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“More experienced engineers are more accurate about their interview performance...” Dunning–Kruger effect returns again! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning
by thomasedwards 8y ago
“More experienced engineers are more accurate about their interview performance...”
Dunning–Kruger effect returns again!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
- thwy12321 8y agoDunning-Kruger shows up in some front page discussion almost once a day. What does that say about the "effect"?
- quickthrower2 8y agoIts a HN cliche. Like "strawman"
- jesseb 8y agoIt's not unique to HN, Reddit has been rampant with both (and more) for as along as I can remember.
- dabockster 8y agoIt's group think. Don't read into it too much.
- taeric 8y agoI'm curious, with much of the interview process focused in the "soft skills", how many experienced engineers are actually wrong on their actual performance? That is, they may be more accurate in how they did on the tasks, but do they understand how they impressed on the interviewers? Of course, some of this is a bit of a curve ball. Many people would love to think that the soft skills are not important. My personal take is it is much more nuanced. Easy to focus on the obvious outliers that are terrible at the social, but amazing at the technical. Think Feynman. Most of us are not in that ballpark, though.
- sambroner 8y agoOT, but I always thought Feynman was exceptional because he was relatable, i.e. not terrible at the social.
- taeric 8y agoHmm... Possibly poor example, then. My understanding was he was relatable, but was also a bit tough to first deal with. That said, I've probably got a bit of hero worship for him. So... there is that.
- aportnoy 8y agoPlease stop with Dunning-Kruger already.
- marcosdumay 8y agoIt's almost the literal phrasing of the Dunning-Kruger article, why do you expect people not to notice the similarity?
- quickthrower2 8y agoI don't suffer from Dunning–Kruger because i assume if I am new to something I probably suck. Then I assume I'm new at everything. This is only possible after many years experience. Of life.
- rabidrat 8y agoSounds like you are experienced enough at life to fall prey to the "experienced people underestimate their ability" side of Dunning-Kruger.
- quickthrower2 8y agoDoh! Give me another thousand years.