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"Nobody really knows what they're doing" is a cope that will keep you mediocre forever. There are absolutely people who know what they are doing. https://twit

• 28304283409234 3y ago
  > There are absolutely people who know what they are doing. I am sure there are. But few and far between. And rarely are they in positions of power in my experience.
• subsistence234 3y ago
  that tweet would be more at home on a linkedin page.
• adverbly 3y ago
  Lets talk definitions. Here was mine: Knowing what you are doing: accurate mental model The author here is talking about mindset and confidence - not "understanding" persay. Source: > For me, it was extremely humbling to work together with far more competent engineers at Apple. Having a mindset that "some people are way more competent than me" is talking about humility and growth mindsets - different concept than mental models. I fully agree with the author here - a growth mindset is useful! But that's a different thing from saying that some people actually have accurate mental models of the important complex systems underpinning the world.