The latest articles on DEV Community by Christopher J. Stehno (@cjstehno). https://dev.to/cjstehno https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F221135%2F36a497b3-e3fc-40d0-9857-661bfaa8e26d.jpeg https://dev.to/cjstehno en Christopher J. Stehno Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:37:34 +0000 https://dev.to/cjstehno/duning-kruger-effect-1hm4 https://dev.to/cjstehno/duning-kruger-effect-1hm4 <p>A friend of mine shared this video with me today - hopefully he was not hinting at something:<br> <iframe width="710" height="399" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GJz66wm95-M"> </iframe> <br> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect">Dunning-Kruger Effect</a> is something I have always called "Not knowing what you don't know". It's a general lack of understanding for the scope of a field due to inexperience. As you learn more about a field, your understanding of the scope increases and you quickly realize that you don't know as much of it as you think you do - you have only seen the tip of the iceberg.</p> <p>The downside is that this lack of understanding leads you to a false confidence, which may stunt further learning of the topic.</p> <p>I have seen this quite often when interviewing candidates over the years. I can also remember experiencing some of those a-ha moments when I realized that there was a lot more to what I was learning at the time.</p> <p>Now, I just try to assume that "I know nothing."</p> psychology learning