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At first I thought I was a great dev because my boss routinely praises me as an unqualified genius and savior of the company! And this is like 2 to 3 times a w
by larrymcp 11y ago
At first I thought I was a great dev because my boss routinely praises me as an unqualified genius and savior of the company! And this is like 2 to 3 times a week.
But then I jump on HN and read all the "Signs you're a bad developer" articles and discover that I'm actually a two-bit mediocre hack.
I dunno.
- rokhayakebe 11y agoI guess you would want to take praises from someone who knows what you do. If your boss is not a qualified engineer you may want to understand his/her praise as "you are a great problem solver," which would be 100% correct.