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I never feel good enough. Ever. Part of that is my personality - I'm very hard on myself. But especially on HN (for better or worse) it seems like everyday I se
by acconrad 8y ago
I never feel good enough. Ever. Part of that is my personality - I'm very hard on myself. But especially on HN (for better or worse) it seems like everyday I see someone who is making more money or building a better business or someone who just is an amazing programmer and I still have so much to learn.
It can be a positive motivator for continuous improvement but at the same time it can be overwhelming to feel like there is always so much to learn and you'll never learn it all.
- jiscariot 8y agoI agree with this sentiment--I mainly read HN/SSC and find the depth of knowledge extremely humbling. You really have to try hard to look at your status as absolute (or "compare yourself to yourself a week ago"), especially because it looks like we are wired to see relative status as more important (i.e. happiness derived from comparison to "peers"). It is a roller coaster of "I think I'm pretty good at this" to "jesus--I understand 10% of what these HN comments are talking about." It helps if I think about the alternative universe where I tried to do something with my political science minor. That usually does the trick. :-)