Ask HN: What would the Dunning-Kruger “test” be for your field?

Re:Ask HN: What would the Dunning-Kruger “test” be for your ... by jawns on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:44PM (#22131778)

Dunning-Kruger separating mid- and senior-level devs:

JUNIOR DEV: My code is simple and easy to understand.

MID-LEVEL DEV: My code is subtle, clever, innovative, expressive, hyper-optimized, and ingenious.

SENIOR DEV: My code is simple and easy to understand.

Source: John Arundel, https://twitter.com/bitfield/status/1219174978748370945

But take that for what it's worth: https://twitter.com/bitfield/status/1184741088067833856

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Re:Ask HN: What would the Dunning-Kruger “test” be for your ... by wikiman on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:03PM (#22132009)

At one job we actually had to give up on take-home challenges basically because a good, humble junior was indistinguishable from a good, clearly-thinking senior

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Re:Ask HN: What would the Dunning-Kruger “test” be for your ... by karmakaze on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:32PM (#22133538)

So funny. This makes sense as the latter would be catering to an audience which includes the former.

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Re:Ask HN: What would the Dunning-Kruger “test” be for your ... by codeduck on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:32AM (#22136417)

We coined a title "señor Dev" for people who came in saying they were seniors but who's contribution was net negative over time.

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