> If you were confident with your abilities, you were more confident
Confidence isn't a very good indicator of skills though
I've met a ton of high confidence people who are actually dogshit at what they do. Confidently incompetent is a dangerous mix and this is the sort of person I see amplifying themselves with AI the most.
Sure. But when you're trying to convince other people you know what you're talking about, confidence is probably about 50% of the game. To be sure, you need some skill, but given candidates who are a "grade a coder with zero confidence" and a "grade b coder with moderate confidence" and "grade c coder with extreme confidence," I am confident in saying the grade c coder will get hired 50% of the time.
It turns out that software engineering in large organizations is a process greatly influenced by human psychology.
Also, "confidence w/o ability" is the core of the Dunning-Kruger effect. You have to know a fair amount to understand how shit you are at things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
> "grade c coder with extreme confidence," I am confident in saying the grade c coder will get hired 50% of the time.
I agree with you. That's why everything is shit!