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Discussion on: I'm not an expert; I'm learning

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Alex Lohr • Edited

This is a bit like impostor syndrome. I consider myself an expert frontend developer with now close to three decades of experience, because I never stopped learning and I never stopped asking questions. Even an expert cannot know everything.

Also, I would say that an expert is basically someone who asked first and learned faster than most everyone else.

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Waylon Walker

Always be learning, thats the way to do it.

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Chris Bongers

Yes it's very close to that.
But almost from another persons perspective, at least that's my feeling around this topic.

It's almost societies image, oh you're a senior, you must know everything, or we'll shame you.
Of course it's not that black and white, but I know many people that experience this, and it's wrong.

You are right, if you never stop learning you are doing your absolute best to becoming your best self.