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As others have mentioned, you have a severe case of http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93
by zachlatta 13y ago
As others have mentioned, you have a severe case of http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect.
> I haven't got a PhD but I can (at least) learn and think on that level.
You may think this, but do you have anything to show for it? Have you worked on PhD-level projects?
A bit unrelated, but
> I don't want to go through all the obvious mistakes the first time.
From my limited experience, sometimes it's valuable to go through those mistakes yourself.
I'm around your age and part of a community of developers in high school on Facebook. Shoot me an email (in profile) and I'd be glad to add you to the group.