Humility is simply not seen as a virtue in a business environment anymore. Career coaches teach you how you can get ahead and to be confident. But having know

Humility is simply not seen as a virtue in a business environment anymore. Career coaches teach you how you can get ahead and to be confident. But having knowledge also means you know about your limits, so your only option is to pretend to know everything. It can be useful to convince people with low tech literacy of your solution, but I don't think confidence is a good metric. It is basically a dysfunctional form of communication.