Re:Is there a fix for impostor syndrome?
by alexquez on Thursday May 03, 2018 @09:50AM
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Pointing out the tech I used at the time is a bit of a red herring for the argument I was making.
The point I should have made was that I focused on the technology instead of the fundamentals of software. I was obsessed with learning the tech that that existed at the time instead of learning how to craft software in general with the least amount of complexity.
I wrote a website that got 10 visits a month with Spring and Struts. I had simpler options but was pretty convinced everything had to be "enterprise grade".
Today, if you had to build it, you'd build a static site.
I learned quite a bit from these mistakes. My argument does romance the idea of a mentor that was hyper-intelligent and cared about my career.
Mistakes are always made. Mentor and mentee alike. C'est la vie.
The point I should have made was that I focused on the technology instead of the fundamentals of software. I was obsessed with learning the tech that that existed at the time instead of learning how to craft software in general with the least amount of complexity.
I wrote a website that got 10 visits a month with Spring and Struts. I had simpler options but was pretty convinced everything had to be "enterprise grade".
Today, if you had to build it, you'd build a static site.
I learned quite a bit from these mistakes. My argument does romance the idea of a mentor that was hyper-intelligent and cared about my career.
Mistakes are always made. Mentor and mentee alike. C'est la vie.