Re:I’m a Bad Developer, That’s the Only Reasonable Explanation
by zzzcpan on Friday December 30, 2016 @04:37PM
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Is self doubt ever about being bad at something?
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Re:I’m a Bad Developer, That’s the Only Reasonable Explanation
by monochromatic on Friday December 30, 2016 @05:25PM
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Sure, sometimes it is. When I doubt my career skills, I can (usually, eventually) recognize it as insecurity / impostor syndrome / whatever.
When I doubt my dancing skills, it's a rational evaluation.
Re:I’m a Bad Developer, That’s the Only Reasonable Explanation
by adventured on Friday December 30, 2016 @06:24PM
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It sounds like what you're doing is accurately assessing your lack of dancing skills, not doubting your dancing ability. A hallmark of self-doubt is the nagging unknown, a questioning, a debate that goes on in one's head as to the real truth of the matter. I'd bet such a debate doesn't exist about your dancing given the rational part you mentioned. If it's actually a correct, accepted, rational evaluation, then what you have is self-fact: I can't dance well; rather than self-doubt: I'm not sure if I can dance well. The rational evaluation part eliminates the doubt once it's accepted, as you've arrived at a rock-solid conclusion.