I always understood and used that idiom a little differently. I think of it as more about appearances vs internals —- e.g. imposter syndrome and the time it ta

I always understood and used that idiom a little differently. I think of it as more about appearances vs internals —- e.g. imposter syndrome and the time it takes to develop skills fully. Nobody knows what they are doing on their first day a new job, but they have the title already.