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That pretty much sums up my whole life right now on every front. I have a good-paying job (a major change from two years ago) that I'm absolutely frozen in figu
by drivingmenuts 14y ago
That pretty much sums up my whole life right now on every front. I have a good-paying job (a major change from two years ago) that I'm absolutely frozen in figuring out how to get things done. More than once, I've considered leaving for a lower-paying job where there's less decision-making.
As for my personal life, fuck it. Not important.
- ryanwaggoner 14y agoCongrats on the job. If it helps, from what I've seen at a lot of higher levels of companies and organizations, no one really knows what they're doing. You're probably also suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect [1] and are doing better than you think you are. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
- bluepaper 14y agoForgive me, after a brief look over the Wikipedia article surely it's the opposite of that? "unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average" - so they think they're better than they are, whereas you're suggesting they're doing better than they think they are.
- ryanwaggoner 14y agoI'm talking about this part of the Wikipedia article: Actual competence may weaken self-confidence, as competent individuals may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding.