What you are alluding to sounds like it may have it's roots in the Dunning-Kruger effect. I can't seem to find it in the article, but I seem to recall there wa

What you are alluding to sounds like it may have it's roots in the Dunning-Kruger effect. I can't seem to find it in the article, but I seem to recall there was also some research done that found people that were considered highly skilled in one area tended to over estimate their skill in many other areas. Anecdotally speaking, I can confidently say that as programmers, we love to do just this! If anyone knows the research I am referring to, I'd love to look at it again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect