How many years experience as a dev do you need to feel like the cool hacker guy in the movies instead of a blind monkey trying to play the violin for the first time?

Undefined

Cool hacker guys are a Myth

You gain more confidence after a year or two. But the imposter syndrome never fully goes away.

You can choose to feel like that even when you don't know anything yet

Infinite

I have 25+ years in dev. Will let you know.

Ok. Well i guess i can find some comfort in the fact that i atleast looked like the basement hacker guy a year ago.

But then i met this girl who forced me to start working out, cut my hair, buy new clothes and take daily showers.

Now i feel more like an imposter than ever before!

Problem is, the more experienced you become, the more you realize experience is not the deciding factor...

@hamido-san the real problem is, the more we try to know, the more we realise there is more we don't know or can't ever know

The key is learning not to give a shit. That’s a revelation. Everything is suddenly less stressful…for you, at least.