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		westhanover on March 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Impostor Syndrome vs. the Dunning-Kruger Effect Have you considered that you might not be able to gauge peoples competence and knowledge accurately? Statistically, if you are observing so manly outliers that is likely to be the case. Hope this helps!

2024throwaway on March 8, 2024 [–]

Ahhh this must be it.

The CEO babbling about how AI "works" must be knowledgeable and competent, and I, an engineer actually working on our AI product, am the idiot.

Thanks for the help!

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