> but if someone has more confidence in their skills than they should, typically that leads them to try things that they otherwise may not have attempted? Not

> but if someone has more confidence in their skills than they should, typically that leads them to try things that they otherwise may not have attempted? Not always. They can also be blinded by the current state of things instead of thinking of new solutions or challenging the status quo. People can be over confident in their code and refuse to write tests or their assumptions based on old knowledge and go down the wrong path...