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0:32 · 5 December 2022

Confidence Comes from Competence #shorts #developer #developerslife #javascript #reactjs

Key concepts in this video:

1. Clarity as a Confidence Hack

You can become instantly more confident before your skills are fully developed by gaining clarity on the things you know and the things you do not know.

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Transcript

As a developer, confidence comes from competence. Is that freaking easy? Sure, you can fake it till you make it. But it is much easier to trust yourself when you know your shit. But, as you probably know, skills and competence take time to develop, particularly in software dev. So, how can you be confident when you don't have the skills yet? Well, there's a hack. And that is clarity. You can become instantly more confident even if your skills are not where they should be by having clarity on the things you know and the things you don't.