> You can interpret the question more literally as "more confident than in their coding than they would have been if someone criticized their code". But that im

> You can interpret the question more literally as "more confident than in their coding than they would have been if someone criticized their code". But that implies the alternative we are talking about is working in a team and also having less confidence. Yes, but it doesn't imply "lack of confidence" or being "insecure". The question was about "extra confidence". "I don't see this lack of confidence" is a strange statement. The question is about a difference in confidence level, and you wouldn't be able to observe it unless you observed solo indie devs, which is difficult to do, because they work alone. ;-)