Things I Don’t Know as of 2018 — Overreacted
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We can admit our knowledge gaps without devaluing our expertise.
Things I Don’t Know as of 2018 December 28, 2018 People often assume that I know far more than I actually do. That’s not a bad problem to have and I’m not complaining. (Folks from minority groups often suffer the opposite bias despite their hard-earned credentials, and that sucks .) In this post I’ll offer an incomplete list of programming topics that people often wrongly assume that I know. I’m not saying you don’t need to learn them — or that I don’t know other useful things. But since I’m not in a vulnerable position myself right now, I can be honest about this. Here’s why I think it’s impo
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