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Be a decent person. Acknowledge that your “expertise” is mostly memorization of common patterns and bugs. Nothing about understanding programming indicates a hi
by noemit 9y ago
Be a decent person. Acknowledge that your “expertise” is mostly memorization of common patterns and bugs. Nothing about understanding programming indicates a higher intelligence or makes you a better person. So chill out and have fun explaining all the basics of something you love. After all, if you can’t explain it in simple terms, it might mean you need to learn more about it yourself.
- sidlls 9y ago"You aren't as smart as you think you are" is a cold, hard truth many people in this industry need to have a reckoning with. I don't think a person should be entitled to anything above "senior developer" until and unless he or she has mentored juniors for some time. The most technically skilled individual on the planet is almost every time just one tiny contributor. Their mentoring of juniors acts as a multiplier of their own skill.