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		jameshart on Nov 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about s... The hard truth: Some days, you’ll be the incompetent person.

manicennui on Nov 8, 2023 | [–]

Being wrong occasionally is human. It is not the same as being incompetent. There truly are numerous people in software engineering who don't know what they are doing at all.

rob74 on Nov 8, 2023 | [–]

Or, to put it in the immortal words of U2, some days are better than others (https://genius.com/U2-some-days-are-better-than-others-lyric...)

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