. Do research. - Think of yourself as a professional providing a professional service to the best of your knowledge and abilities. Sometimes you don't have all the answers. Remember: your job as a professional is to not worry about yourself or what others think of you.