In the pick up community, this is called keyboard jockeying ... basically the blind leading the blind. I think this is extremely prevalent in the start-up world

In the pick up community, this is called keyboard jockeying ... basically the blind leading the blind. I think this is extremely prevalent in the start-up world except people don't get called out as often as they should. Just look at half the guys who claim to be experts at lean. For most of them, their biggest success has been their ability to brand themselves as experts at lean. So while we begin with agreement that at times you feel like a fraud, I think in many cases we are being 'fraudulent' by offering untested, unproven advice. The best guys I know, especially ones who have been successful, say 'I don't know' to a lot of questions. Meanwhile, the armchair experts with a thin history always seem to know the answer.