You're formally invited to a party on Mount Stupid.

Wait, you're already a dev?

Then you must have a vacation home here already.

Anyway, you ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect?

It's a tem used to describe your annoying co-worker who skims the documentation of a new framework for five minutes, and then corrects you on its usage for the next week.

To be more specific:

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a hypothetical cognitive bias stating that people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability.
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Translation: Someone who knows just enough to feel like they're an expert, but not enough to know they're really not.

Being in such a state is known as being on "Mount Stupid" and as devs, we all have vacation homes there.

"How?" you might be asking, "I'm the team lead!"

"Shut up" I respond, "This is an article, I can't hear you."

As we all know this field is fluctuating, constantly. It goes without saying that even the best of us cannot know everything at all times. Although it's important to know what we bring to the table, over-estimating our talents can be a great way to unintentionally mislead ourselves and our customers. The Dunning-Kruger Effect helps us remember to re-evaluate once in a while, ensuring what we offer is more than bluster.

So- consider this a formal invitation to my private villa on Mount Stupid. There's a pool and everything.